Global Majority Wikimedia Technology Priorities/Build and sustain the Technology Council

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• Advocate for ethical standards in Artificial Intelligence technologies
• Break down barriers that hinder access and contribution to the free knowledge ecosystem
• Build and sustain the Technology Council
• Create and run events to showcase Global Majority's tech abilities and foster the talent
• Empower inclusive development
• Establish a federated network of stakeholders to develop the Wikimedia projects and tools
• Invest in core development within the Global Majority
• Prioritize decentralized, diverse and inclusive software development
• Promote epistemic diversity in Wikimedia's Artificial Intelligence coordination efforts
• Take immediate action to mitigate IP blockage effects

Build and sustain the Technology Council as an instance that bridges communities through inclusive representation, deep democracy principles, decolonial agenda-setting practices, and transparent governance, ensuring equitable participation from underrepresented projects and Global Majority communities. Establish a multi-stakeholder executive committee to guide technological priorities, ensuring equitable representation of stakeholders from the Global Majority while the Technology Council is not yet formed

Context

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Solutions

• Guarantee equitable representation in the multi-stakeholder executive committee;
• After the creation of the Technology Council, guarantee equitable representation from Global Majority communities and underrepresented projects;
• Publish transparent, decolonial governance guidelines that embrace deep democracy principles.

Key Performance Indicators

Community engagement

• Proportion of Global Majority and underrepresented projects stakeholders composing the committees.

Events

• Number of open sessions to collectivelly define and follow up on Key Perfornance Indicators.

Deliverables

Consultation meetings

• Consultation meetings with Global Majaority communiites to gather input on the formation and composition of the Technology Council and executive committee.

Diff and other blog posts

• Blogs on Governance, Transparency and Accountability.

Organising events

• Roundtable/Panel Discussions on governance;
• Open sessions on updating KPIs at regular intervals with GM communities.

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