Grants:Committees/Committee Open Call/CEE and Central Asia Candidates

Region-specific criteria

The following are some desired qualities we are looking for in committee members, but not all are required:

• strong ability to participate effectively in collaborative decision making and thought partnership in a committee context (e.g. good talking and listening boundaries, able to give and receive honest feedback in non-conflictual way, able to think strategically at a high level, open to changing your mind, able to receive help, empathetic and kind)
• alignment with the values of the 2030 strategic direction and the movement strategy recommendations. Alignment with the trust-based philanthropy values outlined above under the heading "What is our approach to grantmaking?".
• understanding of or willingness to learn about participatory grant-making.
• a demonstrated commitment to sharing skills and experience, and helping others grow.
• professional and/or volunteer experience and skills related to committee review work, such as budget management and review skills, experience with governance of non-governmental organizations, background in common programmatic areas like culture and heritage, education, etc.
• understanding of Wikimedia programs, in addition to contributions to the online projects.
• expertise, including lived experience, related to diversity, equity and inclusion to help promote and support knowledge equity, and the increasing of geographic, gender, or age diversity.

Instructions

To apply for the CEE/Central Asia Regional Committee, please review the open call and then submit your application by providing a statement below with the following information. Applications are currently open.

• What country are you based in?
• Tell us about yourself and why you want to join a Regional Committee. Please consider responding to some of the questions below, but it is not necessary to respond to all of them in your application. Please keep your statement under 500 words.
  • What is your current participation in the Wikimedia movement or the Free Knowledge Ecosystem?
  • How do you think you could contribute towards the committees’ role and ways of working?
  • How do you think the committee could make decision making more participatory?
  • How do you think the committee could improve grant making so it has a greater impact?
  • What skills, background or experience could you bring to the committee? You might address grant making, knowledge equity, or other relevant areas.

You are not required to post your application on Meta-wiki. Applications may alternatively be sent to the Regional Program Officer, Chris Schilling (cschillingwikimediaorg) for review. In your e-mail, please use the subject line Regional Committee application and your name or username for clarity. Please note that after receiving your application over email, we will publish your username/full name on Meta-wiki to support a more transparent application process.

Candidates for the CEE/Central Asia Committee

Example username of candidate

• What country are you based in?

• My response

• Tell us about yourself and why you want to join a Regional Committee.

• My response

• What is your current participation in the Wikimedia movement or the Free Knowledge Ecosystem?

• My response

• How do you think you could contribute towards the committees’ role and ways of working?

• My response

• How do you think the committee could make decision-making more participatory?

• My response

• How do you think the committee could improve grantmaking, so it has a greater impact?

• My response

• What skills, background or experience could you bring to the committee? You might address grant making, knowledge equity, or other relevant areas.

• My response