Grants:Conference/Egypt Wikimedians UG/WikiArabia 2017 Conference/Report

Draft report
This is a draft of a Conference Grant report for a grant funded for fiscal year 2016-17. Please do not respond or comment on it just yet
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Goals

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Did you meet your goals? Yes \


Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
Gather as many Arab Users/effective people together to discuss the challenges, opportunities of enhancements and new ideas face to face. Yes we Gathered many Arab users
Develop and strengthen collaboration among Arab user groups, especially that most of them are new. Support common projects and share experiences. We Developed and support many common projects for Arabic Wikipedia
Strengthen the relationships and collaboration among the WMF, Wikimedians and Arab wikipedians. It’s been noticed that Arab wikipedians are not strongly engaged with the Wikimedia projects and programs; may be the most noticeable interaction is through the education program, yet it needs more. the relationships and collaboration among the WMF becomes more stronger
Provide support for local and regional initiatives that may affect and be affected by Arabic Wikipedia; encourage them to merge their work with Wikipedia and other projects we support and present many initiatives in the conference
Sharing past experiences about GLAM, WLM, Wikipedia's education program and other regional activities, in order to expand them into new Middle eastern countries as well as further developing them in the countries where they are already employed. We shared many experiences in the conference


Next steps

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Please share a brief update about the status projects, important discussions and/or capacity building that took place at the event.

Activities during the conference 2 months after the conference 6 months after the conference
Strategic Discussions:

Were any significant issues your community discussed at the conference?

Capacity Development: Please list capacity building sessions or workshops. Survey participants 6 months after event -- how many people have used the skills they learned?
Projects or Working Groups:

What are the most important projects that were started or improved during the conference?

Provide an update on projects that were started, or changes that were made as a result of work done at the conference.

Learning

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Conferences and events do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:

  • What worked well at the event?
  • What did not work so well?
  • What would you do differently next time?

Financial documentation

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This section describes the grant's use of funds

Budget table

Please list all project expenses in a table here, with descriptions. Review the instructions here. These expenses should be listed in the same format as the budget table in your approved submission so that anyone reading this report may be able to easily compare budgeted vs. actual expenses.

Summary of funding

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Total amount requested from WMF (from your approved grant submission):

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Total amount spent on this project (this total should be the total calculated from the table above):

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Total amount of WMF grant funds spent on this project:

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Are there additional sources of revenue that funded any part of this project? List them here.

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Remaining funds

Are there any grant funds remaining?

Answer YES or NO.
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Anything else

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Is there anything else you want to share about the conference or event?