Grants:Project/MSIG/Wikimedia Community User Group République du Congo/MSIG en Afrique Centrale

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Movement Strategy Implementation Grant en Afrique centrale

Detailed Needs assessment in the Eastern DRC , Burundi and Rwanda commonly related to Kinyarwanda and Kiswahili languages using French and English as international languages.

targetCommunities en afrique centrale République du Congo, Gabon, Angola, Caméroun et en Centrafique

start date15 Aout 2025

start year2025

end date15 Décembre 2025

end year2025

budget (local currency)9,650,000 XAF

budget (USD)16722.4

grant typeGroup

grantee• ArnoBOUJIKA

contact(s)• arnoboujika@gmail.com• makossokelly15@gmail.com• kanotchapi@wikimedia.cg• ngouloucyrille2@gmail.com• reinemoussavou0@gmail.com

organization (if applicable)• Wikimedia Republic of Congo User Group

website (if applicable)• wikimedia.cg

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Project Goal

What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative?

- Detailed Needs Assessments of great lakes communities in terms of skills gaps and organization contributing to: 31.Global approach for local skills development . This will be achieved through collaboration and networking from the regional communities.

What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here

31. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition. Skill development is a priority for our community. N/A
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Project Background

When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?

Where will your project activities be happening?

Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.

What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?

Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?

We intend to use the example provided on Needs Assessment: Example of a needs assessment for skills development grant proposal

Project Activities

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What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.

How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project?

How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community

Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?

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The project will consist of 4 phases namely :
Phase 1:
Phase 2 :
Phase 3 :
Phase 4 :

Additional information

If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.

If your activities include in-person events or activities, you will need to complete the steps outlined in the Risk Assessment protocol. Please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool.

If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.

Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.

Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.

Outcomes

After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English.

In this report, you will be asked to:

Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
Report on how your funding was spent

Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:

What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?

To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:

Overview of logic models on Meta-wiki
Example logic models for reference for other movement activities (such as partnerships and edit-a-thons)
Blank logic model template on Google Drive

Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:

We here confirm that we will prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of our grant where we will use the logic model to specify the goals , activities and outcomes to have a lasting impact in our communities

Budget

How you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

Phase 1	Item	Number	Unit Price	Total (USD)	Explanations	Comment on implementation
	International experts	1	1,000	1000	We will outsource out of the region , for international expertise in questionnaire set up and overall research on needs assessment frameworks as well as on drafting the implentation plan and best practices in conducting projects of that magnitude , we will facilitate based on working hours duration	In the first phase , they will facilitate the research tools development
	Regional experts	1	1,000	1,000	We will outsource in our Eastern Africa region , for matters of project coordination and Kiswahili languages so that our needs assessment are conducted referring to the standards in terms of methodology as well as support in the implementation plan drafting , we will facilitate in the travel and accommodation for field works	In the first phase , they will facilitate the research translations expertise
	Coordination, M&E, reporting	1	600	600	the coordination for the preparation field works , evaluation and monitoring of activities as well as regular reporting will be needed through out all the project phases and the local transport and communication will be catered for in the 4 phases of the project including the phase of the drafting of implementation plan	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Documentation and translation	1	600	600	in order to make the communication in the needs assessment smooth we will translate in the 4 languages all materials needed in the process and we will hire professionals and encourage members to participate and get data refund compensation	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Online tools and services	2	300	600	we will use third party tools and apps to conduct the needs assessment online and offline as well , these will also be needed in the drafting of the implementation plan	these tasks will be in the first and second phases
	Internet data	20	10	200	Data : internet data costs for organizers and participants will be refunded and these will be a priority in order to get access to quality responses from various parts in the remote regions , on every field work conducted , there will be an associated online activities in the communities around , we intend to support up to 200 people on internet data costs	This task will be mostly south for in the 2nd phase and 3rd phase of defining needs and priotizing
	Sub Total Phase 1			4,000
Phase 2	Item	Number	Unit Price	Total (USD)	Explanations	Comment on implementation
	Coordination, M&E, reporting	1	600	600	We will start with the identification of the data collectors and train tehm , the coordination for the preparation field works , evaluation and monitoring of activities as well as regular reporting will be needed through out all the project phases and the local transport and communication will be catered for in the 4 phases of the project including the phase of the drafting of implementation plan	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Documentation and translation	1	600	600	We will start with the questionnaire design , in order to make the communication in the needs assessment smooth we will translate in the 4 languages all materials needed in the process and we will hire professionals and encourage members to participate and get data refund compensation	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Online tools and services	2	300	600	Digitilization of the questionnaire, we will use third party tools and apps to conduct the needs assessment online and offline as well , these will also be needed in the drafting of the implementation plan	these tasks will be in the first and second phases
	Field activities in the great lakes region	5	500	2,500	We will conduct field works where 2 people from organizing team will be accompanied with 3 key informants from the local communities in order to conduct in person interviews and other offline needs assessment activities in three cities : Bujumbura , Goma and Bukavu . The communication , transport and accommodation will be catered for.	This task will be in the 2nd phase
	FIeld activities in the provinces	6	400	2,400	In Rwanda field activities will be conducted in the 4 provinces and they will involve 2 organizers and 4 key informants from local communities in order to conduct in person interviews and other offline needs assessment activities in Eastern , Western Northern and southern provinces . The communication , transport and accommodation will be catered for.	This task will be in the 2nd phase
	Internet data	140	10	1,400	Data : internet data costs for organizers and participants will be refunded and these will be a priority in order to get access to quality responses from various parts in the remote regions , on every field work conducted , there will be an associated online activities in the communities around , we intend to support up to 200 people on internet data costs	This task will be in the 2nd phase and 3rd phase of defining needs and priotizing
	Sub Total Phase 2			8,100
Phase 3	Item	Number	Unit Price	Total (USD)	Explanations	Comment on implementation
	International experts	1	1,000	1000	We will outsource out of the region , for international expertise in questionnaire set up and overall research on needs assessment frameworks as well as on drafting the implentation plan and best practices in conducting projects of that magnitude , we will facilitate in the international travel and accommodation	In the third phase , they will facilitate in the drafting of implementation plan
	Regional experts	1	1,000	1,000	We will outsource in our Eastern Africa region , for matters of project coordination and Kiswahili languages so that our needs assessment are conducted referring to the standards in terms of methodology as well as support in the implementation plan drafting , we will facilitate in the travel and accommodation for field works	In the first phase , they will facilitate the research translations expertise and draft implementation plan
	Coordination, M&E, reporting	1	600	600	Data analysis and interpretation , the coordination for the preparation field works , evaluation and monitoring of activities as well as regular reporting will be needed through out all the project phases and the local transport and communication will be catered for in the 4 phases of the project including the phase of the drafting of implementation plan	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Documentation and translation	1	600	600	in order to make the communication in the needs assessment smooth we will translate in the 4 languages all materials needed in the process and we will hire professionals and encourage members to participate and get data refund compensation	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Internet data	20	10	200	Data : internet data costs for organizers and participants will be refunded and these will be a priority in order to get access to quality responses from various parts in the remote regions , on every field work conducted , there will be an associated online activities in the communities around , we intend to support up to 200 people on internet data costs	This task will be in the 2nd phase and 3rd phase of defining needs and priotizing
	Sub Total Phase 3			3,400
Phase 4	Item	Number	Unit Price	Total (USD)	Explanations	Comment on implementation
	Coordination, M&E, reporting	1	600	600	the coordination for the preparation field works , evaluation and monitoring of activities as well as regular reporting will be needed through out all the project phases and the local transport and communication will be catered for in the 4 phases of the project including the phase of the drafting of implementation plan	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Documentation and translation	1	600	600	in order to make the communication in the needs assessment smooth we will translate in the 4 languages all materials needed in the process and we will hire professionals and encourage members to participate and get data refund compensation	these tasks will be in all the 4 phases
	Internet data	20	10	200	Data : internet data costs for organizers and participants will be refunded and these will be a priority in order to get access to quality responses from various parts in the remote regions , on every field work conducted , there will be an associated online activities in the communities around , we intend to support up to 200 people on internet data costs	This task will be in the 2nd phase and 3rd phase of defining needs and priotizing
	Overall validation meeting	1	2,000	2,000	An overall summit will be organized online , from Kigali , with a physical presence of small number of actors in the project on site to share the outcome of the project , and widely communicate the findings , we will cover the venue 200 USD , refreshment 300 USD , meeting facilitation and translations 500 USD and refund data for participants 1,000 USD.	This task will be in the 4th phase of drafting the implementation plan and dissemination
	Other unforseen expenses	1	400	400	To cover unforeseen expenses
	Sub Total Phase 4			3,800
	Grand Total			19,300

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Endorsements

An endorsement from community members (especially from outside your community) will be part of the considerations when reviewing your application. Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Nikki Zeuner (WMDE)
Strong support, As the founder of the community of Burundi I am very happy of this research and Assessment so that our communities continue to evolve. Burundi we need to collaborate with other communities in the regions such as Rwanda and the DRC, and others communities. I strongly support this project because, in Burundi this will allow us to know what we can improve, we are happy to work with the Rwandan community and DRC which has experience in wikimedia projects. --Ferdinand IF99 (talk) 08:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC) (Wikimedia community user group BURUNDI)
As one of the emerging communities, it's good to have local skills development with a global focus that looks at the future growth and capacity of the members within the User group, and the region being involved in Movement Strategy. Douglaseru (talk) 22:59, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strong support this project because it promotes the sharing of knowledge and experience (which can be considered as capacity building for both) between the wiki communities of large lake countries.VALENTIN NVJ (talk) 20:37, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
Strong support As one of those who have worked so much in the African community, I know how important community engagement is. We are facing real issues with this. This research project will help better understand how to help the community to stay engaged. BamLifa (talk) 13:32, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Strong support :I strongly endorse this project as I see it will be fruitful in understanding the needs of the communities especially when it comes to African Languages perspectives, Its a useful project that will help to understand the existing gaps in both capacity building and language. Moreover, it will partly help to understand the needs around thematic collaboration within EA region towards implementation of EARTH. We (From Wikimedia Tanzania) will be happy to help in matters relating to Swahili Langauage and Swahili Wikipedia as it might be needed.Jadnapac (talk) 14:02, 14 February 2022 (UTC)