Grants:Project/Rapid/Olaniyan Olushola/NTDC MOU Sign Off Event/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2018-19 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Olaniyan Olushola/NTDC MOU Sign Off Event.
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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

The goal of the Sign Off Event is to create a formal relationship between the two parties involved namely: Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation ( NTDC) and Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation(WNF).

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation and NTDC have agreed to work on releasing of Free-Licensed images on Nigerian Protected place, parks and Natural Sites to Wikimedia Commons through Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments.
NTDC has agreed to work with Nigerian Immigration to facilitate the issue of Visa on Arrival to all participants of WikiIndaba 2019.

Benefit of the event to Wikimedia Nigeria community

To Improve our partnership stastus with Non Wikibased organisation in Nigeria

To serve as learning pattern on how to work with governemnt agency.
To help our community access information about Nigerian related contents on Tourist Site Attraction points for onward ussage on Wikimedia related projects.
To encouirage the agency release freely use content on Nigeria Tourist Site Attractions for Wikimedia projects.
To serve as platform for introdicing staff of the agency to Wikipedia

Learning

Projects 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? I travelled to Abuja a day before the event. This helps to prepare me for the D-day. .
What did not work so well? Some of the invited Journalist came a bit late .
What would you do differently next time? Ensure that invitees are reminded in time of event time.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

Local Transport- To Airport
22.95
Return Ticket- Lag- Abuja
98.35
Return Ticket- Abuja -Lag
109.18
Accommodation
81.97
Feeding - A day
16.39
Feeding - A day
16.39
Phone Call
8.20
Local Transport- Return
26.23
Total
379.67

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds? No

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Media Traction

The following media tractions resulted due to the partnership: