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Changes to the funding regions in 2023-2024 fiscal year

On July 1, 2023, the Community Resources will shift from its current seven funding regions to align with the eight Wikimedia regions. There are some upcoming changes to support this shift. Here are the most significant changes:

• We will have 8 funding regions instead of 7. The Middle East and Africa region (MEA) will be changed to the Middle East & North Africa region (MENA) and the Sub-Saharan Africa region (SSA). However, the regions will still be supported by the same Program Officer and Regional Funds Committee.
• The United States and Canada region (USCA) will be renamed to the North America funding region (NA) with the same Program Officer and Regional Funds Committee supporting. Mexico will continue to be supported in the Latin America & Caribbean region.
• Some countries and territories will be added to corresponding regions, e.g. Gibraltar, Greenland, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, French Polynesia.
• Some funding regions will be slightly renamed based on the accepted naming convention, i.e. and will be replaced with ampersand, the will be omitted.

Here are all changes based on the funding region.

US and Canada

• Will be renamed to "North America" with NA acronym.
  • Meta-Wiki pages, Fluxx Grantee Portal, and internal documents will be updated accordingly.
  • Mailing list names will get updated with a redirect (e.g. usca_rapid to na_rapid).
  • Mexico will continue to be supported in the Latin America & Caribbean region.

Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

• Will be renamed to "Central & Eastern Europe & Central Asia" ("and" replaced with ampersand).

Northern and Western Europe

• Will be renamed to "Northern & Western Europe" ("and" replaced with ampersand).
• Greenland and Gibraltar will be added to the region.
• Israel will not be moved.

LATAM and The Caribbean

• Will be renamed to "Latin America & Caribbean" ("and" replaced with ampersand, omitted "the").

East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific

• Will be renamed to "East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific" ("and" replaced with ampersand).
• American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia will be added to East, Southeast Asia, & Pacific.

Middle East and Africa

• Will be split into two regions on Meta-Wiki pages, Fluxx Grantee Portal, and internal documents: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Middle East & North Africa (MENA).
  • Mailing lists or other communication channels will not be updated now.
  • Both regions will be supported by the same Program Officer and Regional Funds Committee.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Chad; Comoros; Ivory Coast; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; The Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of the Congo; Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Eswatini; Tanzania; Central African Republic; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Middle East and North Africa: Algeria; Djibouti; Egypt; Iran; Iraq; Jordan; State of Palestine; Bahrain; Kuwait; Lebanon; Oman; Libya; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Syria; United Arab Emirates; Yemen.

South Asia

• No change