Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Skill Development Infrastructure

Skill Development Infrastructure

In order to Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, we need to invest more in technological infrastructure for skill development. This may be through improving existing skill development platforms, or by building a completely new one. This skill development platform would allow users to collaboratively build learning resources in multiple languages, to easily search through and use them, and to access diverse formats of materials (like text, video, and more). The platform would also include learning materials for outside organizations or new members in the movement, thus saving the time and resources to onboard them. The platform and its materials should be scalable and sustainable in line with the Movement Strategy principles.

There is currently an experimental platform called WikiLearn, which is closely related to this initiative.

Invest in new or existing technological infrastructure which facilitates learning of skills through functional, collaborative, real-time tools and quality content. This requires:
A user-friendly, searchable, multilingual, multi-format, curated platform to host learning resources (e.g. tutorials, videos, online training, etc.).

Learning resources (e.g. “learning packs”) directed to individuals and organizations joining the Movement to encourage self-directed knowledge acquisition and development of skills within our practices and roles.

Learning packs required to understand issues that relate to scalability, sustainability and other areas considered in the Wikimedia Movement Strategy recommendations.
— Movement Strategy recommendation #6: Invest in Skills and Leadership Development

Participate

Discuss

Join or start a discussion on Meta or the "Invest in Skills and Leadership Development" space of the Movement Strategy Forum.

Create

Apply for a Movement Strategy implementation grant to create a project that advances this initiative.

Get help

If you need help in getting involved, please don't hesitate to get in touch directly with members of the Movement Strategy and Governance Team. They are here to help!

You can write to the team in any of 19 languages (listed on the team's page), by writing an email to: strategy2030wikimediaorg

List of participants

Implementation projects

Initiative	Project	Stakeholder type	Project lead	Geography of the project	Implementation Phase
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Overall Initiative Coordination
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Learning Match / Peer-to-Peer Proposal	WMF	Community Resources		Project Planning
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Skill Development Needs Assessment For Arabic Wikipedia and Arabic Wikisource	User Group	Arabic community
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Free Knowledge Africa Movement Strategy		Sub-Saharan African Communities
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	MSIG in Africa great lakes region		East African Communities
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Volunteer Supporter's Network
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Harmful Content Portfolio	WMF	Content Compliance	Global	Execution & Implementation
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Peer Support Networks within the Wikimedia Movement	WMF	Trust & Safety	Global	Pilot
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Chapter Capacity Building for Advocacy Program	WMF	Global Advocacy (Public Policy)	Global	Pilot
32. Global approach for local skill development - gathering data, matching peers, mentorship, recognition	Human Rights Policy Community Engagement Plan	WMF	Global Advocacy (Public Policy)	Global	Execution & Implementation

Full list of projects