Wikimedia Sverige and Wikimedia Brasil receive Sida funding for joint civil society project

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Dear all,

We=E2=80=99re excited to share that Wikimedia Sverige and Wikimedia Brasil =
have
received more than USD 100,000 in funding from Sida, the Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency.

The funding will support a joint one-year project: *Strengthening Civil
Society Capacity for Open Knowledge through Wikimedia Brasil.*

The project will run from October 2026 to September 2027 and will establish
two community hubs in underrepresented Brazilian states, supporting local
volunteers, cultural institutions and civil society organisations to
document cultural heritage, geographic information and local languages
through Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. It also connects to
Metabase <https://metabase.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page>, Capacity Exchang=
e
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Capacity_Exchange> and Wikimedia Sverige=
=E2=80=99s
Wikispeech <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispeech> project, with a
pilot on speech data collection for underrepresented languages.

The project will also strengthen cooperation between civil society in
Brazil and Sweden, enabling organisations to jointly address challenges
related to internet governance and advocate for an open, inclusive and
rights-respecting internet.

This is the first time our two organisations have partnered on a joint
externally funded project, building on several years of collaboration
through the Content Partnerships Hub, Metabase, Capacity Exchange and
shared work on the Wikimedia Movement Strategy. This external grant will
allow us to further support the work done through the Content Partnerships
Hub <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub>.

We hope this project can serve as a model for how affiliates can partner
with each other to access external funding =E2=80=93 and we=E2=80=99d love =
to hear from
other affiliates thinking along similar lines.

If you=E2=80=99re at Wikimania and would like to work on cross-Wikimedia af=
filiate
projects, come find us =E2=80=93 we=E2=80=99d love to explore future collab=
orations and
discuss how we can develop joint applications.

Best,

John Andersson, Executive Director, Wikimedia Sverige

Jo=C3=A3o Alexandre Peschanski, Diretor executivo, Wikimedia Brasil

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Dear all,<br><br>We=E2=80=99re excited to share that =
Wikimedia Sverige and Wikimedia Brasil have received more than USD 100,000 =
in funding from Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Age=
ncy.</div><div><br></div><div>The funding will support a joint one-year pro=
ject: <span style=3D"display:none"></span><i>Strengthening Civil Society Ca=
pacity for Open Knowledge through Wikimedia Brasil.</i></div><div><span sty=
le=3D"background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"ba=
ckground-color:transparent">The project will run from October 2026 to Septe=
mber 2027 and will establish two community hubs in underrepresented Brazili=
an states, supporting local volunteers, cultural institutions and civil soc=
iety organisations to document cultural heritage, geographic information an=
d local languages through Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. It als=
o connects to </span><a href=3D"https://metabase.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_P=
age" style=3D"background-color:transparent">Metabase</a><span style=3D"back=
ground-color:transparent">, </span><a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wi=
ki/Capacity_Exchange" style=3D"background-color:transparent">Capacity Excha=
nge</a><span style=3D"background-color:transparent"> and Wikimedia Sverige=
=E2=80=99s </span><a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispeech" st=
yle=3D"background-color:transparent">Wikispeech</a><span style=3D"backgroun=
d-color:transparent"> project, with a pilot on speech data collection for u=
nderrepresented languages.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color=
:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transpa=
rent">The project will also strengthen cooperation between civil society in=
 Brazil and Sweden, enabling organisations to jointly address challenges re=
lated to internet governance and advocate for an open, inclusive and rights=
-respecting internet.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:tran=
sparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent"=
>This is the first time our two organisations have partnered on a joint ext=
ernally funded project, building on several years of collaboration through =
the Content Partnerships Hub, Metabase, Capacity Exchange and shared work o=
n the Wikimedia Movement Strategy. This external grant will allow us to fur=
ther support the work done through the </span><a href=3D"https://meta.wikim=
edia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub" style=3D"background-color:transpare=
nt">Content Partnerships Hub</a><span style=3D"background-color:transparent=
">.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent"><br></spa=
n></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent">We hope this proj=
ect can serve as a model for how affiliates can partner with each other to =
access external funding =E2=80=93 and we=E2=80=99d love to hear from other =
affiliates thinking along similar lines.</span></div><div><span style=3D"ba=
ckground-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background=
-color:transparent">If you=E2=80=99re at Wikimania and would like to work o=
n cross-Wikimedia affiliate projects, come find us =E2=80=93 we=E2=80=99d l=
ove to explore future collaborations and discuss how we can develop joint a=
pplications.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent">=
<br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent">Best,</s=
pan></div><div><br>John Andersson, Executive Director,=C2=A0Wikimedia Sveri=
ge<br><br>Jo=C3=A3o Alexandre Peschanski,=C2=A0Diretor executivo, Wikimedia=
 Brasil</div><div><br></div></div>

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