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

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This is fascinating news! Congratulation John and Jo=C3=A3o, for such a str=
ong
partnership among affiliates. What a great example of collaboration to seek
more resources for work in the movement.

Parabens! gratulerar!

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:06=E2=80=AFAM John Andersson via Wikimedia-l <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We=E2=80=99re excited to share that Wikimedia Sverige and Wikimedia Brasi=
l 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 als=
o
> connects to Metabase <https://metabase.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page>, Ca=
pacity
> Exchange <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 lov=
e to hear from
> other affiliates thinking along similar lines.
>
> If you=E2=80=99re at Wikimania and would like to work on cross-Wikimedia =
affiliate
> projects, come find us =E2=80=93 we=E2=80=99d love to explore future coll=
aborations 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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*Jorge Vargas* (he/him)
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Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
M: (+1) 415.404.9536
I work from San Francisco, USA. My time zone is PST: UTC/GMT -8.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">This is fascinating news! <span aria-invalid=3D"grammar" c=
lass=3D"Lm ng" style=3D"border-style:none;background:none">Congratulation</=
span> John and=C2=A0Jo=C3=A3o, for such a strong partnership among affiliat=
es. What a great example of collaboration to seek more resources for work i=
n the movement.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Parabens! gratulerar!</div></div><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:06=E2=80=AFAM John Andersson via=
 Wikimedia-l &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">wikimed=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204=
,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Dear all,<br><br>We=E2=80=99r=
e excited to share that Wikimedia Sverige and Wikimedia Brasil have receive=
d more than USD 100,000 in funding from Sida, the Swedish International Dev=
elopment Cooperation Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>The funding will supp=
ort a joint one-year project: <span style=3D"display:none"></span><i>Streng=
thening Civil Society Capacity for Open Knowledge through Wikimedia Brasil.=
</i></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent"><br></span></di=
v><div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent">The project will run fr=
om October 2026 to September 2027 and will establish two community hubs in =
underrepresented Brazilian states, supporting local volunteers, cultural in=
stitutions and civil society organisations to document cultural heritage, g=
eographic information and local languages through Wikipedia, Wikimedia Comm=
ons and Wikidata. It also connects to </span><a href=3D"https://metabase.wi=
kibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page" style=3D"background-color:transparent" target=
=3D"_blank">Metabase</a><span style=3D"background-color:transparent">, </sp=
an><a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Capacity_Exchange" style=3D"b=
ackground-color:transparent" target=3D"_blank">Capacity Exchange</a><span s=
tyle=3D"background-color:transparent"> and Wikimedia Sverige=E2=80=99s </sp=
an><a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikispeech" style=3D"backgrou=
nd-color:transparent" target=3D"_blank">Wikispeech</a><span style=3D"backgr=
ound-color:transparent"> project, with a pilot on speech data collection fo=
r underrepresented languages.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-co=
lor:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:tran=
sparent">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 rig=
hts-respecting internet.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:t=
ransparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transpare=
nt">This is the first time our two organisations have partnered on a joint =
externally funded project, building on several years of collaboration throu=
gh the Content Partnerships Hub, Metabase, Capacity Exchange and shared wor=
k on the Wikimedia Movement Strategy. This external grant will allow us to =
further support the work done through the </span><a href=3D"https://meta.wi=
kimedia.org/wiki/Content_Partnerships_Hub" style=3D"background-color:transp=
arent" target=3D"_blank">Content Partnerships Hub</a><span style=3D"backgro=
und-color:transparent">.</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:t=
ransparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:transpare=
nt">We hope this project can serve as a model for how affiliates can partne=
r with each other to access external funding =E2=80=93 and we=E2=80=99d lov=
e to hear from other affiliates thinking along similar lines.</span></div><=
div><span style=3D"background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><spa=
n style=3D"background-color:transparent">If you=E2=80=99re at Wikimania and=
 would like to work on cross-Wikimedia affiliate projects, come find us =E2=
=80=93 we=E2=80=99d love to explore future collaborations and discuss how w=
e can develop joint applications.</span></div><div><span style=3D"backgroun=
d-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:=
transparent">Best,</span></div><div><br>John Andersson, Executive Director,=
=C2=A0Wikimedia Sverige<br><br>Jo=C3=A3o Alexandre Peschanski,=C2=A0Diretor=
 executivo, Wikimedia Brasil</div><div><br></div></div>
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