So, what is this actually intended to do? Regards,
Todd Allen On Thu, Mar 17, 2022, 07:42 Kannika Thaimai <kannika.thai...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Dear Movement members, > > The innovation program UNLOCK will soon enter its third edition. At UNLOCK > [1], we support people and communities who are working on new ideas, > products and services for Wikimedia and free knowledge that address gaps in > knowledge equity. Participating teams will benefit from tailored coaching > and mentoring, peer-to-peer exchange and collaboration, access to experts > from the free knowledge community and beyond, and – where required – a > scholarship. > > For the 2022 edition, we are proud to announce that the program will be > implemented in a collaborative manner as Wikimedia Deutschland and > Wikimedia Serbia are joining forces. Besides this cross-regional and > cross-affiliate collaboration, we will also partner with Impact Hub > Belgrade – an organization from the innovation ecosystem [2]. > > We will direct our geographical focus on the German-speaking as well as on > the Western Balkan region. This means that applications are open to project > teams from the following countries: Germany and Switzerland (Austria tbc), > as well as Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern > Macedonia and Serbia. The program language is English in order to enable > exchange and create synergies among the cross-regional project teams. In > April 2022 we will kick-off the application phase for UNLOCK 2022 and will > share more details about it soon. > > While Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Serbia and Impact Hub Belgrade will > jointly lead the implementation of the program, Wikimedia communities in > the Western Balkan region as well as social organizations outside of the > movement will also be involved, which will strengthen the position of > Wikimedia in the knowledge ecosystem and further increase the presence of > Wikimedia in the fields of innovation. We hope to establish a collaboration > from which all involved parties can mutually benefit and empower each > other. > > Our work is driven by the Movement Strategy and there are three ways in > which UNLOCK directly contributes to the implementation of it: > > 1. UNLOCK provides a support environment for innovations and > innovators to grow, it encourages and invests in people and communities, > who are exploring and building solutions that make knowledge accessible in > various formats or that support diverse modes of consumption and > contribution (recommendation 9 [3]); > 2. UNLOCK seeks to collaborate with stakeholders from regional social > innovation ecosystems, such as innovation hubs, and integrate their > resources. This will help to diversify and enrich the movement as well as > to strengthen local and regional capacities of Wikimedia communities and > leaders through sharing experiences. Forging partnerships will also provide > learning opportunities for us as a movement, on how to collaborate with > people and institutions that are not from the immediate open knowledge > movement (recommendation 6 [4]); > 3. UNLOCK should evolve into something that ultimately becomes freely > adaptable, reusable and changeable depending on the geographic, cultural > and economic context. We seek to pilot it in an area with communities that > are still emerging, and/or marginalized – focusing on those who ultimately > should co-create and benefit from innovations. This process of adaptation, > or better, contextualization – a central Movement Strategy principle [5] – > is an area where we as a movement still have much to test and to learn. > > We are more than happy to engage in conversations about how to “innovate > in free knowledge” and are eager to hear additional perspectives, > insights, and feedback from across the movement related to the > contextualization of programs like UNLOCK. Please also reach out to me > directly to explore ways to take the conversation forward. > > For further questions about UNLOCK 2022, please feel free to directly > contact us – Ivana (Wikimedia Serbia) and Kannika (Wikimedia Deutschland). > > All the best > > Kannika & Ivana > > [1] https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock/ > > [2] https://belgrade.impacthub.net/ > > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Innovate_in_Free_Knowledge > > [4] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Invest_in_Skills_and_Leadership_Development > > [5] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations/Movement_Strategy_Principles#Contextualization > -- > > Kannika Thaimai (she/her)*Innovation Engine - Strategy Lead*>> WMDE > innovation engine strategy > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/Innovation_Engine> > >> UNLOCK Accelerator <https://www.wikimedia.de/unlock/> > > Wikimedia Deutschland e. 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