Hi Todd, UNLOCK is a support program, intended to help participants turn their ideas into a functional prototype or even more. As a participant of the program, you and your team can benefit from experienced coaches and mentors who can help you with the implementation of your project (e.g. with regards to product development). Further, we bring all the participants together for peer-to-peer exchange and also bring in other experts who can provide expertise and inspirations.
Examples from existing UNLOCK projects include: - GovDirectory – a directory of government agencies and their online presence by utilizing Wikidata [1]. - Audiopedia – a platform that provides audio content about nutrition, health, etc. It's community-based and uses MediaWiki as the technical framework to provide audio content in different languages [2]. I hope I could clarify your question. Feel free to reach out to me if you still have further questions. Best Kannika [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_Govdirectory [2] https://www.audiopedia.org/ Am Fr., 18. März 2022 um 13:03 Uhr schrieb < wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org>: > Send Wikimedia-l mailing list submissions to > wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimedia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimedia-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimedia-l digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Innovate in Free Knowledge | UNLOCK the power of collaboration! > (Todd Allen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:52:46 -0600 > From: Todd Allen <toddmal...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Innovate in Free Knowledge | UNLOCK the > power of collaboration! > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > < > cagtouqy-svgjm04wmecmzey-_axxwksigdgtd3glmtrt2gr...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="000000000000ffcafa05da703621" > > 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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