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<div style="font-size:130%;line-height:normal;margin:0 20px .3em;font-family:'Helvetica Neue','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><span lang="de">Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens</span> – <span lang="fr">Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libres</span> – <span lang="it">Associazione per la promozione della conoscenza libera</span></div>
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|mailing_list = [[mail:Wikimediach-l|Wikimediach-l]]
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|facebook = [https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaCH WikimediaCH]
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'''Wikimedia CH''' is die plaaslike [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia chapters|Wikimedia Hoofstuk]] vir [[:af:Switserland|Switserland]]. Dit is op Mei 14, 2006 gestig. Sien ons [[Wikimedia CH/Bylaws|Bywette]]. Wikimedia CH is as 'n velgesynsorganisasie in Switserland erken.

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== Ondersteuning vir die gemeenskap ==

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== Kalender ==
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Calendar|Kalender]]

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=== Toelaes ===
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Grant|Projekte Toelaes.]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Micro-Grant|Mikrotoelaag.]]

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=== Beurse ===
* [[Wikimedia_CH/Policies/Scholarships]]

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== Beleide ==
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Respectful behavior space policy|Beleid van respekvolle gedrag.]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Conflict of interest policy|Belangeverstrengelingsbeleid.]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Official statement of Wikimedia CH (conflict in French speaking area)|Amptelike verklaring van Wikimedia CH (konflik in Frans-sprekende gebiede).]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/COVID-19|Inligting vir Covid-19.]]

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== Byeenkomste ==

'''Aksies/Kalender'''
* Die [[Wikimedia CH/Calendar|Kalender]] kan deur die personeel sowel as die vrywilligers opgedateer word, en mik daarvoor om alle byeenkomste in Switserland te wys, ongeag van taal.
* Hierdie [[Participative calendar|deelnemende kalender]] kan deur die personeel sowel as die vrywilligers opgedateer word, en mik daarvoor om alle byeenkomste in Switserland te wys, ongeag van taal.

'''Vorige byeenkomste'''

Foto's van vorige Wikimedia byeenkomste en ontmoetings in Switserland is [[:c:Category:Wikimedia meetups in Switzerland|hier]] beskikbaar.

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== Verslae ==

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The current reports of all chapters are [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal/Reports|listed here]].
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:File:Wikimedia Switzerland's Report on the voluntary Audit of the 2022 Financial Statements.pdf|Financial statements incl. auditors report]] and [[:File:WMCH Annual Report 2022 FullLength 01.pdf|Annual report]] for 2022</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:File:Wikimedia Switzerland's Report on the voluntary Audit of the 2021 Financial Statements.pdf|Financial statements incl. auditors report]] and [[:File:WMCH Annual Report 2021 Full Report.pdf|Annual report]] for 2021</span>
* [[:File:Financial Statements 2020.pdf|Finansiële state]] en [[:File:WMCHAnnualRpt2020-FullLength.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2020.
* [[:File:WMCH - Audit report and financial statements 2019.pdf|Finansiële verslag en ouditeursverlag]] en [[https://wikimedia.ch/en/news/annual-report-2019-a-year-of-significant-changes/|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2019.
* [[:File:WMCH - Audit report and financial statements 2018.pdf|Finansiële verslag en ouditeursverslag]] en [[https://wikimedia.ch/de/news/annual-report-2018/|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2018.
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:File:Financial Report 2017 English.pdf|Financial report]], [[:File:Auditors Report 2017 English.pdf|auditor's report]] and [https://www.wikimedia.ch/annual-report-2017/ Annual report] for 2017.</span>
* [[:File:Financial report 2016 eng final.pdf|Finansiële verslag]], [[:File:Revisonsbericht 2016 english.pdf|ouditeursverlag]] en [[:File:WIKIMEDIACH RAPPORTANNUEL 2016.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2016.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/File:Financial_report_2015_final.pdf|Finansiële verslag]], [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/d/d6/Revisonsbericht_2015_englisch.pdf|ouditeursverlag]] en [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/1/1e/Annual_report_2015.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2015.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/6/6d/Financial_Report_2014_final_19032015.pdf|Finansiële verslag]] en [[Wikimedia CH/Annual report 2014|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2014.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/5/5b/Financial_report_2013_final_eng_220314.pdf|Finansiële verslag]] en [[Wikimedia CH/Annual report 2013|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2013.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/4/4c/Financial_statement_2012.pdf|Finansiële verslag]] en [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/a/a2/Wikimedia_CH_annual_report_2012.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2012.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/6/62/Financial_statement_2011.pdf|Finansiële verslag]], en [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/b/b3/Annual_report_GA_2012.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2011.
* [[Wikimedia CH/2016 Governance workshop|Opsomming van die bord wat op 14 Julie 2016 plaasgevind het]].

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== Nuusbrief ==


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'''Wikimedia CH''' is die plaaslike [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Hoofstuk]] vir [[:af:Switserland|Switserland]]. Dit is op Mei 14, 2006 gestig. Sien ons [[$bylaws|Bywette]]. Wikimedia CH is as 'n velgesynsorganisasie in Switserland erken.
Wikimedia CH publiseer [[:Category:Wikimedia CH newsletters|maandlikse Nuusbriewe in 3 Switserse tale en Engels.
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To subscribe, please go to our [https://wikimedia.ch/en/newsletter/ website], choose your preferred language, fill in and submit the subscription form.
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== Programme ==

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== Opvoeding ==
* [[:File:Wmch education strategy overview.pdf|Opvoedingstrategie]]
* [[:File:WMCH Education strategy 2.6.pdf|Opvoedingstrategie (volle weergawe)]].
* [[:File:Education strategy 2.6 actionplan.pdf|WMCH Opvoedingstrategie]].

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====Skole en instellings van hoë opvoeding====

'''''#dieLab'''''
[[File:Thelab Locarno 21Jan2019 02.jpg|thumb|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''#theLab'' Locarno.</span>]]
In 2019 het Wikimedia 'n vennootskap met die fakulteit van Pedagogiek van Locarno begin vir 'n reeks van byeenkomste wat met onderwysers en hul leerders georganiseerd moes word.


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The association was founded on 14 May 2006 in the restaurant of the train station in Olten, and reunites authors and users of Wikimedia projects of all Swiss official languages (German, French, Italian and Rumantsch) as well as the Alemannic dialects and English.
The goal are the [[:w:Digital humanities|Digital humanities]] and, in addition to being a supporter of the laboratories, Wikimedia CH also participates in the [[:w:Information literacy|information literacy]] project. Other courses concern the creation of cartoons, robotics and coding.
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It is recognised as a [[Wikimedia chapters|local chapter]] by the Wikimedia Foundation. However, it remains a financially and legally independent entity with its own rules and leadership. Wikimedia CH does not host any of the Wikimedia Foundation’s projects and has no editing rights over them.
The first information literacy workshop was held on January 21st with a middle school class. The students where divided into four teams and participated in a series of research activities to win a final prize. Between virtual treasure hunts, search for fake news and other activities, the students and teachers had a lot of fun and the initiative was a big success. This concept was then repeated on February 4th with a primary school.
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Wikimedia CH focuses on five strategic impact directions: GLAM, Education, Community, Outreach and Innovation. To support these efforts, the association relies on the organisational enablers of communication, fundraising, technology and know-how, diversity, inclusion and equity.
Wikimedia CH will have the secons session of theLab with the faculty of pedagogy of Locarno dedicated to elementary school next 18th March. After the first session with middle schools, this time the session of information literacy will be dedicated to children. The format will a game with a sequence of quests to be resolved using Wikimedia projects in general having the structure of questions true/false.
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The sessions were done together with the teachers and the survey revealed that the high percentage of students considered the courses interesting and would repeat them whiel the same teachers considered them interesting and would replicate.
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:c:Category:Thelab Locarno|Photos]].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[https://www.supsi.ch/dfa/eventi-comunicazioni/eventi/2018/2018-11-05.html Details.]</span>


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== Useful links ==
'''''Collaboration with CERDD (Educational and Digital Resource Center)'''''
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* [https://wikimedia.ch/it/ <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Official website'''</span>]
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Calendar|'''Calendar''']]: it can be updated by staff members as well as by volunteers, and it shows the events planned throughout Switzerland, regardless of language.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:c:Commons:Wikimedia_CH|Wikimedia CH on '''Commons''']] (and [[:c:Category:Wikimedia_CH|all categories related to WMCH]])</span>
* [https://members.wikimedia.ch/wiki/Main%20Page <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">WMCH '''Members'''</span>]
* [[:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Switzerland|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Wikipedia '''Project Switzerland'''</span>]]
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Contact''': info{{@}}wikimedia.ch</span>


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== Support for the community ==
In September Wikimedia CH started a collaboration with the Educational and Digital Resource Center of Canton Ticino to transfer didactical material in open license in WIkimedia projects. The material is specifically dedicate to high schools and concerns biology, chemistry and physics. It is published currently in a Moodle platform and is released in open license, with this project Wikimedia CH will train a community manager to transfer it in Wikiversity and in Wikibooks.
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The content on Wikipedia and its sister projects is entirely created thanks to the efforts and engagement of volunteers. It is central for Wikimedia CH to support their work, and it does so by providing a wide range of services.
'''''Wikipedia training for teachers in Geneva, 27.03.2019'''''
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Reimbursements and scholarships''': Wikimedia CH pays for travel and accommodation expenses when you participate to events related to Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia CH also awards numerous scholarships every year, even for major events such as WikiCons or Wikimania. Application deadlines and conditions are always communicated in advance. For more information on the guidelines and the specific procedure for application, see WMCH's [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Policies/Scholarships|Scholarships policy]]. Check out WMCH's [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Policies/General Reimbursement|General reimbursement policy]] as well for more details.</span>
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Microgrants for your project or activities''': if you are a volunteer currently active in one of the Swiss languages (German, French, Italian or Rumantsch) and you need financial support for your own project, which has an impact on Wikimedia projects, you can turn to Wikimedia CH for a microgrant (from 1 to 1’000 CHF). A committee composed of staff, members and board members will review your application and decide whether you will be granted the financial contribution. Here’s to the microgrants page on Meta: {{ll|Wikimedia CH/Micro-Grant}}.</span>
[[User:GastelEtzwane|Gabriel]] will be giving a workshop to teachers in Geneva. The project is not entirely defined yet, and will be added both to our calendar and to the [[:fr:Wikipedia:Mois de la contribution 2019|page for the month of French-language contribution]], which takes place every year in March.
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Project grants''': if you are planning a bigger project (for example a Wikipedia workshop, an edit-a-thon or an open-source hackathon) that requires a bigger financial support, you can apply for a Wikimedia CH grant (from 1’001 CHF). Your activity needs to improve one or more of the planned activities of Wikimedia CH (connected with its programs Education, GLAM, Community, Outreach and Innovation), and should pursue clear outcomes and impacts. Here you can find more information: {{ll|Wikimedia CH/Grant}}.</span>
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Volunteer certificate''': if you need a certificate that confirms your volunteer work, with information about the nature and extent of your commitment in the Wikiverse, you can ask Wikimedia CH to provide such document. Please contact the responsible Community Manager in your region.</span>

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'''''Devoxx4kids in Lugano'''''
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The 6th April Wikimedia CH participated to the [https://www.ated.ch/devoxx4kids_2019.jsp Devoxx4kids] in Lugano. This time the main topic has been the mapping using OpenStreetMap. Five tutors trained around 100 students to the use of OpenStreetMap and how map Wikipedia articles using this project.
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'''''Steering committee (German area)'''''
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The 17th April 6 educators or wikipedians involved in educational programs met in Olten to discuss how to re-organize the educational area for German area and to receive feedbacks. These meetings have been helpful to define what they need to operate and what are the priorities.
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'''''Media in Piazza'''''
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The next edition of ''Media in Piazza'' will be held in Lugano the 24th and the 25th October. In the meantime the orga team is meeting regularly and has defined a Manifesto. In addition the Swiss Confederation has selected the project and included in the list of 11 most innovative projects in terms of innovation in education.
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[http://mediainpiazza.ch/ Link.]
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==== Universities ====
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'''''Wikipedia training for students of the university of Neuchâtel, March and April 2019'''''
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[[:fr:Utilisateur:LuciOle|Amandine]] made a successful project in 2018, the [[:fr:Projet:WikiNeocomensia|Wikineocomensia project]]. Aimed to involve the university of Neuchâtel and the [[:fr:Laténium|Laténium museum]], it helped her secure strong ties with the Laténium director, who also teaches at the university. She will be training a group of his students to edit Wikipedia, possibly on Swiss archeological topics, from the end of March to early April 2019. The project page will be displayed once it is set up, on our next newsletter.
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'''''Wikimedia workshop at ETH 2rd and 4th June 2019'''''
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The 2-days workshop (hosted by AMB and 50years AVETH) focused on the role of Wikimedia platforms in the current ecosystem of research, specifically English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons (file archive) and Wikidata (structured metadata).
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The main topics has been the general architecture of the Wikimedia platforms, the key aspects of copyright laws, the writing of scientific articles on English Wikipedia, the metrics and strategy for dissemination of scientific results to the general public, the new frontiers of open-access bibliometry and the gender-gap initiatives in the scientific field related to Wikimedia platforms.
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==== Life-long learning ====
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'''''Wikidata workshop in Lausanne, Friday, March 29th'''''
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After a [[:d:Wikidata:Events/GLAM & Wikimedia CH|Wikidata day]] organized for GLAM professionals on the 28th, [[:d:User:Shonagon|Shonagon]] will be coming to Lausanne on March 29th to give a Wikidata workshop. Shonagon works for the [[:en:Louvre|Louvre museum]]. He is also a Wikidata enthusiast and one of the main contributors of [http://zone47.com/crotos/ Crotos], an image search engine that relies on Commons and on Wikidata. His Wikidata workshop will be geared towards all Wikimedians interested in learning how to use Wikidata. This Wikidata session should also be very interesting for art enthusiasts, so sign up and join us.
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'''''Wikipedia for Peace 26. April - 5. May '''''
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This year Wikimedia CH will support again Wikipedia for Peace in [[:en:Mont Soleil|Mont Soleil]]. For ten days, 12 people from around the world will come together to write and edit Wikipedia content about topics related to the peace, social justice, and Earth's climate. The [[Wikipedia for Peace Switzerland 2019|page of the project]] is available for any detail.
Wikipedia for Peace had its 2nd edition on [[:en:Mont Soleil|Mont Soleil]], to introduce and practice Wikipedia for newcomers, who were interested in items of peace, social justice, and Earth's climate and their man and women of action. Organized together with [[:en:Service Civil International]], for ten days twelve people from around Europe came and lived together, unified in the spirit, to enlarge and improve Wikipedia content. More than 100 articles has been translated to their mother langues, that is Finnish, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovenian, Serbian, German, Russian, Vietnamese, Lao, Catalan and French. The [[Wikipedia for Peace Switzerland 2019/Results|results of the project]] are available for detail sight.
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[[:c:Category:Wikipedia for Peace Switzerland 2019|Photos.]]
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==== Partnerships ====
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Wikimedia CH is discussing several partnerships in education or to consolidate the existing ones. Several meetings have been defined with the EPFL of Lausanne, with the faculty of Pedagogy of Locarno the relationship is improving and some discussions are in place with other universities or like-minded associations.
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==== Tools ====
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'''''Dico des ados in Sierre, 22. May '''''
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A project close to the wiktionary, but for teenagers, [https://dicoado.org/ Dico des ados] is going to be showcased in Sierre, on May 22d. The event is mainly for French-language children from 8 to 14, but adults, especially teachers, are welcome. The Wikimedia CH team has been invited to discover the project. If you are interested to join the event, please get in touch with {{@|flor.mechain|wikimedia.ch|Flor}}.
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'''''Minipedia, a light version of Wikipedia'''''
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During [[Wikimedia+Education Conference 2019|Wikipedia+Education]] of San Sebastian there was the possibility to discuss the state of work of tools and the Basque community presented their version of ''Txikipedia''. The Italian community started to discuss a possible solution similar to that of ''Txikipedia'' and Wikimedia ch is supporting this discussion.
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=== GLAM ===
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The acronym GLAM stands for “Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums”. Our mission is to help Swiss memory institutions share their curatorial knowledge, collections and resources in a digital manner, on global platforms, making Swiss cultural heritage more accessible to the world.
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Our overarching GLAM principle is that cultural activity also stands for culture in interaction between people. We believe that knowledge about cultural heritage and the free access to it is one of the central pillars of a democratic society. We see Wikimedia CH as an interface between GLAM institutions and the Wikiverse.
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==== GLAM events and programmes ====
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===== GLAM-on-Tour =====
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GLAM-on-Tour is a multi-day event format originally from Germany. It promotes networking between Wikipedia contributors and GLAM institutions and ensures new content on Wikipedia. The event includes guided tours, lectures, photo excursions, and collaborative editing. Wikimedia CH provides funding for travel and accommodation expenses.
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Watch the video GLAM-on-Tour at Kirchner Museum Davos here on [[c:File:GLAM_on_Tour_Kirchner_2016_en.webm|Wikimedia Commons]].
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===== International Museum Day =====
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To foster the International Museum Day (IMD) from the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in May, Wikimedia CH joins forces with other Wikimedia chapters and groups worldwide to launch calls for content on Wikipedia and invite participants to Wikidata competitions.
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===== International Archive Week =====
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Wikimedia CH partners with the Association of Swiss Archivists (VSA-AAS) to promote the International Archives Week in June. Joining forces with Wikimedia Austria and Germany, we launch calls for content.
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== Programmes and activities ==
===== GLAM Digital =====
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Wikimedia CH is active in the following areas:
GLAM digital is a series of video conferences with selected GLAM institutions. Each usually two-hour individual event consists of a specialist lecture by the institution on a specific topic. In a subsequent dialogue part, the Wikipedia community and the institutions enter into direct exchange. The event series is jointly coordinated and supported by Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia Österreich and Wikimedia CH.
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==== Tools ====
===Community===
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Support and promote the work of volunteers who add content or give visibility to Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and other sister projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Wikimedia CH follows 4 basic principles: no influence on content, respect of personal rights, neutral point of view, embracing diversity.
The GLAM Statistical Tool (Cassandra) was created by Wikimedia CH and developed in collaboration with GLAM partners. It helps gain statistical insights regarding their shared collections across the Wikimedia projects.
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Here you can see what the community is currently up to: {{ll|Wikimedia CH/Calendar}} and the [[:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject%20Switzerland|WikiProject Switzerland on Wikipedia]].
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===GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)===
The WMCH Map Service provides interactive maps of cultural institutions and content in Switzerland. Users can explore locations, check article coverage and contribute to encyclopaedic content.
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Help Swiss memory institutions share their curatorial knowledge, collections and resources in a digital manner, on global platforms, making Swiss cultural heritage more accessible to the world.
==== GLAM Team ====
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[User:Medea7 (WMCH)|Sandra Becker]], GLAM Lead</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[User:Amandine WMCH|Amandine Cabrio]], GLAM Experte</span>
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=== Italian community ===
===Education===
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Support the development and adoption of effective educational practices in a digital world through activities on media and information literacy (MIL), teaching about web technologies and contributing to Wikimedia projects. The focus is on students and teachers at all levels of education, but also on other interested parties in a lifelong learning perspective.
'''''New Year's brunch: Chiasso'''''
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===Innovation===
As every year, the Wikipedians of Insubria and Ticino met to celebrate [[:it:Wikipedia:Raduni/Chiasso 2019|Wikipedia's birthday in Chiasso]]. 12 Wikipedians celebrated the age of Wikipedia and discussed 2019 projects.
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Provide an experimentation space for creative ideas, tools and models around various focus areas (e.g: climate change, education, GLAM, etc.). WMCH aims to play a role in technological innovation and topics of open source and open software through flexibility, creativity and proactivity.
[[:c:Category:Wikimedia CH New Year's Brunch 2019 (Chiasso)|Photos]]
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===Outreach and communication===
'''''Wiki-meetups of the group of Insubria: Oleggio'''''
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[[File:Raduno Oleggio 19jan2019 04.jpg|thumb|300px|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Edit-a-thon in Oleggio and picture with tabarristi.</span>]]
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After the yearly CH [[:it:Wikipedia:Raduni/Chiasso 2019|New Year's brunch in Chiasso]], where we had 15 Wikipedians of the [[Gruppi locali di lingua italiana/Insubria|Insubria group]], the group met again on 19 January in Oleggio at the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum Carlo Giacomo Fanchini for an edit-a-thon about the museum and local culture. The event included 14 editors who wrote articles and uploaded pictures (in total 781 articles and files). The gathering ended with a dinner and a group photo with the "tabarristi", another group that met the same day at the museum, wearing the traditional [[:it:Tabarro (abbigliamento)|tabarro]], a typical costume of the southern Alps. The page of the event is available [[:it:Wikipedia:Raduni/Editathon al Museo etnografico di Oleggio|here]] where you can read about the details of the event.
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Advocate for issues such as copyright and net neutrality by actively participating in working groups and coalitions to advance digital and open-source themes in society and politics, in line with the political direction and stance of the Wikimedia Foundation and other chapters. WMCH also supports civic action groups with expertise about the Wikiverse.
[[:c:Category:Museo civico archeologico etnografico Carlo Giacomo Fanchini|Photos.]]
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===Fundraising===
'''''Carlo Amoretti tour: Lonate Pozzolo 11. May '''''
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[[File:Carlo Amoretti.jpg|thumb|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Carlo Amoretti (1741–1816).</span>]]
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The 11th May it will start the Carlo Amoretti tour, a long program of edit-a-thons around [[:en:Insubria|Insubria]]. Retracing the steps of the scientist and adventurer [[:en:Carlo Amoretti|Carlo Amoretti]] among the territories of Insubria, the Wikipedian community will propose a [[:it:Wikipedia:Raduni/Sui passi di Carlo Amoretti/Capo XI - Lonate Pozzolo|visit]] to [[:en:Lonate Pozzolo|Lonate Pozzolo]], once located on the Austro-Piedmontese border. This is the first event of a [[Sui passi di Carlo Amoretti|long program]] that will continue in June in Como.
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Collect donations for the aforementioned programmes and general operations of the association, in accordance with its bylaws.
'''''Amoretti team lands in Nesso (Como), June 1st'''''
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== Organisation ==
The 1st June Amoretti team landed in [[:en:Nesso|Nesso]] on the Lake of Como. By boat 24 wikipedians and students arrived early in this famous village developed around a waterfall even reported by [[:en:Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]] in the [[:en:Codex Atlanticus|Codex Atlanticus]]. After a visit to the village and its churches, the group gathered in the municipal house where they wrote the articles related to the town, uploaded pictures and mapped the territory. Two experts of the history of the village were present to support the group and to report the historical memory of this small but nice village on the shores of the lake.
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The '''Board of directors''' is elected once a year by the General Assembly and consists of a President and four to six other members. See the [https://wikimedia.ch/en/about/board-members/ current board].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Since 2016, the association has neither a headquarters nor a physical office. Its '''team members''' work from home and are based all over Switzerland. See the [https://wikimedia.ch/en/about/staff-members/ current staff].</span>


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=== Diversity ===
== Bylaws and policies ==
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* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Respectful behavior space policy|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Respectful behavior space policy.</span>]]
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia CH/Conflict of interest policy|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Conflict of interest policy.</span>]]


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The bylaws of the association, as well as all other important documents such as current policies and annual reports are to be found on Wikimedia CH’s website: [https://wikimedia.ch/en/about/basic-information/ wikimedia.ch/en/about/basic-information].
'''''Blind and visual impaired users'''''
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== Languages ==
Wikimedia CH started a collaboration with the association [http://albinit.org/ Albinit in the 2018]. This collaboration is aimed to have a [[:it:Progetto:Accessibilità/Albino project|testing phase]] of visual impaired users as passive and active users. The first round is finished and had four testers to check four Italian projects (Wikipedia, Commons, Wikivoyage and Wikisource) giving an evaluation based on 6 parameters:
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Easy research: ability to jump between different contents of the page.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Good management of non-textual elements: ability to read non-textual elements.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Content distribution: page management and content distribution.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Usability of accessory elements (specifically templates): infobox, notes, etc.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Energy spent in the activity (a measure in self-assessment of the effort necessary for the activity).</span>


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In Switzerland, Swiss German is the most widely used language on the workplace (over 60%), followed by standard German (over 30%), French (nearly 30%), English (20%) and Italian (nearly 10%). Over 40% of people over the age of 15 regularly use more than one language.<ref>[https://www.eda.admin.ch/aboutswitzerland/en/home/gesellschaft/sprachen/die-sprachen---fakten-und-zahlen.html Language – facts and figures]</ref>
In this case the focus of the test has been based not only in the accessibility, as it is done usually for disabilities, but considering also the usability and specifically it's considered important the last parameter: the energy spent during the activity.
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That said, more than 25% of people living in Switzerland don't speak a national language. Portuguese is the most commonly spoken foreign language in Switzerland, followed by Spanish, Serbian, Croatian and Albanian.<ref>[[:en:Languages_of_Switzerland]]</ref>
The goal of the project is to check the ability of people with a specific disability to use the Wikimedia projects for their daily activity (study or work or edutainement) and to check if Wikimedia projects can bring an advantage specifically for students having [[:w:Learning disability|learning disability]].
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In this context, Wikimedia CH uses four languages: English, German, French and Italian. For everyday work, the staff communicate mainly in English. Official documents are always produced in all four languages. People are free to also reach out in Romansh or in Swiss German, but the answer will be in one of the four mentioned languages.
The results of the project have been presented in [[Wikimedia+Education Conference 2019|Wikipedia+Education]] in San Sebastian.
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== Verslae ==
Within this project, Wikimedia CH has been in touch also with the association of "[https://www.libroparlato.org/ Libro parlato]" (Spoken Book) of Verbania which collaborates with other similar Swiss associations to publish their catalogue in Wikidata.
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The current reports of all chapters are [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Affiliates Data Portal/Reports|listed here]].
'''''Women'''''
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:File:Wikimedia Switzerland's Report on the voluntary Audit of the 2022 Financial Statements.pdf|Financial statements incl. auditors report]] and [[:File:WMCH Annual Report 2022 FullLength 01.pdf|Annual report]] for 2022</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:File:Wikimedia Switzerland's Report on the voluntary Audit of the 2021 Financial Statements.pdf|Financial statements incl. auditors report]] and [[:File:WMCH Annual Report 2021 Full Report.pdf|Annual report]] for 2021</span>
* [[:File:Financial Statements 2020.pdf|Finansiële state]] en [[:File:WMCHAnnualRpt2020-FullLength.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2020.
* [[:File:WMCH - Audit report and financial statements 2019.pdf|Finansiële verslag en ouditeursverlag]] en [[https://wikimedia.ch/en/news/annual-report-2019-a-year-of-significant-changes/|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2019.
* [[:File:WMCH - Audit report and financial statements 2018.pdf|Finansiële verslag en ouditeursverslag]] en [[https://wikimedia.ch/de/news/annual-report-2018/|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2018.
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[:File:Financial Report 2017 English.pdf|Financial report]], [[:File:Auditors Report 2017 English.pdf|auditor's report]] and [https://www.wikimedia.ch/annual-report-2017/ Annual report] for 2017.</span>
* [[:File:Financial report 2016 eng final.pdf|Finansiële verslag]], [[:File:Revisonsbericht 2016 english.pdf|ouditeursverlag]] en [[:File:WIKIMEDIACH RAPPORTANNUEL 2016.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2016.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/File:Financial_report_2015_final.pdf|Finansiële verslag]], [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/d/d6/Revisonsbericht_2015_englisch.pdf|ouditeursverlag]] en [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/1/1e/Annual_report_2015.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2015.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/6/6d/Financial_Report_2014_final_19032015.pdf|Finansiële verslag]] en [[Wikimedia CH/Annual report 2014|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2014.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/5/5b/Financial_report_2013_final_eng_220314.pdf|Finansiële verslag]] en [[Wikimedia CH/Annual report 2013|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2013.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/4/4c/Financial_statement_2012.pdf|Finansiële verslag]] en [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/a/a2/Wikimedia_CH_annual_report_2012.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2012.
* [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/6/62/Financial_statement_2011.pdf|Finansiële verslag]], en [[https://members.wikimedia.ch/images/b/b3/Annual_report_GA_2012.pdf|Jaarlikse verslag]] vir 2011.
* [[Wikimedia CH/2016 Governance workshop|Opsomming van die bord wat op 14 Julie 2016 plaasgevind het]].


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ETH Zurich: [[:m:Wikipedia:Meetup/Zurich/March 2020]].
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== Projects ==
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[http://www.wikilovesmonuments.ch Wiki Loves Monuments in Switzerland].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[w:it:Progetto:Storia delle Alpi|Storia delle Alpi (LabiSAlp Mendrisio)]].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[c:Commons:Neuchâtel Herbarium/fr|Neuchâtel Herbarium]].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[c:Commons:Zentralbibliothek Zürich|Wickiana (Zentralbibliothek Zürich)]].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[s:fr:EDMA|Encyclopédie du monde actuel]].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[w:fr:Projet:Valdensia|Valdensia (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne)]].</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[w:fr:Projet:Suisse/Biographies des femmes en Suisse|Projet:Suisse/Biographies des femmes en Suisse]].</span>

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== Responsibilities ==
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=== Current Board ===
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[https://wikimedia.ch/en/about/board-members/ current board]
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=== Staff ===
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[https://wikimedia.ch/en/about/staff-members/ current staff]
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== Archive ==
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Past discussions on this page have been kept in the [[Wikimedia CH/Archive|Archive]].
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; Email
: Contact us at {{@|info|wikimedia.ch}}.
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; Lending photography material
: [[c:Commons:Wikimedia CH/Lending equipment|Page on Commons]].
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; Mailing list
: Mailing list for Wikimedians in Switzerland at [[mail:Wikimediach-l|wikimediach-l]].
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: Become a fan of Wikimedia CH at <span class="plainlinks plainlinksneverexpand noarchive">[https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaCH facebook.com/WikimediaCH]</span>.
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: Follow us at @<span class="plainlinks plainlinksneverexpand noarchive">[https://wikis.world/@WikimediaCH Wikimedia CH]</span>.
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; LinkedIn
: Follow us on LinkedIn: <span class="plainlinks plainlinksneverexpand noarchive">[https://linkedin.com/company/wikimedia-ch/?viewAsMember=true @Wikimedia CH <small>&#91; Company '''·''' Internet &#93;</small>], [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3857501/ @Wikimedia CH <small>&#91; Listed group &#93;</small>]</span>.
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: Wikimedia CH
: 8008 Zürich
: Switzerland
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== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 16:55, 22 January 2024

Wikimedia CH
Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens – Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libres – Associazione per la promozione della conoscenza libera


Wikimedia CH

Switserland
Location Switserland
Country codeCH
Legal statusnon-profit organization
Founding date14 April 2006
Official language(s)
Other language(s)
Websitehttps://www.wikimedia.ch/en/
Mailing listWikimediach-l
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Chapters (38)
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Wikimedia user groups (148)

Wikimedia CH is die plaaslike Wikimedia Hoofstuk vir Switserland. Dit is op Mei 14, 2006 gestig. Sien ons Bywette. Wikimedia CH is as 'n velgesynsorganisasie in Switserland erken.

The association was founded on 14 May 2006 in the restaurant of the train station in Olten, and reunites authors and users of Wikimedia projects of all Swiss official languages (German, French, Italian and Rumantsch) as well as the Alemannic dialects and English.

It is recognised as a local chapter by the Wikimedia Foundation. However, it remains a financially and legally independent entity with its own rules and leadership. Wikimedia CH does not host any of the Wikimedia Foundation’s projects and has no editing rights over them.

Wikimedia CH focuses on five strategic impact directions: GLAM, Education, Community, Outreach and Innovation. To support these efforts, the association relies on the organisational enablers of communication, fundraising, technology and know-how, diversity, inclusion and equity.

Useful links

Support for the community

The content on Wikipedia and its sister projects is entirely created thanks to the efforts and engagement of volunteers. It is central for Wikimedia CH to support their work, and it does so by providing a wide range of services.

  • Reimbursements and scholarships: Wikimedia CH pays for travel and accommodation expenses when you participate to events related to Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia CH also awards numerous scholarships every year, even for major events such as WikiCons or Wikimania. Application deadlines and conditions are always communicated in advance. For more information on the guidelines and the specific procedure for application, see WMCH's Scholarships policy. Check out WMCH's General reimbursement policy as well for more details.
  • Microgrants for your project or activities: if you are a volunteer currently active in one of the Swiss languages (German, French, Italian or Rumantsch) and you need financial support for your own project, which has an impact on Wikimedia projects, you can turn to Wikimedia CH for a microgrant (from 1 to 1’000 CHF). A committee composed of staff, members and board members will review your application and decide whether you will be granted the financial contribution. Here’s to the microgrants page on Meta: Wikimedia CH/Micro-Grant .
  • Project grants: if you are planning a bigger project (for example a Wikipedia workshop, an edit-a-thon or an open-source hackathon) that requires a bigger financial support, you can apply for a Wikimedia CH grant (from 1’001 CHF). Your activity needs to improve one or more of the planned activities of Wikimedia CH (connected with its programs Education, GLAM, Community, Outreach and Innovation), and should pursue clear outcomes and impacts. Here you can find more information: Wikimedia CH/Grant .
  • Volunteer certificate: if you need a certificate that confirms your volunteer work, with information about the nature and extent of your commitment in the Wikiverse, you can ask Wikimedia CH to provide such document. Please contact the responsible Community Manager in your region.

Programmes and activities

Wikimedia CH is active in the following areas:

Community

Support and promote the work of volunteers who add content or give visibility to Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and other sister projects run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wikimedia CH follows 4 basic principles: no influence on content, respect of personal rights, neutral point of view, embracing diversity.

Here you can see what the community is currently up to: Wikimedia CH/Calendar and the WikiProject Switzerland on Wikipedia.

GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)

Help Swiss memory institutions share their curatorial knowledge, collections and resources in a digital manner, on global platforms, making Swiss cultural heritage more accessible to the world.

Education

Support the development and adoption of effective educational practices in a digital world through activities on media and information literacy (MIL), teaching about web technologies and contributing to Wikimedia projects. The focus is on students and teachers at all levels of education, but also on other interested parties in a lifelong learning perspective.

Innovation

Provide an experimentation space for creative ideas, tools and models around various focus areas (e.g: climate change, education, GLAM, etc.). WMCH aims to play a role in technological innovation and topics of open source and open software through flexibility, creativity and proactivity.

Outreach and communication

Advocate for issues such as copyright and net neutrality by actively participating in working groups and coalitions to advance digital and open-source themes in society and politics, in line with the political direction and stance of the Wikimedia Foundation and other chapters. WMCH also supports civic action groups with expertise about the Wikiverse.

Fundraising

Collect donations for the aforementioned programmes and general operations of the association, in accordance with its bylaws.

Organisation

  • The Board of directors is elected once a year by the General Assembly and consists of a President and four to six other members. See the current board.
  • Since 2016, the association has neither a headquarters nor a physical office. Its team members work from home and are based all over Switzerland. See the current staff.

Bylaws and policies

The bylaws of the association, as well as all other important documents such as current policies and annual reports are to be found on Wikimedia CH’s website: wikimedia.ch/en/about/basic-information.

Languages

In Switzerland, Swiss German is the most widely used language on the workplace (over 60%), followed by standard German (over 30%), French (nearly 30%), English (20%) and Italian (nearly 10%). Over 40% of people over the age of 15 regularly use more than one language.[1]

That said, more than 25% of people living in Switzerland don't speak a national language. Portuguese is the most commonly spoken foreign language in Switzerland, followed by Spanish, Serbian, Croatian and Albanian.[2]

In this context, Wikimedia CH uses four languages: English, German, French and Italian. For everyday work, the staff communicate mainly in English. Official documents are always produced in all four languages. People are free to also reach out in Romansh or in Swiss German, but the answer will be in one of the four mentioned languages.

Verslae

The current reports of all chapters are listed here.

See also

  1. ↑ Language – facts and figures
  2. ↑ en:Languages_of_Switzerland
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