The Goethe-Institut Johannesburg

The Goethe-Institut Johannesburg and WikiAfrica is proudly hosting the week-long (5 day) #OpenAfrica15 – a Wikipedian in Residence training course – in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The #OpenAfrica15 training is a course for Wikipedians in Residence aimed at supporting and expanding the skill sets of existing Wikipedians across the continent. It will take place at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg from the 30th November to the 4th December 2015.

Chosen delegates will be tasked with pre and post course takes that include engaging with content-rich institutions and training and supporting local Wikipedian volunteers. Delegates will be drawn from the following countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and South Africa.

This is a call for applications from Wikip/medians who would like to be instructed in all aspects of Wikipedia and Wikimedia interaction.

#OpenAfrica15

The training session will host 8 delegates with the aim of activating them as Wikipedians in Residence from countries across Africa, and South Africa. The training session will take 5 days of intensive introduction to the following subjects:

• Wikipedia, Wikimedia Projects, and the Wikimedia landscape in Africa,
• The Open Movement and its impact in Africa,
• Working with partners to extract citable content,
• Leveraging networks to build community and aggregate content,
• Using Wikimedia tools, e.g. GLAM tools, Wikimetrics and Wiki Data,
• Event planning, marketing and communication for engagement,
• Project planning, grants, accountability and budgets, and
• Tracking and metric tools and evaluation.

The expected outcomes will be:

• Complete immersion in and understanding of the Wikimedia projects.
• A road map for engagement with local partners, networks and community.
• The ability to determine the extent of information available in their country and how to draw that information onto Wikipedia.
• A plan for how to access the needed information effectively and efficiently.
• A sustainable strategy for the critical evaluation of the information and its sources.
• Plan the incorporation and expansion of all selected information into the Wikimedia projects.
• Have a proactive understanding of the economic, legal, and social issues that impact the Open Movement and develop an ethical and legal strategy to engage access and use information in 3-5 countries across Africa.