[Open-education] Looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation grant to work with UNESCO

Wed Jan 28 08:45:19 UTC 2015

This looks like a great initiative John and I wholeheartedly endorse it! 
UNESCO have done some great work in the open access area and I think 
this would be fantastic way to further their work. We'd love to hear 
more about it if you win the grant.

Just for info for everyone - to endorse John's grant proposal you will 
need to have a Wikipedia account.

Marieke

On 27/01/2015 22:33, John Cummings wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I'm looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation 
> PEG grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO 
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence>. 
> I'd very much appreciate if you would have a look, I want to include 
> as many different projects and languages as possible and connect 
> editors in each country with local UNESCO partners.
>
> The big thing for me around education is working with UNESCO and it's 
> partners to release content under an open license and for this to act 
> as a model for other UN organisations. I think this will be especially 
> interesting to them with relation to Wikipedia Zero 
> <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero>.
>
> I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the 
> Wikimedia Commons categoryImages from the archive of UNESCO 
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNESCO>, 
> here are a few examples relevant to Wiki loves Earth:
>
>  *
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soda_volcano,_Oromia,_Ethiopia.jpg>
>
>     The Soda volcano, Oromia, Ethiopia.
>
>  *
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_earthquake_that_hit_the_Capital_Port_au_Prince_just_before_5_pm_on_12_January_2010.jpg>
>
>     Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital
>     Port au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.
>
>  *
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_monk,_wearing_a_special_costume,_Desert_road_in_China,_July-August_1991,_Sikkim,_India.jpg>
>
>     Young monk, wearing a special costume, July-August 1991, Sikkim,
>     India.
>
>  *
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabha,6,_getting_ready_to_walk_to_school_from_her_house_on_the_borders_eastern_Gaza_strip,_where_she_and_her_family_are_still_living_in_tents.jpg>
>
>     Sabha, 6, getting ready to walk to school from her house on the
>     borders eastern Gaza strip, where she and her family are still
>     living in tents.
>
>  *
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohana_fishermen_hunters_use_lures_from_real_birds_to_catch_more_birds.jpg>
>
>     Not far from Mohenjo-Daro (or Mohenjodaro) - These Mohana
>     fishermen/hunters use lures from real birds to catch more birds.
>     They will either eat them or sell them. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan.
>
>  *
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priest_of_rock-Hewn_Churches_of_Lalibela,_a_high_place_of_Ethiopian_Christianity,_still_today_a_place_of_pilmigrage_and_devotion..jpg>
>
>     Priest of rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, a high place of
>     Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and
>     devotion.
>
> If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link 
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence> and 
> then click the endorse button.
>
> Many thanks
>
> John
>
>
>
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