Clara Wiest represented Wikimedia CH at the "Big Fat Brussels Meeting", a gathering of Wikimedia chapters and Wikimedia user groups.

It was a great opportunity to discuss advocacy issues and the Wikimedia Europe strategy process.

More information: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Europe/Advocacy/Big_Fat_Brussels_Meeting_X

#WikimediaEurope #WikimediaCH #Wikimedia

Common(s) Cause is an effort by @creativecommons @openfuture @okfn and #WikimediaEurope to create a shared advocacy agenda for the Knowledge Commons.

Our new report outlines opportunities and threats, based on the event we organized together at #Wikimania2024: https://openfuture.eu/publication/open-movements-commons-causes/

Open movement’s common(s) causes – Open Future

This report maps current threats and opportunities facing the open movement, based on an advocacy event organized at Wikimania 2024.

Open Future

✊🏾💡 Common(s) Causes is an effort by @okfn @creativecommons @openfuture #WikimediaEurope to create a shared advocacy agenda for the #KnowledgeCommons.

📃 Our new report outlines opportunities and threats facing the open movement: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/11/18/report-open-movements-commons-causes/

Report: Open Movement's Common(s) Causes

This report outlines a shared advocacy strategy for the Knowledge Commons, based on a mapping of opportunities and threats facing the open movement that took place at Common(s) Cause, a Wikimania 2024 side event.

Open Knowledge Foundation blog

✊🏾 More than 50 open movement activists attended our #CommonsCause event yesterday in #Katowice. We mapped the current political challenges and identified our common agendas. To be continued!

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🗓️Are you interested in co-designing the Knowledge Commons advocacy strategy? Register your interest to participate in #CommonsCause, the @wikimania 2024 side event we are organizing with @creativecommons, @okfn, and #WikimediaEurope 👉 https://openfuture.eu/event/commons-cause-wikimania-2024/ #DigitalCommons
Common(s) Cause: towards a shared advocacy strategy for the Knowledge Commons – Open Future

Creative Commons, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Future, and Wikimedia Europe are hosting a day-long side event to Wikimania 2024.

Open Future

Planning to spend the summer in Europe? 🌞🌱 Together with @openfuture #CreativeCommons and #WikimediaEurope, we are hosting a side event to @wikimania 2024 to define a shared advocacy strategy for the #KnowledgeCommons.

👉🏾 Register your interest: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/01/commons-cause-towards-a-shared-advocacy-strategy-for-the-knowledge-commons

Common(s) Cause: Towards a Shared Advocacy Strategy for the Knowledge Commons 

Join us for a day-long side event to Wikimania 2024 in Katowice, Poland. Our goal is to design a shared advocacy vision for stronger, collaborative work for the Knowledge Commons.

Open Knowledge Foundation blog

Wikimedia Europe has signed an open letter that calls on UN Member States to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the forthcoming Global Digital Compact.

1. Empower communities to govern online public interest projects
2. Support global digital commons for promoting and safeguarding digital public goods
3. Develop AI/ML to aid, not replace, creators and decision-makers in serving public interest

https://wikimedia.brussels/open-letter-to-protect-wikipedia-and-other-public-interest-projects-in-the-global-digital-compact/

#WikimediaEurope #DigitalCommons #GlobalDigitalCompact

Open letter to protect Wikipedia and other public interest projects in the Global Digital Compact – Wikimedia Europe