 Good morning, and thank you for joining me today as I talk about a very exciting project My name is Dania and I am representing the UE user group And today I will be talking to you about the million project the million project is an project that we announced in when we hosted wiki Arabia in 2022 and We announced it in attendance of the wiki community We are now officially launching the project in December of 2023 the million project is an ambitious project that aims to enrich Arabic wiki media projects by encouraging Arabic wiki medians and user groups to participate in creating content and through funded projects and Contributions of 1 million articles on wikipedia and other wiki media platforms within three years the vision statement for the project celebrating diversity and building bridges of knowledge Embracing the symphony of languages cultures and perspectives that enrich Arabic wiki media projects Nurture a garden of collective wisdom where a million wiki contributions will be a testament to the beauty of unity and diversity Traverse cultural frontiers by building bridges of knowledge that connect Arabic speaking communities worldwide The mission statement for the project It aims to enrich as I said Arabic wiki media projects by empowering Arabic wiki medians individuals and user groups to participate through funding opportunities Within three years, we aim to generate 1 million contributions across wikipedia and other wiki media projects We strive to create a collaborative and diverse knowledge sharing platform that reflects Arabic speaking communities cultural richness historical heritage and contemporary interests We aim to engage and involve high school and university students as well as seniors Locally and worldwide to build an inclusive and thriving Arabic community The objectives fostering content create enrichment and that's through encouraging the Arabic wiki medians to actively participate in content creation and improvement Empowering the wiki media community by providing financial support through grants to individuals and user groups with innovative and impactful project ideas Increasing Arabic content contributions That's through generating 1 million new articles and content pieces across wiki media projects Promoting diversity of projects by supporting diverse ideas on various topics and in regions and well-rounded content representation across interests and communities Enhancing participation of high school university students as well as seniors by engaging them and raising awareness among them to actively participate in the content creation and Last but not least localizing the content on the UAE as a UAE user group We aim to collaborate with local organizations and cultural centers to emphasize the addition of relevant and accurate Content related to the UAE thus preserving the country's cultural and historical heritage The million project has 8 scopes and I'll go through them one by one starting with the geographic scope The project's primary focus is on Arabic wiki media projects covering Wikipedia and other platforms While the project targets contributions from Arabic speaking communities worldwide It also emphasizes the content localization and representation of Arabic speaking regions including the UAE Content enrichment and that is through encouraging enrichment of wiki media projects by improving and creating articles and content pieces through six platforms wikipedia wiki voyage wiki news wiki source wikshinary and wiki quote and We chose a few different platforms to engage the audience in the different skills that they have or the different Ideas and passions that they have towards one of the eye any of the wiki media Projects the contributions will cover a wide range of subjects Including but not limited to history arts culture literature and local interest The grant program it will involve the the project as said include involves a grant program that provides funding opportunities to individuals and user groups With innovative and impactful project ideas the grant committee will manage the grant program and reviewing the Applications and approving them based on the defined criteria and guidelines The project's timeline is three years and during which we aim to achieve the goal that we have set which is one million Contributions the projects funded through the grant can have from three to twelve months to activate and Delivered their project the proposed projects ensure and we will have some flexibility and adaptability Granted that they communicate this to the user group Community engagement as I said it is based on engaging the community and that is also includes yourselves So so we will will value the feedback and we'll seek feedback from the community on how the project is Going on any input or feedback on how we can improve throughout the three years would be highly appreciated in ensuring the success of the project It also on a local base as well as worldwide actually we would encourage the user groups and and young individuals youth to be part of this project to and as well as the user groups engaging the seniors and youth in their communities to participate in content creation Communication and outreach the million project will include a communication and outreach Strategy to promote the project raise awareness and engage the different stakeholders Activities will include official launch press conferences social media out announcements as part of the outreach program as well as of course the meta page of the user group as well for more updates The project will include a communication and outreach strategy to promote the project raise awareness and engage the different stakeholders As part of the outreach program as well as of course the meta page of the user group as well for more updates The impact of the project incorporates data collection and evaluation mechanism to assess the impact of the and the progress of the funded projects KPIs will be defined by the individuals or the user groups to measure the effectiveness and outcomes of the project And last but not least collaboration and localization as I said the user group will engage with the local cultural and government entities to support and encourage their individuals to be part of the content creation as well as increasing the content on the cultural heritage of the UAE The project is time bound community oriented and emphasizes impact evaluation and collaboration to contribute the one million contributions within three years Now how the grant funding program will work the we will have a website that will include all the terms and conditions the criteria for applying for the grant More information about the whole project and how you can be involved Individuals or user groups can visit the website apply for a grant by submitting a strategy plan including the timeline as well as a budget breakdown of the amount needed for the project and a budget breakdown of how the funding will be used And a timeline of when you see the project completed and the KPIs and all the objectives of your project The grant committee which is going to be created specially for this project will review the proposals and will either approve or reject They will also reach out to the individuals or user groups for more clarification on their proposals if needed The proposal has been approved has been approved to be implemented within the specific timeframe so once the user group or individuals have applied for the proposal and they give us the timeline We expect the delivery of the outcomes within the timeline stated by this by the group or individual unless communicated with the grant committee and the user group for any reason But as I said there will be some flexibility with that and once the project or the initiative is completed we expect the individuals or user groups to submit a report of the outcomes of the project as well as how the funding was used throughout the project And that's it from myself if you need more information I have our email address and our Instagram page where you can also message us on that and reach out for any questions And I have 10 minutes to open it up for any questions if anyone has any Otherwise I will take my leave and say thank you And we can share this information with anyone if you reach out to us we can share the PowerPoint with your via email and you can have that to discuss with your user groups as well Thank you