Applications for UNLOCK 2022 open until May 29th, 2022 | Wikimedia Accelerator
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"Applications for UNLOCK 2022 are now open! The third edition of Wikimedia’s Accelerator UNLOCK is all about collaboration and cross-regional exchange. Wikimedia Deutschland has teamed up with Wikimedia Serbia and Impact Hub Belgrade to jointly design and host the program in 2022: UNLOCK Germany x Western Balkans! We are calling on change makers, activists, technologists and creative minds from the German-speaking region and the Western Balkans. Applications are open until May 29th, 2022....
What is the UNLOCK Accelerator? We support open source software projects and non- technical projects under free licenses. The UNLOCK Accelerator is committed to promoting solutions that make the world’s knowledge more diverse, more accessible and inclusive for everyone.
What’s in it for you? We help you turn your idea into a functional prototype. You will be equipped with the right mindsets and skills through needs-oriented coachings, and will be brought together with peers and experts for exchange and collaboration. We also offer financial support.
Who can join? This fully remote program is designed for change makers, activists, technologists and creative minds who believe in the power of collaboration and open innovation, and who want to shape the future of Free Knowledge with us....
The challenge: Access to knowledge is a matter of equity
Our vision is a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. This means that information needs to be available as a whole and in a convenient and modifiable form to everyone, free of charge.
The digital transformation already positively influences the way we access, contribute to and share data, information and resources in the digital space. However, existing structures of power and privilege still exclude people from much of the world’s knowledge, such as biases, under-representations and inequities. The result is a widening knowledge gap.
This is our call for technical and non-technical solutions that break down social and technical barriers preventing people from both accessing and contributing to free knowledge...."