Wikimedia MKD vision and mission
Wikimedia MKD is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan association, whose main goal is the collection, reproduction and sharing of free content, exclusively in a non-profit way, as well as the promotion of the idea that all people should have equal access to knowledge and education. It officially starts working on January 1, 2024 with the merger of the two non-governmental organizations GLAM Macedonia and Shared Knowledge.
General goal of the association
The purpose of the Association is to engage in the following activities:
- Propagation of the idea of creating, collecting and multiplying free content on the Internet, as well as managing and disposing of the funds intended for that purpose. The focus of interest lies on several international Wikimedia projects.
- Reproduction and support of the reproduction of free content in digital, print and other forms with an emphasis on the content of international Wikimedia projects.
- Collecting, publishing and multiplying information, as well as public relations related to free content and Wikimedia projects through organizing events and publishing informative literature.
- Creating links between Wikimedia projects and institutions from the GLAM sector, i.e. galleries, libraries, archives and museums in Macedonia, and related institutions.
- Organizing activities related to Wikipedia in educational institutions throughout Macedonia.
- Awarding of scholarships.
- Nurturing and promoting the Macedonian literary language and spelling.