On October 12th, a meeting was held with the Archive staff of the Parliament (Assemblée Nationale) of Côte d'Ivoire for discussing an eventual collaboration with the Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d'Ivoire (WCUG-CI). Shortly after this discussion a brainstorming session was set up at the headquarters of the User Group. As for the User Group, the aim of this brainstorming was to define how two of its projects could benefit from this collaboration : The GLAM in Côte d'Ivoire and Wiki Loves Women.
Edit-a-thons with the Wiki Loves Women Team
Edit-a-thon on October 21st
On a weekly frequence, edit-a-thons take place at the WCUG-CI headquater in Abidjan. Organized by the Wiki Loves Women local staff, these sessions are also supported by the GLAM team. During the last weeks several articles were edited or created. Among these articles are:
Super excited to see Côte d'Ivoire starting to think about GLAM activities. If you need any support, or help finding project models, please reach out, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 14:53, 10 November 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]