Årsplan 2027/2027 Annual Plan

2027 Annual Plan

On 7 February 2026 the Wikimedia Norge Annual General Assembly (AGA) passed the priorities for the annual plan and the corresponding budget for the calendar year 2027. We are guided by our 2023–2028 Strategic Plan, and over the last four years we have implemented activities within each of its four thematic work areas. The level of operational maturity within each area is illustrated by a traffic light system. As we enter the last third of our strategic period, our aim is to get to a green light status for all the work areas.

The AGA decided that our 2026 initiatives were to be continued in 2027, but in addition we were to step up our support and facilitation to help volunteers improve the user experience on Norwegian and Northern Sámi Wikipedias. In 2026, this took on the form of a project called WP25 – Policies, Guidelines and Help Pages tidy-up, which, pending sufficient funding, will stretch from June 2026 until the end of 2028. The AGA also decided to make a priority of

• efforts to increase our unrestricted funding
• Wiki into Education rollout with students 19–26 years as the main target group
• growing a Northern Sámi Wikipedia community
• research community partnerships

Tough Priorities

As of August 2026, Wikimedia Norge (WMNO) has been informed by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Northern and Western Europe Regional Grants Committee that the 2027 General Support Fund grant that we have been awarded for 2027, will not be adjusted for inflation and wage growth. That leaves our grant at the exact same amount as in the years 2025 and 2026, and unless we are awarded substantial external funding, our 2027 budget will have to be cut. In 2026, we have budgeted with a negative result in order to cover the Wikipedia 25 anniversary, adding to the need for a frugal 2027 budget. With that in mind, the Wikimedia Norge Board passed a set of priorities at their 5 September 2026 meeting, in case we are left with less resources than expected.

We choose to prioritise the following:

• Growing the Female Ratio on Wikipedia transitions from project phase to part of general operations.
• One-on-one partnerships with Nordic affiliate(s) rather than regional collaborations.
• The annual WMNO admins and mentors’ retreat.

We make the following cuts, if need be:

• We cut from two to one onsite weekend meetings for our board and members.
• A general cut in travels and meeting costs.
• A cut from 3.5 to 2.5 staff FTEs in September–December 2027. In worst case this will be a permanent cut.

Pulling resources from core operations will mainly affect our efforts to support and strengthen wiki communities, which is very challenging to find external funding for.

Communities Outreach

Onsite activities for board and members are costly, and 2027 targets for communities’ outreach are less ambitious than the 2026 ones. In some areas, our focus will have to shift from growing our reach to maintaining the status quo.

2023–2028 strategic goals: To support and strengthen the community of members and volunteers and readers of the Wikimedia projects. Increased quality and diversity in the Wikimedia projects, particularly in Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Northern Sámi.
2027 plan
Activity	Targets
Wiki meetups in Oslo and at least one other city, hosted by volunteers or WMNO: 6 wiki meetups that are learning sessions or social get-togethers, out of which at least one is held in combination with an onsite retreat for the WMNO Board. 11 Wiki Lunch Breaks at Sentralen in Oslo WikiNobel in October	At least 60 participants attend a wiki meetup for the first time, and at least 25 % of participants are women. 20 on-site or digital participants at WikiNobel.
Organise a hybrid Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Oslo 13 February 2027.	The 2027 AGA is carried out according to the WMNO bylaws and provides the necessary guidance for our future operations.
Organise a digital members’ meeting in autumn 2027, where an annual plan progress update is given.	To strengthen WMNO as an organisation governed by its members.
Organise a weekend retreat for Wikipedia admins and mentors in the 3rd quarter of the year.	Up to 15 participants.
Host a digital Wikipedia Kickstart session every first Wednesday of the month and offer one-on-one sessions on demand. Group sessions are offered to partners, public entities and others.	To train and retain a group of three mentors that can host Kickstart sessions. A total of at least 30 participants, and half of them are active editors on Wikipedia for at least one month.
Project: Fix it! - make Wikipedia shine In 2027, we will revamp our successful 2024-2026 project to add references and citations to unsourced articles. Our monthly Fix it! editing competition will take on a more general scope and the communities will be asked to prioritise between maintenance tasks. Other project activities may be added.	4000 maintenance templates are removed from Wikipedia articles in Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Northern Sámi or Inari Sámi.
Project: WP25 – Policies, Guidelines and Help Pages tidy-up Editor-initiated project on Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia with WMNO staff support. Phase 1: Tidy-up and UX design of Policies and Guidelines and their site architecture and navigation, to help new and existing editors find the info they need on desktop as well as on mobile browsers and mobile apps. Phase 2: Tidy-up and improvement of Help Pages, so that they correspond with WMNO training materials and courses, as well as WMF-developed beginners’ functions. Please refer to the overview below this table, illustrating project phases and human resources needed.	Main target: Comprehensive access to info and training opportunities makes it easier to become a Wikipedia editor, and more editors stay in the long term. Please refer to a separate breakdown of project targets.
Gender gap: WMNO’s longstanding efforts to counter the Wikipedia gender gap are continued, as we recruit and support women admins, mentors and editors on the two Norwegian language versions of Wikipedia. In March, we will organise our annual Women in Red Campaign to grow the number of women’s biographies on Wikipedia. We will also host a WiR workshop.	At least 20 participants divided between a minimum of three Wikipedia editing courses for small groups of women. They are subsequently supported by a mentor for at least three months. A third of the women are active Wikipedia editors one year after they attended a course. 1000 new women’s biographies. 5 WiR workshop participants.
Northern Sámi Wikipedia: Providing we can find the right person; small-scale hire of a Northern Sámi Outreach Specialist that can host Wikipedia training sessions and take part in our communications efforts.	50 new articles created on SE Wikipedia. Please refer to target numbers for editors under the heading Wikipedia Language Versions.
Wikimedia Commons photographers: WMNO will provide staff support for photographers that want to apply for press accreditation. WMNO will host at least one digital peer learning session for photographers. Organise WMNO’s take on Wiki Loves Monuments: Cultural Heritage 2027 in September, or another thematic upload campaign preferred by our photo community.	Press accreditation to at least five high-profile events or performances. At least 5 participants at peer learning session. 1000 photos uploaded to our 2027 photo campaign month.
Wikigrants (travel grants): Members can apply for grants to cover travel expenses to take part in national or international Wikimedia movement meetings and conferences.	At least one volunteer has represented WMNO at a conference or meeting abroad. Five volunteers have received a travel grant that enabled them to attend a domestic wiki meetup or a WMNO meeting or event.

Limited staff capacity is WMNOs number one operational challenge. In 2027, pending external funding, 1 FTE will be spent on our WP25 project, which has long been requested by community members.

Membership Growth

In recent years, we have invested staff time on membership recruitment campaigns, and our long-term goal of 40 % annual growth has seemed within reach:

If a budget revision forces us to cut onsite activities, and the costliest ones are those that happen outside of Oslo, that’s likely to deter our membership growth in 2027.

Wikipedia Language Versions

We are constantly monitoring the Norwegian communities of editors, administrators, patrollers and mentors. So far, our Metrics have not yet shown the substantial drop in volunteers and readers that has been seen globally. We strongly believe that our outreach efforts is the best way to help our language communities recruit and retain volunteers, which is a paradox: At a time when we should be stepping up our outreach and communications to maintain a stable number of editors and readers, our available funding will be forcing us to cut activities. Our target numbers for 2027 are the same as for 2026:

	Monthly average		End of year
	Editors	Active editors	Administrators	Patrollers	Mentors
Norwegian Bokmål	2,900	330	40	170	8
Norwegian Nynorsk	240	30	15	10	3
Northern Sámi	30	10	3	2	2
Sum	3,170	370	58	182	13

With the global tendencies being what they are, to avoid significant drops in numbers for "our" language versions will be considered a victory.

Diversify Revenues

Since 2022, we have been making long-term efforts to diversify revenues and strengthen our organisation. In 2025, we depended upon our WMF grant for 72 % of the total revenues. We expect the percentage to drop in 2027, but that will probably just mean that the total pie will be smaller than before. A cut in WMF funding is unlikely to stimulate diversification, as our staff will have less bandwidth to work on securing external grants. Even so, we have no option but to keep our targets ambitious.

2023–2028 strategic goal: To be a professional non-profit organisation that strives for healthy finances, active membership coordination and good long-term plans.
2027 plan
Activity	Targets
Enable our organisation to receive gifts in wills.	Increase of unrestricted revenues.
Systematic efforts to gain political support for our applications for state funding.
Allocate sufficient time for project development, contact with potential granters and writing applications.	Revenues of NOK 1 million in external project funding in 2027.
Continuous fundraising efforts in WMNOs owned media channels. Outreach to potential corporate donors.	Received donations of NOK 100,000.

Realistically, in our operational context, the following activities or projects stand the best chance of receiving external funding in 2027:

• Northern Sámi outreach

• Gender gap activities
• Wiki into Education

Pursue Partnerships

2023–2028 strategic goal: To be a visible and attractive partner for relevant parts of GLAM (particularly libraries, archives and museums), the educational sector, the authorities and civil society in general.
2027 plan
Activity	Targets
To develop and target our communications efforts.	Stable or increased numbers for social media reach and wikimedia.no pageviews. 30 % of our newsletter recipients click to read some of the full content. Five news items in regional/national media as part of our advocacy efforts.
Advocacy Interact with public and non-profit sector entities that influence legislative processes. Continued participation in The Norwegian Open Government Partnership (OGP) stakeholder forum organised by the Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance. Take part in the public consultations about the expected AI Act and the long-awaited Copyright Act.	To position ourselves as the national number one non-profit that offers input on how to maintain public digital spaces and support free knowledge. Our input is heard and has a positive influence.
Explore the offer from the University of Oslo to collaborate on a PhD position placed with WMNO.	Closer interaction with a university/college. Knowledge about our field and WMNO’s work.
Project: Wiki into education Target audience: Students, age group 19-26 years Our online standalone courses supplement digital Wikipedia Kickstart sessions and our range of onsite Wikimedia courses and workshops. Introduce educational institutions to our training materials and staff support.	Rollout at the University of Oslo. Secure partnerships and funding to allow national rollout.
AI and disinformation: Continued collaboration with research communities in the NxtGenFake project, mainly at University of Oslo and Sintef. Staff attendance at conferences and learning opportunities. Continued staff support for the community processes and workflows aimed at tackling the surge of AI slop entering Norwegian Wikimedia projects: Wikipedia:Kunstig_intelligens	Increased staff competence about AI and disinformation to provide support for research communities interested in Wikimedia projects. At least two peer learning opportunities for the Wikimedia language communities that we support.
Potential project (pending funding and access to tech competence): Heritage Data in Wikidata Project partners: WMNO and The Directorate for Cultural Heritage, both confirmed, and potentially the Wikimedia Content Partnerships Hub. Planning: Phase 1 – Exploring partnerships and funding opportunities that can supplement the tech competence made available by the directorate. Phase 2 – Planning import of 630,000 objects/locations from two open datasets, and potentially another 475,000 from the SEFRAK-registry dataset. Implementation: Phase 3 – a) Execute initial data import, alongside manual testing and quality control. A Wikimedian in Residence can help verify Wikidata elements. b) If possible, set up a weekly (?) incremental API pipeline that will keep data up to date. Phase 4 – With the help of WMNO and directorate staff and a Wikimedian in Residence, we can help volunteer communities make use of imported heritage data in Wikimedia projects. E.g. by enriching Wikipedia articles, info boxes, lists, and media files across platforms. Special attention will be given to how we can cater for research communities that use Wikidata, and we are eager to find synergies with relevant initiatives such as Echolot.	By 1 February: Project Plan is complete and phase 1 has been successful in securing the necessary funding and tech competence. April: Phase 2 is successfully completed. May 2027-October 2028: Phases 3 and 4 are successfully completed.

The Global Wikimedia Movement

Wikimedia Norge takes an active part in global strategic processes, and we are trying to help more Norwegian Wikimedians get involved. In recent years we have provided Wiki grants and encouraged members to take part in international events for peer exchange. In 2027, budget restrictions mean that we will have to prioritise staff and board attendance at strategically important meetings.

2023–2028 strategic goal: To play an active part in international wiki efforts.
2027 plan
Activity	Targets
Members and staff are encouraged to contribute to knowledge-sharing and networking on a day-to-day basis and at digital meetings or conferences.	WMNO contributes to, and learns from, the global efforts for free and open knowledge sharing.
At least one volunteer has represented WMNO at a conference or meeting abroad.