Constant is pleased to host the 3rd Big Fat Brussels Meeting. In 2013 some interested wikimedians decided to meet every year for a weekend in Brussels to constitute an EU Policy Advocacy group.

This year they will meet to "translate" Wikimedia Foundation’s Big 5 into a EU policy masterplan. They will also work on how to best integrate national and EU level campaigns.

Focus - Day 1 After a number of initiatives within the Wikimedia movement to define global advocacy goals, a structured process was started about a year ago. WMF Legal proposed a number of policy areas of concern. These were then discussed at the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin and Wikimania in Mexico City. The result was a public policy portal. The goal for the first day will be to "translate" these Big 5 goals into EU policy aims and priorities.

Focus - Day 2 The European Parliament has seen our first campaign targeted directly at its members. Simultaneously, public policy campaigns in France, Italy, Latvia and Estonia are taking place. Exchanging knowledge quickly between Member States and Brussels is pivotal to working successfully, especially with the Council. How can we best use our EU-wide network of chapters and activists as a competitive advantage? How to share learnings and materials? Can we coordinate purely national campaigns to maximise results? The goal will be to come up with a step-by-step guide to public policy campaigns that lets communities know how they should proceed and who to get in touch with.

The number of places is limited. If you are interested in participating, please contact: donatella (at) constantvzw.org