HOT COMMUNITY GRANTSKEY OBJECTIVES

Help open mapping +open data communities
with the resources theyneed to grow

Encourage leadershipskills, gender balance +youth participation incommunities as theydevelop

Help communities share
their stories with theglobal OSM,
development andhumanitarian community

Broaden the ways open
mapping is reducing theimpact of humanitarianefforts, and increase local
mapping in vulnerable
placesMICROGRANTS AND DEVICE GRANTSSINCE 2017 WE’VE...
Who’ve made 8 million
local edits toOpenStreetMap in thecommunities they live andwork

Supported 31 communities in23 countries with grants of$2000-11000

And trained 9710 newmappers to join theircommunities

CROWD2MAP
FGM MAPPING IN TANZANIA••••Community age at time of grant: 18 months
Grant: $5000 USD for one year
Community growth: 277%Achievements– 7,500 new mappers (50% new to OSM)
– Digitisation of 2.9 million buildings and370,000km of road
– Field mapping of 9000 villages– Training of local mappers in 26
additional areas in 7 topics (mapliteracy, ID editor, JOSM, Maps.Me,QGIS, benefits of maps fordevelopment, use of open data)
https://youtu.be/AW3v18ZJYDg

MAPEANDO MEU BAIRROGROWING COMMUNITY IN MOZAMBIQUE

https://youtu.be/sS7C_9D7EjQSETTING UP MINI GRANTSLESSONS LEARNEDExpectations:••

Mapping knowledge/experience would be abarrier and we’d provide training and support
in mapping and using new mapping tools
Communities would be reasonably
comfortable with grant processes

What we learned:•••Very rich network of learning materials, community
support, experience available to learn new tools / trainothers to map
Barriers we didn’t anticipate including–
Significant administration effort–
Much support required for reporting to belightweight but accountable–
Data use is significantly harder to achieve (howeveroften preparedness activities)–
Connectivity always a challenge
Sustainability:–
Means different things to different people–
Hard to measure–
However, generally agreed as a ‘good thing’ andthere are certain factors which seem to becorrelated with longevity and quality

HOT COMMUNITY GRANTSSUSTAINABILITY ELEMENTS (DRAFT)

Asterisked = bareminimum requirements

Resources

Technical Skills

Organizing/GovernanceNetworks

Sufficient number of people*

Base technical knowledge tomeet objectives (remotemapping, field mapping tools)

Clear self-governance /decision-making structures

Access to global/local networks
to ask questions

Leader(s) to plan and carryout activities

Partners – co-promoting
events, using data, attending
related events

Equipment (phones/laptops)*
Access to internet*
Physical space for mapping
Funds for internet/foodAccess to updated aerial
imagery

Able to learn/acquire newskills/approaches
Able to train new members
Able to train partnerorganizationsMostly easier to fund

‘Water carrier’ - someone whocould fill any role required(especially at last minute)*
Grants/contracts/paid
assignments to retain leadersand key knowledge

Sponsors – individual/org
relationships or self-funding
Social media presence to drive
participation
Institutionalization – embedding
within government, academia,
civil society

Mostly require providing guidance and support

Enabling environment : Lawful (no fear of prosecution) | Basic human needs are met | Sufficient income to support contributing

Get intouch!

rebecca.firth@hotosm.org
amelia.hunt@hotosm.org

j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org
remigio.chilaule@gmail.com@crowd2map@mapeandomeu
bairro@hotosm