Going Global Team

Key dates and numbers

• 27/01/2014 - Open Food Facts goes worldwide: https://blog.openfoodfacts.org/fr/news/open-food-facts-devient-mondial
• 2024 - The journey is just 1% done

Why it matters

Aim 🎯

Let as many different nationalities benefit from the Open Food Facts database in their native language! 🌎

How to get involved

Needs / Missions 🏗️

Globally

• Reviewing translations pull requests on the Server, Mobile App, Web Content, Blog Content, Robotoff and more
• ....

In your country

• Copywriting for the Open Food Facts blog / Website about local issues/events…
• Complete the Country Support page for your country
• Translations using Crowdin and the online taxonomy translation system
• Enhancing taxonomies for your language or country (food labels, food categories, ingredients…)
  • You can get inspiration from:
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cuisines
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_prepared_foods
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_food_and_beverage_topics
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_foods
• Coordinating with the communication team to ensure media coverage in new countries
• Coordinating with the communication team to maintain our localized social media channels 📣
• Coordinating with the communication team to publish localized blogposts on Wordpress once they are translated
• Coordinating with the communication team to localize visuals (communication, blogposts) using Figma and Canva
• Coordinating with the communication team to localize the Knowledge Base
• ....

Tools ⚒️

TOOL	WHAT ?
Translation wikipage	Translations using Crowdin (https://translate.openfoodfacts.org) and the online taxonomy translation system
Taxonomies wikipage	Enhancing taxonomies for your language or country (food labels, food categories, ingredients…)
How to get started on Crowdin	A quick tutorial to start your first translation on Crowdin
Communication team wikipage 🎁	Coordinating with the communication team to ensure media coverage in new countries
Country coordination wikipages	There might already be one for your country. If not, use our template to get started

Helping maintain our localized social media channels 📣

English

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Youtube
• LinkedIn
• Blog

Localized social media channels

• Localized social media channels: Public_Relations/Social_Media

Team referent

Pierre : pierre@openfoodfacts.org

Connecting with other members

• On the following Slack channels:
  • #going-global

• On the Forum, category Going global

• During the monthly e-meeting that takes place every 3rd Tuesday at 6pm CEST (Paris time): https://meet.google.com/sga-vtsr-cid
  • You can subscribe to the community calendar to get a monthly reminder.

Perks of being a volunteer at Open Food Facts

⭐ Collective action / Impact / actively contributing to citizen science !

⭐ Highlighting global impact / individual impact (through testimonials, invites)

⭐ Developing skills, learning new ones

⭐ Events (annual Open Food Facts days, meet-ups…)

⭐ Goodies

⭐ LinkedIn volunteer badge / recommendations

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