So many jobs were in Esino to enable Wikimania to be hosted there: the village has been definitively transformed. The following is a schematic summary of the main ones.
- The new quarter of the Museum der Grigne has been equipped with a multimedia room and inaugurated
- The former museum building, liberated from the collections, was restored and, after Wikimania, dedicated to the associations of Esino Lario
- The Cineteatro, closed since the 70s, became a multi-purpose hall
- The sports hall was equipped with a new safety exit and used as the main hall during Wikimania
- A new ramp has made it possible for disabled people to access the school
- The connectivity of the village has been improved by the installation of fiber optics and the power line potentiation
- The safety of the road between Varenna and Esino has been improved.
Generally speaking, in what way can Wikipedia be considered an engine for change?
The following people answered the question:
- Milena Marin (Amnesty International)
- Stacy Hardy (Chimurenga Magazine, South Africa)
- David Boiler (Commons Strategies Group, USA)
- Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive)
- Bunny McDiarmid (Greenpeace, The Netherland)
- Carlo Rovelli (CNRS-Luminy, France)
- Michael Peter Edson (Museum for Humanity, USA)
- Adriano Campolina (Actionaid, South Africa)
- Jean-Baptiste Joly (Akademie Schloss Solitude, Germany)
- Marilyn Douala Bell (Doual’Art, Cameroon)
- Richard Kurin (Smithsonian Institute, USA)
- Victoria Nash (Oxford Internet Institute, GB)
- Chennaiah Poguri (Asian Peasant Coalition, India)
- Sumaya Abdel Qader (Soziologin, Italy)
- Alfredo Brillembourg (Urban Think Tank, Switzerland)
- Francesca Bosco (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Italy)
- Antonio Rossi (Olympische Goldmedaille, Italy)
- Vico Valassi (Lecco Handelskammer, Italy)