Cardano Kit for Communities - Beyonders Collective BioHub

[Proposal setup] Proposal title

Please provide your proposal title

Cardano Kit for Communities - Beyonders Collective BioHub

[Proposal Summary] Budget Information

Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA

100000

[Proposal Summary] Time

Please specify how many months you expect your project to last

9

[Proposal Summary] Translation Information

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No

Original Language

en

[Proposal Summary] Problem Statement

What is the problem you want to solve?

It is difficult for real-world communities to engage with the Cardano network in a meaningful way.

[Proposal Summary] Supporting Documentation

Supporting links

• https://selfdriven.community
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• https://selfdriven.network
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• https://www.beyonderscollective.com
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• https://www.sinaldovale.org
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• https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Rwxyhu9KtNQKXYKx3wfQaw1RRaPHYiT

[Proposal Summary] Project Dependencies

Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

Yes

Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'

Cardano Partnerchains Kit for AVS.

[Proposal Summary] Project Open Source

Will your project's outputs be fully open source?

Yes

License and Additional Information

MIT/Apache‑2.0/CCO

[Theme Selection] Theme

Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal.

Connected Community

[Campaign Category] Category Questions

Describe what makes your idea innovative compared to what has been previously funded (whether by you or others).

It builds on the established selfdriven Framework, which has had five years of investment to date. This will enable the Cardano Community On-Boarding Kit to achieve real-world use quickly. By leveraging the high-order selfdriven open-source frameworks, it will gain context and meaning — not just add “more tech.”

Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.

It will demonstrate how an organisation can progress from a Community Worksheet (“5W1H”) through to real-world use within their community to manage identity, trust, governance, operations, performance, proof of activity, and growth — with accountability on-chain.

"From Definition to Implementation"

Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics.

Realistic measures of success include:

1. On-chain SSI assets (DIDs, VCs): Community members, farmers, and production batches for traceability.
2. Issued NFTs for reportable public data: Summarised production data, verifiable by community members.
3. Generated zk-proofs for BioChar production data: Recorded on a Cardano AVS, e.g., Midnight.

See proposol github repo for more details.

[Your Project and Solution] Solution

Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem

Create an open-source "Cardano Community Kit" that based on a worksheet allows communites to self-describe their Why, What, Who, How, When and Where - which then via codified JSON definition file, using the skillzeb standard, builds:

1. Identity via SSI DIDs/VCs for people, organisations, and roles;
2. Attestation: storage of process artefacts (hashes, checkpoints, and proofs anchored to Cardano);
3. Validation via AVS/partner‑chain services to check rules (who, when, how) and emit signed results.
4. User interaces
5. AI integration based on definitions file for alignment.

"From Definition to Implementation"

[Your Project and Solution] Impact

Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

The "Cardano Community Kit";

1. Lowers adoption friction for future communities by asbstracting the technology and focusing on the definition / intent of the community.
2. Increases on‑chain activity, showcases partner‑chain + AVS patterns, and strengthens Cardano’s reputation for accountability with privacy.
3. Interoperability with SSI/VC standards.
4. Can be used with Cardano marketing to show-case real-world use and impact.

[Your Project and Solution] Capabilities & Feasibility

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

The selfdriven Foundation was founded in 2019 and the team is highly engaged within the Cardano community. It has a robust organisational structure.

Mark Byers (selfdriven Co-founder) is a qualified Engineer and has 30+ years experience delivering internet based high-grade solutions to market, including the vision to co-found the https://entityOS.cloud service in 2000.

Mark has been involved in the Cardano ecosystem since 2019 and has a strong technical understanding and involvement in community projects and presented at the Brisbane Cardano Summit 2022 as part of the selfdriven Project (https://selfdriven.foundation).

Bence Lukács (selfdriven Co-founder) is a former sports trainer and school teacher with 10+ years of experience in Digital Education, Higher Education Organisational Development and building open learning and collaboration (infra-)structure.

Bence also researches Blockchain through the lens of social sciences, focusing especially on Openness, Open Science and DeSci.

At the selfdriven Foundation he is the Organisational Lead, managing projects and organisational operations as well as supporting the development of the educational frameworks. He is engaged in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) Cardano Community and an IntersectMBO member, participating in (co-hosting & attending various) Constitutional Workshops.

Damian Noonan (selfdriven Co-Founder) has over 20 years experience delivering technology projects as part of strategic transformation initiatives, with expertise particularly Salesforce, MuleSoft and its emerging technologies. As co-founder of recently acquired Tquila ANZ, Damian has experience in building teams and delivering enterprise solutions.

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Dirk Van Onsem (Business + Purpose)

Executive leadership corporate experience as VP at Nike Inc. leading large teams across 12 countries in EMEA, growing $3B+ annual net revenue, partnerships, and strategy. IEMBA from Vlerick Business School, Certified Coach & Facilitator. Recent facilitation work with Voltage Control team for Cardano/IOG Constitution workshops, including General Assembly in Buenos Aires (Sep-Dec 2024) and more recently the Midnight City Simulation workshop in Buenos Aires (Aug 2025).

Cassia Elizabeth Jayani Patel (Science + Community)

Conservation, sustainability strategy, and multi-stakeholder engagement with international agencies, governments, private sector, and grassroots communities in executive leadership roles at nonprofit Oceanic Global, tech startup Anthropogenic, convener Earth One, and mobility startup Global Passport. Environmental Engineering degree from Columbia University.

Jamie Anley (Innovation + Storytelling)

Built and sold high-profile London-based creative design agency JAM Design after 30 years of mission-aligned design projects, cause marketing and leadership purpose quests. Co-Founder of Moving Beyond intersectional climate convener building community and bridging polarized siloes. Facilitator and inner work expert.

About BioHub with BioChar Organisation as Focus (Use-Case for Community Kit Development)

The Beyonders “Innovation Nursery” in Mallorca is a catalyst empowering island-led innovation in the Balearic archipelago bioregion. Our thesis is to address the underexplored opportunity to focus on place-based innovation and empower local changemakers. Like a venture studio we work at every stage of the project from inception, through team building, validation, MVP development, and ultimately financing and adaptive scaling (aligned with ecosystemic intelligence). The flagship startup spinning out of the Nursery will crack the market on biochar with a contextual, scalable, blockchain-enabled cooperative model for farmers.

We propose a co-ownership biochar business model with place-based MicroHubs enabled by a blockchain platform for traceability and community governance. Our industrial agricultural site in Mallorca will be the proof of concept, living laboratory and center of excellence for scaling this carbon removal technology in a contextual way. This approach addresses the learnings of previous biochar initiatives demonstrating that for effective long-term carbon storage, soil health and water restoration, the solution needs to be hyper-localized matching feedstock components with microbial composition.

[Milestones] Project Milestones

Milestone Title

Project Management Plan

Milestone Outputs

This Project Management Plan will articulate, in a structured and comprehensive manner, the key elements required for effective delivery, namely What, How, Who, When, Where, and Risks:

• What – Define the project’s objectives, scope, deliverables, and success criteria, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
• How – Detail the methodologies, processes, tools, and quality assurance mechanisms to be applied throughout the project lifecycle.
• Who – Identify stakeholders, governance bodies, project leads, and delivery teams, outlining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority.
• When – Present a phased schedule with milestones, dependencies, and critical path considerations to enable accurate progress tracking.
• Where – Specify the operational environment—physical, digital, or hybrid—where project activities will take place.
• Risks – Analyse operational, technical, financial, and compliance-related threats, providing mitigation and contingency strategies to ensure successful delivery.

Acceptance Criteria

A single comprehensive PDF document stored in the repository, containing the full project scope, stakeholder map, detailed work breakdown structure, risk register, quality assurance plan, communication plan, and a delivery calendar with milestones and timelines.

Evidence of Completion

Link to the GitHub repository showing the plan in PDF or Markdown format, tagged as release v0.1, with visible commit history as evidence of version control and documented completion.

Delivery Month

1

Cost

5000

Progress

10 %

Milestone Title

Design & Build

Milestone Outputs

Design using the Beyonders Collective BioHub Biochar Use-Case:

1. Outputs
2. Design by BioHub BioChar Use-Case:
3. BioChar Worksheet (5W1H)
4. Map Processes - Inputs/Outputs
5. Determine Data Schema
6. Categorise significant reportable data - Public/Private
7. Generalise into a foundation "Community Cardano Kit"

Build "Community Cardano Kit":

1. Based on Design item 4 map to the selfdriven.network On-Chain, SSI & AI Interfaces.
2. Map to Cardano Network for Assets
3. Map to Cardano AVS / Partner-ChainsKit
4. Enhance selfdriven.network “On-Chain” interface to support AVS (inc existing eg Midnight)

Acceptance Criteria

1. Design Document covering the BioChar Use-Case
2. Design Document covering the generalise Community On-Boarding Cardano Kit
3. selfdriven.network “On-Chain” interface reference update
4. selfdriven.community On-Boarding “Cardano Community Kit” reference – as part of Progressive Self-Actualisation Framework.

Evidence of Completion

Design Deliverables

• Final BioChar Use-Case Design Document approved by stakeholders, including:• BioChar Worksheet (5W1H)• Process maps (inputs/outputs)• Data schema specification• Public/private data categorisation register• Document version control and change log maintained in the project repository.

Community Cardano Kit Artefacts

• Published “Community Cardano Kit” design and implementation package in the Selfdriven.community onboarding repository.
• Alignment evidence with the Progressive Self-Actualisation Framework.
• Public release notes and usage guide.

Technical Integration

Updated selfdriven.network On-Chain Interface Reference to include:

• Cardano asset mapping
• AVS and partner-chain mapping
• AVS interface enhancements (inc. Midnight support)
• Integration test reports and screenshots/videos demonstrating operational features.

Deployment & Verification

• Live or testnet deployment of Community Cardano Kit in at least one BioHub pilot.
• On-chain transaction IDs or hashes as immutable proof of deployment.
• End-user onboarding records and usage confirmation.

Evidence Storage & Access

• All documentation, artefacts, and proofs stored in the public GitHub repo (PDF/MD), tagged with milestone version numbers.
• Linkable index of evidence for each milestone, enabling external verification.

Delivery Month

5

Cost

70000

Progress

70 %

Milestone Title

Use / Test - Pilot

Milestone Outputs

1. Pilot deployment with the BioHub BioChar operations in Mallorca;
2. Operational runbook documenting how used.
3. Feedback report from pilot users.
4. On‑chain proof set for at least three full production batches or simulations of - if not yet up and running.

Acceptance Criteria

1. At least 3 batches captured with ≥10 checkpoints each;
2. All checkpoints produce valid on‑chain anchors and AVS validations;
3. Buyer/auditor verifies a batch using the verifier app;
4. Pilot retrospective identifies ≥5 improvements and they’re triaged in issues.

Evidence of Completion

1. Public list of batch IDs and tx IDs, signed pilot sign‑off from BioHub, video walkthrough (≤5 min), and issues board showing findings and follow‑ups.

Delivery Month

8

Cost

20000

Progress

90 %

Milestone Title

Document / Socialise / Publish

Milestone Outputs

Final outputs include complete documentation, step-by-step how-to guides, a detailed case study, and community presentations with slides and recorded sessions for knowledge sharing and wider adoption.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Dedicated github Pages website (/docs) with all documentation, source materials etc eg "cardano-kit.selfdriven.community"
2. Blog post shared on the forum.cardano.org
3. "Cardano Community Kit for Self-Actuating Communities 1.0 published".

Evidence of Completion

1. Visit "cardano-kit.selfdriven.community" and see the documentation - including the kit.
2. Visit forum.cardano.org and view the blog post.

Delivery Month

9

Cost

5000

Progress

100 %

[Final Pitch] Budget & Costs

Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

M1 – Project Management Plan – 5,000 ADA

1. Project Management: Scope definition, stakeholder mapping, work-breakdown structure, risk register, QA plan, comms plan, delivery calendar – 4,500 ADA
2. Tools & Admin: Project repository setup, version control, reporting templates, meeting facilitation tools – 500 ADA

M2 – Design & Build – 70,000 ADA

1. Solution Architecture & Design: BioChar use-case design, process mapping (inputs/outputs), data schema definition, public/private data categorisation – 8,000 ADA
2. Community Cardano Kit Development: Core build of Community Cardano Kit components, integration with Selfdriven.network On-Chain, SSI & AI interfaces – 25,000 ADA
3. Cardano Network Integration: Mapping to Cardano assets, AVS/partner-chains setup, integration of AVS features including Midnight compatibility – 15,000 ADA
4. Interface Enhancements: Updating On-Chain interface reference and implementing UI/UX improvements for community onboarding – 7,000 ADA
5. Testing & Quality Assurance: Internal QA, functionality verification, interface validation, regression testing – 5,000 ADA
6. Infrastructure & Tools: Dev environment setup, hosting costs, Cardano testnet/mainnet interactions, required software licenses – 5,000 ADA
7. Contingency (5%): Buffer for unexpected technical challenges or integration dependencies – 5,000 ADA

M3 – Use / Test – Pilot – 20,000 ADA

1. Deployment & Setup: Deploy Community Cardano Kit in BioHub pilot environment, configure network and infrastructure – 6,000 ADA
2. User Onboarding & Training: Create onboarding pathways, run training workshops, support initial users – 5,000 ADA
3. Field Testing & Feedback: Run live tests, gather feedback, analyse performance data, make adjustments – 6,000 ADA
4. Reporting & Review: Document test results, lessons learned, and recommendations for scaling – 3,000 ADA

M4 – Document / Socialise / Publish – 5000 ADA

1. Documentation: Compile final public docs, onboarding materials, and reports – 4500 ADA
2. Community Engagement: Presentations, social media promotion, partnership announcements – 500 ADA

TOTAL PROJECT COST: 100,000 ADA

[Final Pitch] Value for Money

How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?

High leverage:

A reusable kit + a real use-case. Delivers open standards, working code, and a public case study that others can clone. Strengthens Cardano’s positioning for verifiable community processes using partner‑chains and AVS, while keeping costs modest and outcomes concrete.

Small investment with value in:

1. Network usage - transaction fees
2. Marketing
3. Developer education - by example
4. Real-world Community on-boarding

Based on:

1. A real world example of the use of Cardano network & AVS.
2. On-boarding of new users as part of a community which is key to the growth of Cardano.
3. The adds a layer of on-boarding through application (user value).
4. More Cardano brand visibility to a non-crypto ecosystem.
5. Communities are universal, and healthcare works travel for work, naturally growing the awareness of this type of application of Cardano technology.

[Required Acknowledgements] Consent & Confirmation

Terms and Conditions:

Yes