Skill Certification for Mediators

Credentials Trust Issue

In the blockchain world, in many applications, such as liquidity pool farming, token transactions, NFT negotiations, gaming, etc., it is not required to trust the other party since smart contracts exist to solve exactly the trust issue.

However, in some other applications such as an online, decentralized and open marketplaces, there may be a need to trust the other party if you are negotiating a service or any other good that needs expertise to be delivered. In these cases, there is a need for an extra step regarding trust. If you check an online certificate or credential, for example, it's not necessarily valid, and there are many examples of false credentials in many industries.

https://theconversation.com/fake-qualifications-are-on-the-rise-how-universities-can-manage-the-risk-109962

Certification NFTs

One way to solve this issue with the blockchain technology is by providing NFTs that represent valid certificates. The NFTs can be minted after the validity verification of credentials issued by trusted partners, such as universities, and these NFTs can guarantee the validity of one's credentials in a blockchain-based services marketplace.

Win-Win: an Alternative Dispute Resolution platform

Win-Win is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) platform that aims at serving as a marketplace for mediators and their clients. Our main proposal in Fund 6 can be checked here: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Win-Win-Dispute-Resolution/368353-48088

In this application, it is essential that the clients can verify and trust the mediator's credentials, so they can be sure that they really are professional in that field, compare their options and choose the best fit for their case.

To solve the trust issue in this case, this proposal aims at providing NFTs as blockchain-based certificates for mediators using the Win-Win platform.

How will it work?

1. A partnership between the Win-Win team and a certification entity, such as a University, is made. One such agreement has been made with the California State University, Dominguez-Hills (CSUDH) that committed to certifying their alumni and graduates from the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding Program (NCRP) going forward.
2. The certification entity receives NFTs to be sent to their qualified persons' wallets
3. The mediator proves his certification in the Win-Win platform and clients can trust his credentials when choosing a mediator for their case. The NFT credential becomes invalid if the NFT moves from the mediator's wallet.

Team

Meet the key personnel for this project.

Our team site ( https://winwin-team.web.app/ ) has additional information on each team member incl. LinkedIn and/or Github links.

Matthias Sieber

• Professional Software Engineer for over 20 years
• working on Liqwid through MLabs internship
• Conflict Resolution Specialist (Mediator, Facilitator, Peacekeeper, Educator)
• BA in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding
• Master of Dispute Resolution (expected graduation: December 2021)
• Plutus Pioneer
• Project Catalyst Community Advisor
• Cardano Ambassador
• Gimbalabs PPBL Team Member

Ganesh N

• Professional Software Engineer for over 8 years
• Plutus Pioneer (1st cohort)
• Gimbalabs PPBL Team Member
• BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Has lead development of large scale applications
• Experience in the financial services industry

Eli Selkin

• Professional Software Engineer for over 5 years
• Plutus Pioneer
• Gimbalabs PPBL Team Member
• MS in Computer Science, specializing in Machine Learning
• ML architect

Emma Enriquez

• California lawyer with 20+ years of experience
• Handled hundreds of mediations and settlement conferences
• Professional Software Engineer

Other members of our team may be pulled into this work as needed.

Launch: November 2021

Roadmap

November 2021:

• Token minting on testnet
• Token minting for CSUDH
• Distribution of tokens to recent graduates (2019/2020/2021 graduates of NCRP program)
• Build NFT-certification plugin for blace.io

December 2021:

• Continue onboarding of CSUDH's NCRP alumni

January 2022:

• Distribution of tokens of December 2021 graduates
• Continue onboarding of alumni

February 2022 and beyond:

• Onboard other Universities (e.g. University of Southern California) and Mediation programs to certify their mediators on Cardano

Success

After 3 months: 10 active NFT-certified mediators on Win-Win Dispute Resolution Marketplace

After 6 months: 100 active NFT-certified mediators on Win-Win Dispute Resolution Marketplace

After 12 months: 500 active NFT-certified mediators on Win-Win Dispute Resolution Marketplace

Sustainability

The cost of onboarding (incl. minting of NFTs) will be carried by Universities and ADR programs that wish to certify their mediators after July 2022.

Budget Breakdown

2 Plutus Developers for 1 month each at $3000/mo: $6000

2 Team members for outreach and onboarding (incl. minting of NFTs) at $1800 each: $3600

Total: $9600

Related proposals

Win-WIn Dispute Resolution Marketplace: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Win-Win-Dispute-Resolution/368353-48088

Blace.io Marketplace Creator: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/368797-48088

Proof of identity for mediators: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Proof-of-identity-for-mediators/368367-48088

Gravatar for ADA Wallets: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Gravatar-for-ADA-Wallets/367448-48088

Other projects

Cardano in South L.A.: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Cardano-in-South-L-A/367936-48088

Scam Alert: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Scam-Alert/367015-48088