CatalystTalk: Grow Vietnamese Devs

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem.

Organize talks about Catalyst for developers in Vietnam, with the participation of Coreteams and proposers.

[GENERAL] Summarize your relevant experience.

Group Administrator of the largest Cardano Community in Vietnam since 2018. 11 years as a programmer. Veteran Proposal assessors. Software developer. Deep studied in Blockchain Cardano and its ecosystem.

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

+ Host a weekly Catalyst talk

• Format: held online via Zoom

The topics of the CatalystTalks show include:

• Cardano's On-chain Governance Mechanism
• The Role of ADA Holders in the Cardano Ecosystem
• Benefits for Voter (ADA Holders and dReps)
• What does dRep means
• How to be a dRep
• What is the value of a high impact proposal for the Cardano ecosystem and worldwild.
• How if we vote for high quality proposals.
• Ways to evaluate projects, proposals.
• How to give Excellent advice.
• How to build a high value project for the Cardano ecosystem.
• How to get fund from Cardano treasury to run a business.
• Typical projects

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

For developers:

• Get training in idea writing and idea submission
• Have the opportunity to turn the proposed idea into a product serving the ecosystem.

For Cardano Ecosystem and Challenge

• Attract Vietnamese developers to join Catalyst.
• Developers will contribute their products to the diverse and sustainable development ecosystem.
• This Proposal fits and addresses the requirements of the Challenge.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

Risk: Developers have ideas but don't write Proposals. Slippage of ADA price

Solution: Form a team to write Ideas for developers. Ask for a backup budget

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

The first three months after being funded:

• Form a team of developers (30 developers)
• Host 06 Catalyst talks featuring developers, Coreateam, and Proposal Assessors (PAs)
• Organized 02 face-to-face meetings between developers and Coreteam, PA in Hanoi and Saigon
• There are 05 Idea Proposals submitted at fund 10

The next six months

• Organize 12 talks (online form) (150 developers)
• Organized 04 face-to-face meetings between developers and Coreteam, PA in Hanoi and Saigon.

+ Coreteam and PA members review and advise developers' ideas

+ Select good ideas to write a Proposal to submit on https://cardano.ideascale.com/

• There are 20 Proposals to submit Fund 11 and 12

Last three months

• Organize a face-to-face meeting between developers and Coreteam, PA
• Organize 06 online talk sessions
• 30 developer ideas submitted on https://cardano.ideascale.com/

Then, report to Catalyst to mark as a Closed proposal.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Budget is requested for:

• $2.500 Training for new core team
• $1.200 Editing video (50$ per weekly video in 6 months)
• $3.000 Support community members (500$ x 1 supporters each month)
• $4.800 Reward for presenters (200$ per week)
• $1.500 Consultant fee
• $2.000 Reserve to watch out of flippage ADA price

Total: 15.000$

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Do Manh Hung

• Master of Finance
• Community Management
• Haskell, Plutus Pioneer
• Influencing and inspiring trainers
• Lecturer of Fimi's course.

Do Viet Cuong

• Community Management
• HighSchool teacher
• Video producer
• Translator team leader

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

If funded we will come back in the next round for more funding. Because: The Cardano ecosystem is in potential form and there is still a lot of work to be done. Our proposal can be stretched to serve the sustainable development of the Cardano ecosystem.

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

1. Number of talks (live and online)
2. The number of participating developers increases
3. The number of PAs participating increased
4. The number of ideas proposed by developers increases through funds

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

• Community of Vietnamese developers on the quality Cardano ecosystem.
• Propose ideas to develop a sustainable Cardano ecosystem

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

This is new proposal for CatalystTalk request by Fimi.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Rating

This proposal is consistent with the Challenge and sustainable development of the technology platform of the Cardano ecosystem in particular and of the United Nations' sustainable development goals in general. Specifically: this proposal works towards Goal 4: Ensure quality, inclusive and equitable education and enhance lifelong learning opportunities for all, and Goal 9: Build sustainable infrastructure firmly, promote open and sustainable industrialization, and encourage innovation.