mAkE is African-European wide consortium project focusing on makerspaces as key drivers for local digital innovation. It aims at establishing mutual relationships and sustainable networks between African and European Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs).
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The core concept of mAkE is to equip African and European hardware makerspaces and their members with relevant skills, infrastructures and regulation to support local businesses in implementing local digital innovation.
Internet of Production is helping these makerspaces collaborate and scale up to become financially sustainable. By enabling decentralized, local manufacturing we create new local value chains and business models.
A specification for identifying people and skills will be developed, which will form the prototype of a Maker Passport.
Specification for Skills500 makerspaces and local manufacturers across Africa and Europe will be added to the Internet of Production global map of machines.
Add your machinesA report on the requirements for distributed contracting will be published, a template for a distributed contract will be tested and a digital distributed system will be prototyped.
The Open Makerspace Toolkit (OMT) provides Key stakeholders (makers, policymakers, funders…) of the maker movement with materials and resources for professional development, outreach, collections, and programs on how to set up, manage, equip and sustain different types of open, collaborative and innovative makerspaces.
The Open Catalogue of Business Models, developed by the MAKE project, contributes to the financial sustainability of makerspaces and support the creation of a decentralized production ecosystem.
This document describes the development of a mutual recognition standard in order to issue digital “Maker Passports” that show skills and experience levels of makers. By Sarah Hutton
These slides are from the community call with Research and Community Engagement Lead Sarah Hutton, joined by community experts, discussing how the standards are being tested in the Innovative Manufacturing in Africa program and the mAkE Consortium project. To view a recording of the call, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYljJyDKN3Y
This 1-page pdf flyer provides a brief overview of the People and Skills Specification, which provides a structure for verifying the skills and experiences needed to make something specific, by providing a shared taxonomy of skills and experiences and a framework for the recognition of this knowledge. The specification aids in the ability to locate the skills and expertise required to make a thing, and gives makers the ability to highlight their skills and experiences to potential employers, collaborators, and policy makers.
