Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Certification project

Le 2010-10-18 12:11, ian.lynch@theingots.org a écrit :
> > Ian,
> >
> > thank you for your email. We will, in the near future, open a
> > discussion on business and certification on behalf of TDF. Thank you
> > for your ideas!
> >
> > Best,
> > Charles.
> > PS: for some reason I felt that the LDV Transfer had run out of money?
>
> LDV TOI is alive and kicking. statistically there is a 30% chance of an
> application being successful but I have had 2 out of 3 so far. We applied
> for two grants this year, one for developing an OOo qualification and
> another for Special Needs. The Special needs was accepted and the OOo one
> turned down but I think that was more because they didn't want to give one
> small organisation 2 grants. We also have feedback and more time to plan
> this time. In fact people in other countries could apply separately so its
> possible to hedge our bets and if say two grants are successful we get
> 600k not 300. There are also transversal grants under key activities and
> development of innovation direct from Brussels but they are more difficult
> with more competition. Smaller grants for teacher training and study
> visits are possible too. Now I know how this system works it is possible
> to get maybe millions of Euros to LibreO development one way or another
> from grants but also I think that a sustainable income from selling
> training and certification is possible on an eventually bigger scale. I
> have done a lot of work on this over the last few years which is why I
> haven't been on the lists. It's really good to see we finally got a
> Foundation set up.
>
> > Le Sun, 17 Oct 2010 14:44:07 +0100,
> > Ian<ian.lynch@theingots.org>  a écrit :
> >
> > > I'm calling for anyone interested in a means of generating a
> > > sustainable and substantial revenue for the new Foundation to attend
> > > a meeting at the end of January probably in Germany. This will be a
> > > preparatory meeting for submitting a Transfer of Innovation
> > > application to the EU for 300,000 Euro to support training and
> > > business development of LibreOffice certification. National Agencies
> > > in the EU will pay expenses up to 1000 Euros for attending the
> > > meeting. (Google for national agency Leonardo Da Vinci Transfer of
> > > Innovation in your country language) Ideally we would have a partner
> > > from each EU member state. We already have partners in Romania,
> > > Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain but others are welcome from
> > > these and other countries. Grants have to be applied for 8 weeks
> > > before any meeting which is why I'm proposing late January.
> > >
> > > At this meeting we can decide the basic strategy and I will train all
> > > delegates as assessor trainers and how to use the technology to
> > > collect evidence and award certification. I will have accredited the
> > > certification through the UK regulators by this time (it's in progress
> > > but bureaucracy takes time :-) ) which also references it to the
> > > European Qualifications Framework which is the highest priority this
> > > year for the EU Lifelong Learning Programme.
> > >
> > > The impact depends on your support! This is how ECDL/ICDL started and
> > > they did 9 million certificates last year in 43 countries. This is
> > > easily enough to sustain the Foundation independently but we need it
> > > to scale and for that we need to extend to as many countries as
> > > possible as quickly as possible. If you ever dreamed of setting up
> > > your own business based on FOSS this could be the opportunity you
> > > have been waiting for. We can also provide help and support with
> > > market strategy. We have already been successful in getting 2 grants
> > > for INGOTs and certificating learners with Special Needs so we know
> > > what to do.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Charles-H. Schulz
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> > The Document Foundation.
> >
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Hi Ian, are these grants for Euro states only?

Marc


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