The purpose behind the DLT4All project is to address effectively the lack of European entrepreneurs', students', investors' and incubator managers’ understanding of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and their applications. While DLT and Blockchain can have significant economic and social impact, many European entrepreneurs, angel investors and incubator managers are still not aware of the potential benefits the adoption of these technologies can offer in terms of growth and innovation. Additionally, while many European Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) have shown interest in blockchain, their curricula lack real-world cases from the business, investor and startup worlds that will allow them to deeply understand and analyse state-of-the-art applications and blockchain-based technologies’ innovation potentials. The project will attract students from different backgrounds (technical, business) of the above game-changing technologies in easily accessible language and formats, following a well-designed, innovative and socially beneficial methodology. DLT4All will equip European students, entrepreneurs, investors and incubator managers with the necessary skills and knowledge that are lacking in 8 initially defined thematic priorities: peer-to-peer database design, encryption techniques, consensus mechanisms, digital signatures, property rights, smart contracts, distributed autonomous organizations, Blockchain-based decentralized applications, which all have been initially recognised as credible means of business opportunities increase.The project will result (among others): A co-designed curriculum with 8 dedicated related learning topics, an innovative deployment methodology with hands-on and real-world case studies, an Online/Offline training programme deployment and evaluation, a high-impact reach-out campaign, a Blockchain training foresight report with policy-making recommendations, a marketing sustainability strategy and a final conference.
DLT4All is addressing the lack of European entrepreneurs, students, angel-investors and incubator managers in understanding and exploiting blockchain technologies. It aimed to co-create and deploy with the above target groups an innovative curriculum of 8 blockchain based courses with a lean-training and personalized implementation methodology, accompanied by a relevant foresight exercise including policy-making recommendations, a marketing sustainability strategy and a final conference.
Blockchain is a disruptive technology with innovative business models and new markets emerging continuously. When the proposal was submitted (things are improving nowadays), it was characterized by the lack of proper educational material. Material available online provided a fragmented view leading to a lack of knowledge of its potential benefits in terms of growth and innovation, as well as the lack of skills in the area. DLT4ALL contributed mitigating this challenge.
<< Background >> Blockchain is a disruptive technology with innovative business models and new markets emerging continuously. When the proposal was submitted (things are improving nowadays), it was characterized by the lack of proper educational material. Material available online provided a fragmented view leading to a lack of knowledge of its potential benefits in terms of growth and innovation, as well as the lack of skills in the area. DLT4ALL contributed mitigating this challenge. << Objectives >> DLT4All is addressing the lack of European entrepreneurs, students, angel-investors and incubator managers in understanding and exploiting blockchain technologies. It aimed to co-create and deploy with the above target groups an innovative curriculum of 8 blockchain based courses with a lean-training and personalized implementation methodology, accompanied by a relevant foresight exercise including policy-making recommendations, a marketing sustainability strategy and a final conference. << Implementation >> The implementation of DLT4ALL was organized around 11 Work Packages. The first 18 months, the work was conducted according to the approved plan after the departure of one of the partners. With the emergence of the pandemic, all online activities were moved online including the face-to-face training that was one of our main deliverables. More details can be found within the final report and the individual deliverables. Please see https://dlt4all.eu/deliverables/ with password DLT4ALL-2021. << Results >> The first 18 months, the results focused on the co-design and preparation of the curriculum along with the design of the offline/online methodology (had to be modified with pandemic). All thematic priorities were covered while engaging all target groups. The delivery of all activities ranging from dissemination events (> 30) training (>150 hours) and final conference, resulted in the engagement of several thousand of blockchain enthusiasts in the project and contributing to the knowledge space.