The Internet of Production actively participated in the mAkE project by leading the development of technical innovative infrastructures within Work Package 4, where our objective is to build digital systems that enhance access to skills, machinery, and contracts—three pillars enabling distributed manufacturing.
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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 was developed, as a framework to create a prototype of a Maker Passport.
MAKER PASSPORT
Over 500 makerspaces and local manufacturers across Africa and Europe can be localised on the Internet of Production global map of machines.
Add your machinesA report on the requirements for distributed contracting is publicly available. A system prototype was developed to distribute contracts for Distributed Manufacturing (DM)
mAkE African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem deliverable 4.4 - Skills: Contracting System
mAkE African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem deliverable 4.3 - Skills: Map of Machinery
mAkE African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem deliverable 4.2 - Skills: Maker Passport & Prototype
mAkE African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem deliverable 4.1 - Skills: Mutual Recognition Standard
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.
