Applicant Name: Diogo Jorge

Applicant ETH Address: diogoj.eth

Organization(s) or Affiliation(s): AgroforestDAO, GreenPill Brazil, Bioregional Networks of Agroecology

Why do you want to serve as an Expert Evaluator for the Localism Fund?

For the last 3 years I've been part of this effort to fund Public Goods on Ethereum, have seen the space mature over the years, and this next stage of a Network of Experts feels like a way for me to contribute with more than coding skills. I have been trough trainning and ran a round of QF with the support of other Regen Organizations, I supported the onboarding of many newcomers to the space, that continued to engage with the ecosystem with the mindset of coordination.

🪴 Grant-Making Expertise

Program Design & Management: ****3

Evaluation & Impact Learning: 3

Financial Strategy & Fundraising: 3

Governance Systems & Mechanism Design: 3

Experiences, Highlights & Evidence:

For the last 3 years I have been trying to be up-to-date to many tools and protocols, while building community around the subject of agroforestry, both IRL and URL. In the last year I have organized 3 Learning Journeys for brazillian web3 apprentices (https://www.instagram.com/agroforestdao/), and know well the struggles for Local Initiators (as refered to by Bawens) to be recognized.

After operating a QF Round I have found very interesting to use Gardens to fundraise and allocate to some key thematic pools for growing capacity.