Applicant Name: Giulio Quarta

Applicant ETH Address: 0x5EAf9025b1e3459Eba17Ce8A4959158Ac1CDCbdb

Organization(s) or Affiliation(s): ReFi Barcelona

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

I have worked in the space of alternative finance & blockchain for 5 years now, and I have always been driven by the quest of how to create a new distributed regenerative economy centred around the Commons.

I have organized many events on the topic with international experts and conducted extensive research on distributed protocols, as well as kickcstarting projects / cooperatives / businesses myself, which I think gave me a solid view of where we have to go collectively to keep the regenerative economy & finance to evolve in the right direction. I have participated and observed the web3 grants / public goods space since its inception and I think I have a good sense of its strenghts and problems.

I would like to serve as an Expert Evaluator because this is an interesting experiment in distributed funding programs I want to support, emerged out of networks I have participated in for years, and I think my perspective would be beneficial to the ecosystem. Eager to get in contact with other experts from around the world and enrich my perspectives with humbleness!

🪴 Grant-Making Expertise

Program Design & Management: ****2

Evaluation & Impact Learning: 1

Financial Strategy & Fundraising: 2

Governance Systems & Mechanism Design: 1

Experiences, Highlights & Evidence:

I have lead the Crypto Commons Association https://www.crypto-commons.org/ from 2022 to 2024, where I was responsible of obtaining sponsorships & grants for the 15 in person events we organized.