[DAO:a33b58e] Decentraland Builder Training Program – Persian Educational Initiative

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by 0xf144b5fc32c5e31e19412f5036ed3ce5ed6f3049 (Behrad)

:building_construction: Decentraland Builder Training Program – Farsi Educational Initiative

Category: Documentation
Grant Request: $10,000 USD

:receipt: Abstract

This project delivers the first certified Persian-language educational initiative focused on Decentraland’s Creator Hub. Through official licensing for online instruction and virtual experience representation, we will equip Persian-speaking users with the tools to build scenes, wearables, and experiences using Decentraland’s no-code and low-code platforms — all without crypto exposure.

This initiative positions Decentraland as a skills-based learning ecosystem, beyond entertainment, enabling creators from underrepresented regions to access safe, certified, and scalable training. It also helps reframe Decentraland as a compliance-first, skills-based platform for virtual creation that can bridge creators, educators, and curious professionals into Web3 spaces.

We invite the Decentraland Foundation’s Education and Creator teams to provide advisory input and potentially co-sign the certification process, ensuring quality alignment and expanding institutional credibility.

:bullseye: Grant Deliverables

Deliverable Timeline Description
Curriculum & course structure Month 1 Modules on Creator Hub, scene building, wearable creation, and SDK basics
Platform setup (LMS/website) Month 1–2 Hosting infrastructure, student portal, content delivery interface
Content creation (video, guides) Month 1–2 Multimodal content: recorded/live video, guides, slide decks
Pilot, website & onboarding Month 3–4 Platform testing, user onboarding, support readiness
First cohort launch Month 5 Full educational rollout with live instruction and certification pathway
Cohort cadence established Ongoing Four seasonal cohorts annually with performance tracking and iteration

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Benefits to the Decentraland Ecosystem

  • Onboards Persian-speaking creators (110M+ globally)
  • Establishes Decentraland as a learning & skills platform
  • Improves documentation through localized, structured educational content
  • Drives hands-on asset creation and platform engagement
  • Demonstrates compliance by avoiding MANA/crypto training
  • Provides a scalable framework for Arabic, Turkish, and Urdu markets
  • Positions Decentraland as a cultural and educational pioneer in the metaverse era

:bullseye: Target Audience

  • Persian-speaking aspiring game designers, developers, and digital creators
  • Youth in Iran and diaspora communities seeking certified virtual skills
  • Web3-curious learners in underrepresented regions seeking safe, non-financial education
  • Programs designed to bridge creators, educators, and curious professionals into Web3 spaces

:handshake: Foundation Collaboration Ask

We respectfully request:

  • Advisory involvement from Decentraland Foundation’s Education and Creator teams
  • Potential co-certification or endorsement of graduate credentials
  • Ongoing alignment on curriculum quality and ecosystem goals

:busts_in_silhouette: Team

  • Behrad Teymourian – Project Lead, Instructor, Curriculum Designer
  • 360° Marketing & Education Team – Video production, instructional design, outreach
  • Legal/Academic Partners – National compliance, permits, certification pathways

Licenses for online education and game representation are attached separately for DAO reviewers.

:money_bag: Budget – $10,000 USD

Category Amount (USD) Purpose
Content Development $4,000 Lesson planning, editing, demo scene creation
Instruction & Mentorship $2,000 Live support, evaluations, student project guidance
Hosting & Tech $1,000 LMS platform, domain, conferencing tools
Marketing & Outreach $1,500 Student acquisition, community campaigns
Admin & Operations $1,500 Licenses, certificates, platform maintenance

:motorway: Roadmap

Phase Timeline
Setup, licensing, platform dev Month 1
Content production Month 1–2
Pilot, website & onboarding Month 3–4
First cohort launch Month 5
Seasonal cohort growth Every 3 months

:bar_chart: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Minimum 15 students per cohort
  • 80%+ graduation rate
  • 5 unique assets published per graduate
  • 10%+ ecosystem conversion (graduates become active creators/contributors)
  • Satisfaction rating above 4.5/5
  • 0% crypto training — fully focused on creation and builder tools

:white_check_mark: Closing Statement

This initiative not only empowers a major linguistic community but also sets a precedent for compliant, localized, skill-based education within the metaverse. By supporting this proposal, the DAO invests in scalable creator pipelines, global ecosystem growth, and Decentraland’s evolving identity as a cultural and educational leader in Web3.

We welcome your guidance, partnership, and endorsement as we bring new creators into Decentraland — one certified cohort at a time.

Thank you for your support. We’re excited to help build the future of the metaverse — in Persian.

  • Yes – Fund the Persian Builder Training Program
  • No – Do not fund this proposal
  • Invalid question/options

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Okay, because I think this is a well-written Grant Request (even if I know ChatGPT did a good bit of the work and formatting). Since I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt that it was made in good faith, I will provide a detailed explanation of why this proposal is invalid, offer feedback, and suggest possible avenues for future consideration.

The reason this Proposal is “Invalid” is for two reasons:

First, the Grant Program was shut down late last year because of abuse and fraud, resulting in minimal return on the millions of dollars the DAO invested.

Secondly, a few years ago, a proposal was passed to prevent any DAO spending outside of the grants program, to the point that the DAO committee has refused to fund the new development team in the past, despite approved governance giving them the right to operate, until additional governance was passed to expressly state that it was allowed to be an exception to the rule.

Now that we have that out of the way, I will say that I believe, in theory, that money spent to make Decentraland accessible to the majority of the world that doesn’t speak English is money well spent, and from my perspective, the amount of money you asked for to achieve the metrics and plan seems reasonable especially if you intend on continuing with Seasonal cohort growth every 3 months without additional funding.

However, you can’t have a “Foundation Collaboration Ask” as part of a DAO grant request. While it is confusing and unintuitive, strictly speaking, the DAO and Foundation have minimal overlap, and you should secure Foundation Collaboration prior to coming to the DAO for funding if you believe Foundation Collaboration is required to execute your grant.

If you believe in your vision and want to chase down every possible option to bring it to life, my first suggestion would be to reach out to the Executive Director of the DAO’s Product Development arm, Regenisis Labs, @ginoct and pitch it to him directly. At this exact moment in time he is the only person within the DAO who could actually fund your project.

The second option is to wait for Gino and the Lab team to work out the details for the future of the grant program, which I believe is going to be for smaller projects, it was either a $5k cap or a $10k cap, and to then resubmit your proposal under the grants category.

Anyway, hopefully that was helpful.

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Decentraland Builder Training Program – Persian Educational Initiative

This proposal is now in status: REJECTED.

Voting Results:

  • Yes – fund the persian builder training program 1% 2,109 VP (4 votes)
  • No – do not fund this proposal 0% 0 VP (2 votes)
  • Invalid question/options 99% 217,818 VP (12 votes)