REGENERANT CATALUNYA GG24 [MASTER DOC]

Finançament Participatiu Bioregional

🚀 Status: In Development (75% Complete - Critical Week) | 📅 Last Updated: October 8, 2025
🔗 Notion Source: Master Doc

📋 Table of Contents

TLDR
Introduction
Why Now? - Contextualization
Introducing the Regenerant Catalunya GG24 Round
How – Program Design
Conclusion
References

📝 Development Notes & To-Do’s

Master Document Completion
- Complete ReFi Barcelona project descriptions (3 projects: Fundació Emprius, Arran de Terra, Decolonizing Permaculture)
- Update Safe Multisig details (currently marked as “TBD” in Mechanisms & Tooling section)
- Finalize development notes cleanup (consolidate historical updates)
Round Design & Development
- Finalize advisor list with confirmed participants:
  - ✅ Oriol (Miceli Social) - Rural resilience and municipal collaboration expertise
  - ✅ Mariló (La Fundició • Keras Buti) - Urban cooperative economics and cultural innovation experience
  - ❓ Oscar/Erika - Role and confirmation pending
  - ❓ Clara Gromaches - Role and confirmation pending
  - ❓ Representative from Arran de Terra - Selection pending
- Define funds allocation methodology (past vs future work weighting)
- Complete project onboarding process (Karma GAP setup, wallet creation, workshop scheduling)
- Finalize partnership agreements (signed commitments from local and global sponsors)
- Set up technical infrastructure (Safe Multisig, Notion workspace, communication channels)

A. Introduction Article

🎯 TLDR

Regenerant Catalunya is a pioneering participatory funding round that demonstrates how local knowledge can integrate with global Web3 infrastructure to create a replicable model for bioregional regeneration. Through collaboration between established Catalan partners (Miceli Social, La Fundició/Keras Buti) and global Web3 funders (Gitcoin, Celo, Ethereum Foundation), we’re channeling €30,000 into 10-12 carefully curated regenerative projects across Catalonia.

What makes it unique: Rather than imposing external blockchain solutions, we build within trusted ecosystems, empowering exemplary projects to generate visible success stories that inspire wider adoption of regenerative finance mechanisms. Each project receives funding plus capacity-building in Web3 tools, creating ongoing infrastructure for bioregional regeneration.

Timeline: Launch October 14-28, 2025 during Gitcoin Grants Round 24, followed by comprehensive capacity-building and impact measurement through proven methodologies adapted from Regen Coordination’s successful GG23 round.

Vision: This isn’t just about funding projects—it’s about building the infrastructure for ongoing bioregional regeneration while creating open-source knowledge products that can be adapted globally. The combination of traditional cooperative values with cutting-edge Web3 tools positions Regenerant Catalunya as a bridge between worlds, proving blockchain technology can serve real community needs rather than speculation.

1. A Participatory Funding Round for Regeneration in Catalonia - [Introduction]

Ronda de Finançament Participatiu Bioregional a Catalunya

Regenerant Catalunya is an upcoming participatory funding round dedicated to channeling resources into projects that are regenerating life in the Catalan bioregion. From conserving and restoring natural ecosystems like the Fluvià River basin to developing community infrastructure in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat — Catalonia’s second most populous municipality and one of Europe’s most densely populated cities — this initiative aims to support on-the-ground regenerative work across the region.

The program is led by ReFi Barcelona as a bridge between local needs and global support, providing selected local projects with funding matched by global Web3 partners. In return, these projects will experiment with novel technologies and financial tools (e.g. blockchain-based community funding, digital impact tracking) that could open new income streams and improve their long-term impact.

Both the funding pool and the activities of Regenerant Catalunya emerged through a mediation of local and global interests. Established Catalan regenerative networks like Miceli Social and La Fundició have together committed around €11,000, an amount that will be matched by global sponsors including Gitcoin, Celo, and the Ethereum Foundation – bringing the total pool to nearly €30,000, which will be used to directly support 10-12 regenerative projects in Catalonia.

If you are a funder or technical partner interested in supporting the regeneration of the Catalan bioregion, we invite you to contact us to explore how you can contribute to the matching pool or support the educational and technical activities. This round is only the beginning — the first of many initiatives to empower bioregional regeneration in Catalonia — and we look forward to collaborating with all those aligned on this long-term journey.

📅 Note: Regenerant Catalunya will launch during Gitcoin Grants Round 24 (October 14-28, 2025).

▶ Shortened intro for form, as requested by Luiz

Both the funding pool and the activities of Regenerant Catalunya emerged through a mediation of local and global interests. Established Catalan regenerative networks like Miceli Social and La Fundició have together committed around €11,000, amount to be matched by global sponsors of Regen Coordination’s Local Funding Programs GG24 – bringing the total pool to nearly €30,000, which will be used to directly support 10-12 regenerative projects in Catalonia.

2. Why Now? - [Contextualization]

Web3, Public Goods, and Regenerative Finance (ReFi)

Around the world, new approaches to finance are emerging that bring together transparency, decentralization, and democratic processes in service of solidarity and regeneration. Web3 – the decentralized web powered by blockchain – enables communities to directly fund and govern projects without intermediaries, aligning incentives around shared values.

In particular, Regenerative Finance (ReFi) has arisen as a movement to reimagine economic systems toward restorative outcomes for people and planet. ReFi projects leverage technologies like blockchain, digital measurement (dMRV), and AI to channel resources into public goods and ecological regeneration, rather than extraction.

A big focus of the Web3 and ReFi ecosystems has been public goods funding - promoting the development of open-access resources that anyone can use and that benefit all, while making sure that the development of the ecosystems themselves are appropriately funded.

Gitcoin Grants is one of the most visible examples of Web3 public-goods funding programs, having distributed over $60 million to projects that create and steward shared resources. Using quadratic funding (QF), it matches community donations with larger pools in a way that rewards broad grassroots support. This platform has supported thousands of initiatives that strengthen communities and ecosystems, inspiring similar experiments worldwide.

Regen Coordination: A Global Movement Bridging Scales

From this Web3 ecosystem, Regen Coordination emerged as a global alliance of organizations and networks dedicated to weaving together local experiments into a coherent movement. Founded by ReFi DAO and Greenpill Network with support from Gitcoin and Celo Public Goods, Regen Coordination spans a constellation of like-minded communities – including ReFi DAO Local Nodes, Greenpill Chapters, Bloom Network, The BioFi Project, Ma Earth, AgroforestDAO, and many others. All are united by a shared mission to drive ecological, social, and economic regeneration through open collaboration.

Regen Coordination convenes decentralized funding rounds, “sensemaking” processes, and shared toolkits that make grassroots efforts more legible and coordinated globally. In just its first year, this alliance raised and distributed over $370,000 to regenerative communities and local projects across multiple programs.

These experiments align closely with the growing movement of Ethereum Localism, which seeks to embed Web3 tools into place-based communities for practical benefit — helping neighborhoods, bioregions, and civic networks coordinate resources, measure impact, and strengthen local economies.

Some of Regen Coordination’s most relevant programs so far include:

Regen Coordination Global Round in Gitcoin Grants 23 (GG23) - deployed a $96,000 matching pool to support 50 projects working at the intersection of ReFi, Ethereum, and local social-ecological impact
ReFi Mediterranean GG23 – the first bioregional quadratic funding round across the Mediterranean region
Regen Rio de Janeiro GG23 in Brazil. These localized rounds brought Web3 funding tools into specific geographic contexts, engaging many participants new to crypto. In addition, Regen Coordination launched a
Zazelenimo – an urban greening initiative in Split, Croatia. Zazelenimo’s upcoming pilot will blend Ethereum-based participatory funding with a 3:1 matching contribution from the local municipal government, enabling citizen-led tree planting through a public–private–community capital stack.

These experiments are building momentum toward a “cosmo-local” network of grantmaking – where global resources and tech meet local knowledge and action.

Local Funding Programs in GG24: Catalonia as Pioneer

Building on these successes, Gitcoin Grants Round 24 (GG24) features a dedicated Local Funding Programs track, led by Regen Coordination in partnership with Open Civics. This initiative supports communities worldwide in running credible, high-impact local grant rounds that combine global Web3 infrastructure with place-based knowledge and action.

Regenerant Catalunya emerges as one of the flagship pilots in this track, testing how global funding mechanisms can serve real bioregional needs. What makes the Catalan experiment particularly compelling is the convergence of three factors:

Deep Cooperative Roots: Catalonia’s century-long tradition of cooperativism provides fertile ground for Web3 experiments. The region’s vibrant Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) already embodies many ReFi values—commons-based initiatives, participatory governance, and ecological restoration—creating natural alignment with blockchain-enabled coordination tools.

Established Regenerative Networks: Rather than starting from scratch, Regenerant Catalunya builds on existing trust relationships. Organizations like Miceli Social (rural resilience) and La Fundició/Keras Buti (urban cooperative innovation) have spent years cultivating regenerative projects across the territory. This network-driven approach ensures that Web3 tools serve existing community needs rather than imposing external solutions.

Strategic Timing: With the climate crisis accelerating and traditional funding mechanisms proving inadequate, there’s urgent need for new approaches to financing ecological and social regeneration. Catalonia’s combination of environmental challenges (from Barcelona’s density to rural depopulation) and innovative capacity makes it an ideal laboratory for testing “cosmo-local” funding approaches—where global resources meet local action.

By documenting this experiment thoroughly, Regenerant Catalunya aims to produce open-source templates and lessons that other bioregions can adapt, contributing to a global movement of place-based regenerative finance while addressing immediate needs in the Catalan territory.

3. Introducing the Regenerant Catalunya GG24 Round

Regenerant Catalunya emerges from a unique convergence: established Catalan regenerative networks meeting global Web3 funding innovation. Rather than imposing external solutions, this initiative grows organically from existing relationships of trust and solidarity within Catalonia’s vibrant Social and Solidarity Economy.

A Network-Driven Approach

At its heart, Regenerant Catalunya is intentionally network-driven. We don’t ask communities to adopt unfamiliar tools from scratch. Instead, we introduce innovations gradually within trusted ecosystems, relying on the rural resilience networks of Miceli Social and the urban cooperative fabric nurtured by La Fundició / Keras Buti. This ensures that experiments with ReFi and Web3 flow organically through well-established social infrastructures, reaching other cooperatives, associations, and regenerative actors across the Catalan bioregion.

The Collaborative Foundation

The round brings together three complementary layers:

Local Anchoring: Miceli Social and La Fundició / Keras Buti have committed €11,000 combined, ensuring the program is grounded in real territorial needs. Miceli brings deep rural expertise from working with over a hundred municipalities across Catalonia, while La Fundició/Keras Buti contributes urban cooperative innovation from Barcelona’s metropolitan area.

Global Matching: Regen Coordination, supported by Celo Public Goods, Gitcoin, and the Ethereum Foundation, provides ~$20,000 in matching funds. This creates a total pool of nearly €30,000 distributed through quadratic funding mechanisms that amplify community voice.

Technical Bridge: ReFi Barcelona serves as the connecting tissue, combining local trust and cultural understanding with global Web3 expertise. As a cooperative in formation housed at Bloc4BCN, we ensure that blockchain tools serve real community needs rather than speculation.

Beyond Traditional Grantmaking

What makes Regenerant Catalunya distinctive is its dual purpose: funding immediate regenerative work while building long-term capacity for bioregional finance. Each of the 10-12 participating projects receives not just funding (minimum €1,000) but also:

Capacity-building workshops covering Web3 fundamentals, impact measurement, and collaborative governance
Technical mentorship from global partners (Celo, Ethereum Foundation, ReFi ecosystem contributors)
On-chain reputation building through Karma GAP impact reporting
Access to optional Web3 tools for enhanced project capabilities

This comprehensive approach ensures that projects don’t just spend their grants—they develop ongoing capacity to access future funding streams, attract supporters through transparency, and collaborate as a networked ecosystem.

4. How is it actually going to look like?

The Project Journey: From Application to Impact

October 14-28, 2025: During Gitcoin Grants Round 24, Regenerant Catalunya launches as a featured local round. Our carefully curated cohort of projects—spanning ecosystem restoration, community health, education, sustainable tourism, and housing—presents their work to both local and global supporters. The quadratic funding mechanism ensures that broad grassroots support matters more than large individual donations.

November 2025: The real work begins. We convene a kick-off workshop with all funded projects covering the funding distribution approach, on-chain tool setup (Karma GAP profiles, Web3 wallets on Celo), and mentor connections. Projects receive their initial funding based on impact evaluation scores, with potential for additional rewards tied to continued Web3 tool adoption.

December 2025 - March 2026: Projects deliver on their proposed activities while participating in ongoing educational activities: community governance sessions, demo days, and tool experimentation workshops. Each project maintains a living, public “project resume” on the blockchain through Karma GAP, making their impact visible and verifiable to future funders.

Diverse Projects, Unified Vision

The project cohort reflects Catalonia’s regenerative diversity:

From Rural Resilience: Resilience Earth applies blockchain and AI systems to improve environmental data collection for the Fluvià River basin. De Bat a Bat develops holistic community health models rooted in nature. Mixité designs new policies for rural housing sustainability.

From Urban Innovation: Les Juntes creates cooperative housing models that resist commodification. La Suculenta provides affordable ecological meals while training people who have suffered rights violations. Laurel 31 advances textile sustainability in neighborhood contexts.

From Creative Regeneration: Regeneració.XYZ crafts new narratives for regeneration through artistic expression. Chapter#2 brings regenerative storytelling into schools. Anigami advances regenerative tourism models.

Technology Serving Community

Rather than imposing complex blockchain systems, we start with minimal Web3 stack requirements:

Confirmed Tools: All projects use Karma GAP for transparent impact reporting and receive Web3 wallets on Celo for secure fund management. We provide comprehensive support for wallet setup and secure fund handling.

Optional Innovations: Interested projects can experiment with advanced tools like Silvi for ecosystem restoration tracking, Hypercerts for impact certification, Gainforest for AI-powered forest monitoring, or Sarafu Network for local currency experimentation.

Community Infrastructure: A collective Notion dashboard aggregates updates from all projects, while WhatsApp groups enable informal progress sharing among participants and supporters.

Measuring What Matters

Our evaluation approach adapts the proven methodology from Regen Coordination’s GG23 round, which successfully allocated $96,000 to 50 projects. The process includes:

Structured reporting through Karma GAP following Common Approach frameworks
Council evaluation by human reviewers with relevant expertise
Collaborative criteria definition with local partners ensuring alignment with Catalan regenerative values

We’re exploring a phased distribution approach: initial allocation based on impact evaluation, with follow-up rewards for continued Web3 tool adoption—the exact structure being finalized with our local partners to best serve project needs.

Building Beyond This Round

Most importantly, Regenerant Catalunya is designed as a capacity-building process that extends before and after the funding moment. The open report we’ll publish in early 2026 serves both as accountability to sponsors and as a knowledge product for the wider regenerative finance community.

The goal isn’t just to fund 12 projects—it’s to demonstrate that Web3 tools can directly serve the urgent needs of people and ecosystems while building the infrastructure for ongoing bioregional regeneration in Catalonia. If successful, 2026 may see Regenerant Catalunya Round 2, or perhaps the birth of a permanent Bioregional Finance Infrastructure for Catalonia.

5. Conclusion – Funding the Ecosocial Transition in Catalunya and Beyond

Regenerant Catalunya represents more than a funding round – it’s a proof of concept for the future of regenerative finance. By October 2025, when our 10-12 carefully selected projects begin their journey through Gitcoin Grants Round 24, we will be testing a fundamental hypothesis: that Web3 tools can amplify existing regenerative work while building capacity for ongoing bioregional coordination.

A Living Laboratory for Cosmo-Local Finance

What makes this experiment compelling is its integration of multiple innovations within a coherent framework. Karma GAP transforms project reporting from bureaucratic burden to reputation-building opportunity. Quadratic funding ensures that broad community support matters more than large individual donations. Phased distribution rewards both immediate impact and continued engagement with regenerative finance tools. Most importantly, the network-driven approach ensures that these innovations spread organically through existing relationships of trust and solidarity.

The projects themselves—from Resilience Earth’s blockchain-enhanced river stewardship to Les Juntes’ cooperative housing models—demonstrate the diversity of regenerative work that can benefit from Web3 coordination tools. Each represents a different facet of the ecosocial transition: ecological restoration, social innovation, cultural regeneration, and economic transformation.

Beyond Catalonia: A Template for Global Adaptation

The lessons from this round will extend far beyond the Catalan bioregion. By documenting our methodology thoroughly and publishing our findings as open-source knowledge products in early 2026, we aim to provide templates that other localities can adapt to their specific contexts. The combination of Regen Coordination’s proven evaluation methodology with Catalonia’s cooperative tradition creates a replicable model for place-based regenerative finance.

Already, we can envision how this approach might adapt to different contexts: rural communities using Silvi for reforestation tracking, urban cooperatives experimenting with Sarafu Network commitment pooling, or bioregional alliances coordinating through Gardens streaming mechanisms. The tools exist; what Regenerant Catalunya provides is a practical pathway for their adoption.

The Longer Arc: Building Permanent Infrastructure

Looking ahead, 2026 may see the birth of a Bioregional Finance Infrastructure for Catalonia—a more permanent system to continuously channel resources into regenerative projects. Imagine Catalan cooperatives and environmental groups with access to ongoing community funding portals, where impact data flows seamlessly into funding decisions, and where local currencies and credits incentivize regenerative behaviors across society.

This vision is already being seeded by organizations in our current cohort. ReFi Barcelona was created precisely to connect, support, and amplify these efforts. Our role is to ensure the spark lit by Regenerant Catalunya grows into a sustained flame of regenerative finance powering the eco-social transition of our region and inspiring similar experiments worldwide.

Join the Movement

Regenerant Catalunya is an open collaboration. Whether you are a Catalan community member, a Web3 developer, an impact investor, or simply a concerned citizen of the world – there are concrete ways to participate:

Contribute to the funding pool during the October 14-28 launch period
Follow and support our participating projects through their Karma GAP profiles
Share insights and feedback to help refine the methodology for future rounds
Adapt our open-source templates for your own bioregional context
Connect with ReFi Barcelona to explore collaboration opportunities

Every additional euro or token goes directly to the frontlines of regeneration in Catalonia, and through quadratic funding, even small donations can have amplified impact. More importantly, every participant helps prove that blockchain technology can serve real community needs rather than speculation.

Together, let’s finance the future we want to see – one bioregion at a time.

Key Resources:

Learn more about the Ethereum Localism movement and Regen Coordination’s approach
Explore Gitcoin’s impact and quadratic funding principles
Read about the proven evaluation methodology we’re adapting from GG23
Discover more about ReFi Barcelona’s bioregional work and our partner networks

B. Round Design & Details

1️⃣ Program Scope & Theory of Change [✅ for form]

A. Program Scope

The Regenerant Catalunya round is intentionally scoped to support a small, curated set of local initiatives that have high regenerative and network potential. Rather than casting a wide net, the focus is on depth and learning: we work closely with our local partners to select and invite projects doing meaningful work on the ground. Additionally, we aim to stay close to participant projects to identify how Web3 tools could enhance their mission and provide ongoing support throughout the process.

The program includes structured capacity-building workshops covering:

Web3 fundamentals – helping projects understand the technologies behind the funding process and how they might benefit from them.
Impact measurement – introducing tools and practices to make regenerative work more visible, trackable, and fundable.
Collaborative governance models – exploring decentralized and cooperative ways of decision-making and resource allocation.
Mentorships connecting projects with technical experts from our global partner network (Celo, Ethereum Foundation, and ReFi ecosystem contributors).

B. Theory of Change

By empowering a small group of exemplary projects with funding, technology, connections and knowledge, we aim to generate visible success stories that can inspire wider adoption of regenerative finance (ReFi) and Web3 mechanisms in Catalonia and beyond. These projects will act as living laboratories — testing how digital tools for participatory funding, transparent impact tracking, and collaborative governance can strengthen real, place-based initiatives.

Our approach is intentionally network-driven: rather than asking communities to adopt unfamiliar tools from scratch, we want to introduce innovations gradually and within trusted ecosystems. We rely on the rural resilience networks of Miceli Social and the urban cooperative fabric nurtured by La Fundició / Keras Buti, ensuring that new practices spread through existing relationships of trust and solidarity. This way, experiments with ReFi and Web3 do not remain isolated pilots but can flow organically through well-established social infrastructures, reaching other cooperatives, associations, and regenerative actors across the Catalan bioregion.

C. Who & What is being funded

We aim to fund around 10-12 projects spanning ecological, social, and cultural regeneration. These include grassroots NGOs, community associations, and cooperative ventures already active in the territory. Concretely, the round supports projects in ecosystem restoration, community health, education, sustainable tourism, and housing (detailed in section 3). Each project receives a grant (minimum €1,000) to boost ongoing work and pilot a Web3-related innovation – all projects will use Karma GAP to report their activities and impact on-chain, and get support from ReFi Barcelona to explore further use cases, such as on-chain registries for tracking river water quality improvements and community funds distribution for volunteers.

D. Who benefits

Participant projects benefit through direct financial support and capacity-building in emerging technologies
Local communities and ecosystems benefit as projects gain strength in their activities - healthier river systems, improved rural wellbeing, more vibrant cultural hubs
Funders and sponsors benefit by seeing measurable impact and learning how their tools perform in real-world settings
Broader Web3 and ReFi ecosystem benefits from lessons learned and open knowledge generated – successful models can be replicated elsewhere, and any open-source technology developed becomes available to all

E. Intended outcomes

We seek both tangible, measurable short-term outcomes and innovative long-term methodological advances:

Tangible outcomes: Educational workshops delivered, testing of web3 tools, research reports and other concrete deliverables enabled by funding which are currently being defined with the local partners, with concrete temporal windows and milestones; comprehensive set of on-chain impact records for each project (via Karma GAP); successful implementation of our phased funding distribution approach (design to be finalized with partners).
Innovative outcomes: Proven structured evaluation methodology adapted from GG23 for bioregional contexts; improved understanding of how to run local funding rounds and embed web3 tools in cooperative environments; strengthened relationships between Catalan regenerative initiatives and global Web3 communities; open-source knowledge artifacts and replicable templates demonstrating “cosmo-local” funding approaches.

F. Success

Success looks like a cohort of value-aligned projects in Catalunya that not only accomplish their immediate goals with our funding, but also feel empowered to continue using these new tools – accessing additional funding streams in the future, attracting supporters through greater transparency, and collaborating as a networked ecosystem.

2️⃣ Local Fundraising & Funds Usage [✅ for form]

A. Funding & Matching Structure

To maximize community buy-in, Regenerant Catalunya operates as a collaborative funding effort between local and global stakeholders:

Local contributions: Miceli Social and La Fundició/Keras Buti contribute €11,000 total (€6,000 + €5,000 respectively)
Global matching: International partners provide ~$20,000 in matching funds
Total matching pool: ~€30,000 ($30k) serves as the matching pool for quadratic funding distribution

B. Distribution Strategy

The matching pool is intentionally sized to meaningfully support ~10 projects with our minimum threshold of €1,000 per project ensuring grants can fund concrete outcomes. We’re exploring a phased distribution approach that could combine immediate allocation based on impact evaluation with potential follow-up rewards for continued engagement - the exact structure will be defined in collaboration with our local partners to best serve project needs. This “matching on matching” approach builds relationships between local philanthropists and global funders, seeding ongoing cooperation beyond this single round.

C. Operational Sustainability

Following Gitcoin’s “Fair Fee” model, a small percentage of matching funds covers operational costs. This acknowledges that local coordination requires real resources and ensures the model remains replicable without relying purely on volunteerism. Every stakeholder co-invests: local community contributes funds and time, global sponsors contribute funds and technology, and ReFi BCN contributes coordination labor – aligning incentives toward successful outcomes.

3️⃣ Impact Measurement & On-Chain Activity [✅ for form]

A. Integration Requirements

All participating projects will be onboarded to a minimal web3 stack for reporting their activities & managing funds:

Karma GAP - Activities & Impact Reporting:

Karma GAP (Grantee Accountability Protocol) is a platform enabling on-chain progress updates and milestone publishing, building transparent track records on the blockchain, logging activities, outputs, and outcomes.
Projects will be onboarded to Karma GAP to report their activities & impact using impact reporting guidelines drawing from frameworks like the Common Approach to Impact Measurement.
Instead of burying reports in PDFs, each project maintains a living, public “project resume” on the blockchain that anyone can audit or learn from.

Web3 Wallet (on Celo) - Funds Management:

We will work with partners to identify the easiest solution for projects to open a wallet and manage receiving funds. Possibilities include: Valora, Minipay, Prosperity Pass, Metamask, Zerion, Rainbow and more.
Projects will receive instruction on wallet management and secure funds handling.

B. Impact Measurement & Evaluation

We will adopt and adapt the methodology developed and implemented by Regen Coordination in GG23, which successfully evaluated and informed the allocation of a $96,000 matching pool of funds to 50 projects. The implementation should include:

Production of evaluation reports based on project reports submitted through Karma GAP
Evaluation by council members - human reviewers with relevant expertise, informed by the evaluation reports
Definition of allocations based on evaluation scores, ensuring funding decisions align with demonstrated impact and project potential

Evaluation Process:

Projects submit regular activity and impact reports through Karma GAP following Common Approach frameworks
Council members systematically review reports and score projects according to criteria adapted for our bioregional context
Final allocations are determined based on these evaluation scores, balancing impact demonstration with project needs

Evaluation Criteria: Building on proven methodologies while adapting them for the Catalan bioregional context, criteria will focus on areas such as: creating local ecological, social, and economic impact; demonstrating resource efficiency relative to funding; showing clear goals and progress toward objectives; aligning with bioregional regeneration and cooperative values; and contributing to ReFi Web3 awareness and adoption. The specific criteria and weighting will be collaboratively defined with our local partners (Miceli Social and La Fundició / Keras Buti) to ensure they appropriately reflect the values and priorities of Catalan regenerative work.

C. Funds Distribution Strategy

We’re exploring a two-phase distribution approach to be finalized with our local partners:

Initial Distribution:

A portion of funds distributed after projects submit initial reports and these are evaluated by the council
Project scores inform allocation decisions, with funds immediately available for project activities
We provide support (without legal liabilities) to help projects with secure off-ramping as needed

Follow-up Distribution:

Additional rewards for continued web3 integrations and longer-term engagement
Funds potentially streamed over time according to continued participation and tool adoption
Additional incentives available for implementing other tools in the round’s toolkit (Silvi, Ecocerts/Hypercerts, Gainforest, Sarafu Commitment Pooling, etc.)
We’re exploring adopting Octant V2, Flowstate and/or Gardens for streaming mechanisms

Current consideration: We’re initially exploring an approximately 50% / 50% split between initial and follow-up distributions, though the exact proportions and structure will be collaboratively defined with our partners to ensure the approach best serves local project needs and aligns with the Local Funding Programs GG24’s objectives.

D. Regional On-Chain Impact Analysis

We aim to pilot regional on-chain impact analysis – aggregating data to assess the round’s overall Catalonia footprint by tracking new on-chain wallets created regionally, analyzing local versus external fund flows, monitoring environmental indicators and community engagement levels, and measuring Web3 tool adoption and retention rates across participating projects. This comprehensive data collection creates a template for attracting future funding while contributing to the broader Ethereum Localism movement with measurable local impact data.

4️⃣ Team Experience & Delivery Capability [🚧 for form]

A. Round Council

The round council will be formed of:

Lead Operators - ReFi Barcelona The Regenerant Catalunya round will be operated by the ReFi Barcelona team (ReFi BCN in short), with each member and partner contributing their expertise:
- Luiz Fernando Segala Gomes – Founder & Strategy Lead at ReFi BCN • Operations Lead at ReFi DAO • Council Member at Regen Coordination. Has previous experience organizing programs and operations in the ReFi space including Gitcoin rounds and mentorship initiatives, with a focus on building technical, financial, and operational capacity.
- Giulio Quarta – Operations, Partnerships & Community Lead at ReFi BCN • Director of Commons Agency • Community-builder and organizer of post-capitalist crypto gatherings, Giulio brings expertise in project management and community orchestration. His work centers on maintaining alignment and operations between the different stakeholders, helping Catalan projects gaining visibility and support beyond their immediate networks.
- Andrea Farias – Program Design & Communications Lead at ReFi BCN. A researcher, designer, and facilitator with years of experience in product and program innovation, Andrea specializes in crafting tools and processes that strengthen communities in times of planetary crisis. For Regenerant Catalunya, she leads on program design and communications, making the initiative both accessible for local actors and legible for global sponsors.
Advisors: will be invited by our local partners - Miceli Social and La Fundició / Keras Buti - to form the program council

B. Delivery Capabilities

Our team covers essential skill sets required for successful program execution:

Program Design: Expertise in structuring funding rounds, impact measurement frameworks, and capacity-building curricula
Community Outreach: Deep connections within both local Catalan regenerative networks and global Web3/ReFi ecosystems
Technical Integration: Experience with Web3 tools, blockchain platforms, and on-chain impact tracking systems
Communications: Bilingual operations through local channels (Catalan/Spanish via partner networks) and global channels (English via ReFi DAO and Regen Coordination)
Treasury Management: Multi-signature wallets (Gnosis Safe) ensuring transparent and secure fund management
Governance & Coordination: Established collaborative decision-making processes between ReFi BCN and local partners through deliberative meetings
Impact Reporting: Experience with evaluation methodologies, milestone tracking, and accountability frameworks

By combining local trust and cultural understanding with global Web3 expertise, we’re positioned to execute credibly while building long-term community capacity for beyond this single round.

5️⃣ Stakeholders [context for form]

This section provides essential context about the collaborative network behind Regenerant Catalunya, showing the multi-stakeholder approach that combines local knowledge with global Web3 expertise.

The round is a collaborative effort between:

A. ReFi Barcelona (ReFi BCN) is the collective coordinating Regenerant Catalunya. We are a cooperative in formation, being incubated by and housed at Bloc4BCN, one of Europe’s major coop hubs.

B. Local Partners: For Regenerant Catalunya, two Catalan organizations are anchoring the effort and co-funding the round:

Miceli Social – a cooperative service hub within the social economy focused on rural resilience. Based in Ripoll (Girona), Miceli catalyzes regenerative development in rural areas by supporting municipalities and community groups. They have helped identify several candidate projects for this funding round (see below) and contributed €6,000 to the matching pool. Miceli’s involvement ensures the round is grounded in the needs of Catalonia’s territory, tapping into ongoing efforts around ecological transition in rural comarcas (counties).
La Fundició / Keras Buti – a cultural and social innovation cooperative and official hub within the Xarxa d’Ateneus Cooperatius, based in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat in Barcelona’s metropolitan area (Catalonia’s second most populous municipality and one of Europe’s densest). La Fundició / Keras Buti has committed €5,000 to the matching pool and will invite projects from its networks—e.g., neighborhood initiatives around community spaces, cooperative housing, and cultural heritage. Their involvement brings a strong urban and peri-urban lens, linking the urban commons to a bioregional perspective; since 2006 they’ve run collective processes of knowledge-building and cultural practice, reimagining art and education as tools for feminist economics and local resilience.

C. Global Partners & Funders: The international sponsors backing Regenerant Catalunya represent some of the most socially-engaged communities in the blockchain space:

Global Partner - Regen Coordination : A global alliance weaving together local regenerative finance experiments into a coherent movement. It organizes decentralized funding rounds and toolkits that channel resources into ecological and community projects worldwide.
Global Funders:
- Celo Public Goods: Celo is a blockchain ecosystem designed for climate action and financial inclusion. Its Public Goods program supports regenerative initiatives that link digital finance with ecological and social impact, making money work for people and the planet.
- Gitcoin: The leading Web3 funding platform for public goods, having distributed over $60M using mechanisms like quadratic funding.
- Ethereum Foundation: The main steward of Ethereum’s open-source ecosystem. By sponsoring localism experiments, it supports applying Ethereum tools — from wallets to governance — in real-world contexts, proving their value for civic life and regenerative economies.

For local partners, Regenerant Catalunya offers not only new resources and visibility, but also a hands-on opportunity to shape how these global tools work in practice. For the global sponsors, it’s a two-way street as well: a chance to learn from Catalonia’s rich tradition of cooperativism and environmental activism, and to embed their technology in real communities striving for resilience. In sum, this collaboration bridges local and global – reflecting the cosmo-local ethos that knowledge and resources should circulate globally, but action is grounded locally.

6️⃣ Participating Projects [context for form]

This section details the specific projects that will participate in the round, demonstrating the diversity and quality of initiatives we’re supporting. These projects exemplify the network-driven approach described in our Theory of Change, showing how trusted local partners (Miceli Social and La Fundició/Keras Buti) have identified exemplary projects within their networks.

Regenerant Catalunya unites a diverse cohort of local projects under one funding umbrella. Projects were scouted and invited by our partners based on proven regenerative commitment and openness to learning:

Projects invited by Miceli Social:

Regeneració.XYZ - Communicating Regeneration A creative agency at the intersection of art, regeneration, and rural narratives. Born out of a community project in La Garrotxa, Regeneració is crafting new narratives for regeneration through artistic expression. They have been recognized by Culture Hack Labs’ Rhizome program as a pioneer in bioregional community governance.
Resilience Earth & Simbiosi Fluvial - Bioregional Governance & Digital River Stewardship

Resilience Earth is a worker cooperative working on bioregional governance and digital river stewardship. Resilience Earth has been working for years with more than a hundred municipalities across Catalonia, co-designing democratic public policies rooted in bioregional governance. Building on this deep track record, the organization now seeks to take a step further by experimenting with novel technologies to enhance ecological decision-making.

Through the Fluvià River project, they want to apply blockchain and AI systems to improve environmental data collection and analysis, creating a digital infrastructure that can feed directly into governance processes for the river basin.
De Bat a Bat - Community Health

De Bat a Bat is developing a regenerative model of community health that is holistic, participatory, and rooted in nature, supported by Erasmus+ and LIFE funding. They collaborate with health centers, schools, and associations, and aim to expand into therapeutic leisure and holiday programs for rural patients.
Chapter#2 - Education & Art

This initiative brings regenerative storytelling into schools, helping them recover their link with place and co-create artistic figures celebrating each school’s identity. The process aims to heal past traumas and reveal the regenerative potential of educational communities.
Anigami - Regenerative Tourism

Anigami is advancing regenerative tourism models in Catalonia, combining Erasmus+ funding with a training program in regenerative tourism to be shared with Balkar.Earth’s learning community.
Mixité - Rural Housing

This initiative is designing new policies and strategies for rural housing, offering support services for municipalities and community groups. They plan to publish a manual documenting their process to make it available to the wider ecosystem.

Projects invited by Keras Buti:

Laurel 31 - Textile sustainability & neighbourhood creativity

Laurel 31 is a space for textile creation and production guided by principles of environmental sustainability and political thought.
La Marmita - Community food systems & cooperative health

La Marmita, based in the La Florida neighborhood, seeks to implement a system for producing low-cost, healthy, and ecological meals using thermopol cooking technology. La Marmita is managed by the consumer cooperative Keras Buti.
Les Juntes - Cooperative Housing and Urban Regeneration

Les Juntes is a cooperative housing project under a “use-right” model (cesión de uso in spanish, not perfectly translatable). Its aim is to recover housing currently held by investment funds in the northern area of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, in order to guarantee the right to secure housing through collective and shared ownership structures that resist the commodification of a good that should ensure the housing sovereignty of local residents.
La Suculenta - Food sovereignty & social inclusion

La Suculenta is a community dining initiative at the Casal Cívic Comunitari de Bellvitge. It focuses on offering affordable meals prepared with ecological and locally sourced ingredients, while also providing hospitality training and employment opportunities to people who have suffered violations of their fundamental rights.
La Granja del Tilo - Agroecology & generational renewal

La Granja del Tilo is a worker cooperative running an organic egg farm in the Parc Agrari del Baix Llobregat. The initiative works to ensure generational renewal in farming by creating structures that support young farmers and recovering agricultural land in the Delta del Llobregat. Its goal is to resist urban development pressure and preserve the agroecological systems of the delta.

Projects invited by ReFi Barcelona - TBD:

Fundació Emprius
Arran de Terra
Decolonizing Permaculture

Selection Criteria: The project scope reflects a broad regeneration definition: from ecological restoration and community projects to regional civic innovation and educational initiatives. We prioritized projects involving ecological restoration and community empowerment that could be good testing cases and benefit from the use of the web3 tools for impact we are promoting. We explicitly avoided profit-driven businesses, maintaining community-centricity, cooperative approach and public-good orientations to ensure cohort coherence.

7️⃣ Mechanisms & Tooling [context for form]

This section outlines the Web3 tools and mechanisms that will be used throughout the program, connecting directly to the Integration Requirements described in section 3️⃣. These tools support both the impact measurement framework and the capacity-building workshops mentioned in our Program Scope.

In terms of tools, Regenerant Catalunya will blend tried-and-tested Web3 tools with new experiments:

Round Stack:

Karma GAP (Grantee Accountability Protocol): As described, this will be used for impact tracking. Each project will register on Karma GAP (creating an on-chain project profile) and commit to posting at least a few updates. This not only serves the impact goals, but also introduces them to the concept of on-chain reputation – which could unlock future opportunities (for instance, a project that builds a strong track record on Karma might later use it to apply for other grants, since their impact is visible and verifiable).
Safe Multisig - Funds Management & Distribution: TBD
Program Workspace - Notion: We are exploring setting up a collective dashboard or Notion that aggregates social media and on-chain updates from all projects for easy following.
Communications Channel - WhatsApp: Also, likely a chat group or Discord for all participants and supporters to share progress informally.
Optional Integrations Tools Stack: Depending on each project’s interest, we might pilot other ReFi & Web3 tools, which could also allow them to receive extra funds.
- Silvi: a Web3-native platform for transparent, verifiable, and scalable tree planting and ecosystem restoration. It enables fractional funding, incremental verification, and data-rich tracking of individual trees and reforestation zones—delivering a robust Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) stack that ensures every act of regeneration is captured and rewarded.
- Ecocerts & Hypercerts: Impact certification and verification systems
- Gainforest: AI-powered forest monitoring and restoration verification
- Sarafu Network - Commitment Pooling: Local currency and commitment pooling experimentation
- Kokonut Network: Kokonut Network is a decentralized ecosystem for building and deploying syntropic agroforestry farms using Web3 infrastructure. Its open-source framework allows communities to design farms optimized for diverse funding sources (grants, DAOs, cooperatives, investors) and impact outcomes (public goods, financial returns, or blended). Currently operating 2 live farms with 4 more in development across the Dominican Republic, Kokonut represents a powerful example of Web3 applied to real-world ecological and economic transformation.

8️⃣ Timeline and Roadmap [context for form]

This section provides the detailed implementation timeline that demonstrates our readiness for execution and connects to the operational sustainability described in section 2️⃣. The phased approach ensures systematic capacity-building and innovation that extends beyond the funding moment.

Phase 1 – Stakeholders Alignment ✅
July – August 2025

During the summer, ReFi Barcelona convened meetings and participated to events with local partners (Miceli Social, La Fundició / Keras Buti). This was a period of co-design: understanding the needs on the ground, securing initial funding commitments, and introducing the concept of Web3 local funding to stakeholders. By late August, we managed to have a shortlist of projects and a clear mutual agreement on goals. (Status: accomplished – local partners and projects are on board, initial funding pool secured.)

Phase 2 – Program Design (in progress 🏗️)
September 1 – October 14, 2025

During this phase, we are finalizing the program design and ensuring clarity for all local partners. This includes defining the content and format of the first workshops, setting up shared documentation and resources to prepare for the round’s launch on October 14. We are also registering projects on the Gitcoin platform as soon as it becomes possible, formalizing signed commitments with both local and global sponsors, and making sure all funds are correctly transferred and ready to be deployed.

Key Deliverables & Timeline:

Oct 9-10: Safe Multisig setup, final project selection, entity naming confirmation (La Fundició preferred)

Oct 10: €10k incubation application submission, funds allocation methodology decision

Oct 11-12: Gitcoin platform registration for all 12 projects

Oct 13: €5k from La Fundició on-ramped (via freelance invoice → crypto → multisig)

Oct 13: Marketing materials ready, project onboarding packages prepared

Communication Infrastructure:

WhatsApp groups: Two groups established (Projects Community + Partners/Council)

Notion workspace: Minimal approach with simple one-pagers only (easy migration to Flowershow for public documentation)

Email-based access for participants

(Status: in progress – 75% complete, final critical week Oct 9-13 before launch.)

Phase 3 – Round Launch & Donations Window
October 14-28, 2025

Gitcoin Grants Round 24 runs from October 14-28, with Regenerant Catalunya as one of the featured local rounds. During this period, we will publicly launch the program, support participating projects in presenting their work, and conduct outreach to bring visibility to the initiative and its funding pool.

Key Activities:

Oct 14: Official launch day (09:00 CET synchronized announcements)

Oct 14-28: Active donation window with daily project spotlights

Oct 14-28: Daily metrics monitoring, community support, media engagement

Oct 28: Voting closes, Gitcoin funding results expected

Financial Timeline:

Mid-late October: Global matching funds (€~$20k) available from Gitcoin, Celo, Ethereum Foundation

By Oct 31: All local funds (€11k) must be on-chain for global matching eligibility (CRITICAL DEADLINE)

Post-Oct 28: Matching funds distributed once all local contributions are on-chain

Weekly Coordination:

Internal team meetings (Thursdays) starting Oct 20

Biweekly partner meetings with Oriol (Miceli) and Mariló (La Fundició) starting late October

(Status: upcoming – launch preparations in final week.)

Phase 4 – Program Execution & Capacity Building
November 2025 – March 2026

November 2025 – Program Launch to Projects After the funding round, the real work begins for projects to utilize the funds and test the tools.

Key Milestones:

Nov 9-10: Kick-off workshop (2 days) with all funded projects

Overview of funding distribution approach (two-phase model, ~50/50 split to be finalized)

On-chain tool setup: Karma GAP profiles, Web3 wallets on Celo

Mentor connections and technical support orientation

Nov 15-21: Phase 1 funding distributions based on impact evaluation scores

Dec 2025 – Feb 2026: Monthly capacity-building workshops

Workshop 1: Web3 Fundamentals & Impact Measurement

Workshop 2: Collaborative Governance

Workshop 3: Future Funding & Tool Innovation

Jan-Feb 2026: Phase 2 funding distributions for continued engagement

Rewards for Web3 tool adoption and quality impact reporting

Additional incentives for optional tool integration (Silvi, Hypercerts, Gainforest, Sarafu)

Ongoing Activities:

Weekly internal coordination meetings (Thursdays)

Biweekly partner meetings with Miceli Social and La Fundició

Continuous project support via WhatsApp community groups

Impact reporting through Karma GAP following Common Approach frameworks

Community governance sessions and demo days

Phase 5 – Evaluation, Synthesis & Knowledge Products
December 2025 – February 2026

Evaluation Activities (Dec 2025 – Jan 2026):

Advisory council evaluation of project impact reports (Karma GAP)

Project self-assessment processes

Regional on-chain impact analysis (wallet adoption, fund flows, tool retention rates)

Independent evaluation coordination with Regen Coordination methodology experts

Knowledge Product Development (Jan – Feb 2026):

Comprehensive Final Report (published Jan 2026):

Executive summary and methodology documentation

12 individual project case studies

Regional impact analysis and data insights

Replication toolkit for other bioregions

Lessons learned and future recommendations

Open-source knowledge products:

Technical integration guides

Governance model templates

Evaluation frameworks

Case study compilation

All products released under Creative Commons license

Future Planning: Early 2026 is when we envision starting to design the next iteration (if successful). This could manifest as:

Regenerant Catalunya Round 2 (later in 2026)

A continuous Bioregional Finance Infrastructure for Catalonia

Expanded network of cooperatives with ongoing community funding access

The post-round evaluation will heavily inform these possibilities and demonstrate how Web3 tools can serve ongoing bioregional regeneration.

Meeting Cadence Throughout Program:

Weekly internal: Thursdays, ReFi BCN team, focus on GG24 exclusively

Biweekly partners: With Oriol (Miceli Social) and Mariló (La Fundició)

Ad-hoc project support: Via WhatsApp community groups as needed

This phased approach ensures that Regenerant Catalunya is a long-term process of capacity-building and innovation that extends before and after the moment of funding, creating lasting infrastructure for bioregional regeneration.

Last updated: October 8, 2025 (Timeline updated based on Oct 7 ops sync)
Source: Notion Master Doc - REGENERANT CATALUNYA GG24

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