Gm @0xRecruiter! I congratulate you for this initiative, although I have to admit that it needs a bit more refinement.
As representative of ETH Bucharest (Romania) I tend to agree with the above comments of @paulofonseca and @galt42 that Romania and Bulgaria should also be included in this proposal.
I am happy to help you refine and brainstorm further on how we can make this a worth while proposal that will enusure actual value is created for @Arbitrum and local ecosystems of builders.
As a short reminder, ETH Bucharest has already partnered with @Arbitrum for both ETH Bucharest 2024 and 2025 editions. We also have organized the first IRL workshop and hackathon for Stylus. These being said, we already have a continuous partnership with Arbitrum that we, of course, would like to push forward.
We also have an MOU with FABIZ (Faculty of Business Administration) from the ASE University, and very close contacts with the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest. Thus, we are in pole position and will be happy to include Arbitrum in the future educational developments.
I have a couple of questions first:
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Who is behind this proposal? Is it just you or do you already have idenfitied collaborators in each of the countries mentioned (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania and Greece)? If so, would be great to add them to the proposal.
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My personal view is that some of these countries will require a bootstrapping of the local communities. I might be wrong, but haven’t hear of much going on in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mountenegro and Albania. Again - I might be wrong, but an overview of the local Web3 ecosystem will help understand the starting point in these countries.
Please let me know if you are open to expand your team for this proposal with local representatives in order to make sure that this program is constructed in a way that will make sense for all stakeholders.
LFG 