Awero platform access costs

Access costs to Cities of Learning and Awero platformsVersion: 10 April 2024
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﻿Cities of Learning and Awero platforms enable open, accessible, inclusive learning and recognition opportunities for learners, organisers, and stakeholders. Learning and recognition are a public interest and should be available and affordable to everyone.
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While faced with choosing to seek private investment to pursue business aspirations, we decided to stay faithful to the public interest and seek not-for-profit goals. During 2024, we are merging Badgecraft and Nectarus to establish a not-for-profit organisation - Awero﻿. This year, we will renew our offer of digital platforms with extended educational and training services.
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Consequently, we needed to reduce our capacity to develop platforms further. We continue maintaining and bug-fixing them at a necessary minimum level. We accept that even such minimum necessary commitment has costs, such as the time needed to fix critical bugs, pay servers, support users, and ensure data security and platforms’ stability.
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We expect our platform users, members and partners to understand that platforms may have temporary downtime or not work as expected. We put our best efforts into ensuring that platforms function well.
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We offer three engagement levels to access and use the Cities of Learning and Awero platforms.
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Open Access level - anyone can register Personal and Organisation accounts and use the platforms by accepting our standard Terms of Service, Privacy and Data Security Policies﻿. Voluntary donations are more than welcome in return for open access to platforms.
Member Access level - we sign a Member Access agreement that provides members with the maximum possible platforms’ functionality and features, priority to respond to bug reports, additional collaboration and funding opportunities. In exchange, a commitment is required to seek together resources to sustain platforms. Standard Terms of Service, Privacy and Data Security Policies will apply to the platforms’ members.
Partner Access level - we sign a Partner Access agreement that entitles partners to use the platform as it is with an understanding and acceptance of how we maintain and operate platforms. Partners can use the platform without restrictions and commitment to seek resources to sustain the platform. Standard Terms of Service, Privacy and Data Security Policies will apply to partners.
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Platforms offer a default functionality. There is no option to customise features or functionality on demand.
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Contact us: support@awero.org
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Customisation possibilities:
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Organisations can set up and launch a custom-look platform following pre-defined design and layout rules. The initial cost to set up such a platform is 1.500 Euro for Member access and 1.750 Euro for Partner access. The amounts include unlimited first-year platform access and use. Later, the platform access cost calculation will follow general contribution conditions. Such custom-look platform can have the following set up tailored to organiser needs:
Organisers logo use
Custom domain (subject to availability)
Primary colour
Unique home page content organised using the pre-designed blocks
More control over the platform’s content and who is using it
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Some examples of custom-looking platforms:
Mykolas Romeris University’s platform for micro-credentials
Trainers appraisal platform by the International Youth Work Trainers Guild
﻿Youth Work Pathways to Professional Development and Recognition
GameOn platform on Game Design for Inclusion resources

Badgecraft hosts this platform and develops it together with leading educational organisations. The European Union's programme Erasmus+ granted co-funding for building the first version of this platform. Contact support@badgecraft.eu.