Tolocar: Open Source Immersion Days: Join the new short-term program

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Join a new short-term program for CDTOs and professionals involved in the digitalization of the public sector and learn how innovative technologies help municipalities improve production and services.

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CDTO Campus is launching a selection process for the new program "Tolocar: Open Source Immersion Days," where participants will learn about the capabilities of tolocars — converted vans equipped with advanced hardware: specifically, 3D printers, laser cutters, and robotics kits.

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The task of the tolocars is to use these technologies to solve various urgent problems on the spot by providing digital solutions. For example, to make parts for window production, 3D printed items for people with amputations, furniture, musical instruments, etc.

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This is especially important in communities and in the de-occupied territories where large-scale production of these items is not possible.

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Current CDTOs and professionals involved in digital transformation are invited to participate in the program.

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The program will run from April 23-29.

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The training consists of three lectures and one practical module. During the theoretical part, participants will:

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1. learn about the principles of creating mobile production shops and on-site distributed manufacturing in Ukraine and around the world;
2. gain an understanding of the work of distributed manufacturing systems and the role of CDTOs in these systems;
3. gain knowledge of open-source design and hardware.

As part of the practical module, participants will explore digital innovation and the use of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) in FabCity OS, a project currently being developed in cooperation with the METALAB urban laboratory.

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The future leaders of digital transformation will also try to create real objects using 3D printers and take advantage of open-source design technologies and their documentation on the Ostriv platform.

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Applications for participation in the program are open until April 9. 

Fill out the application form on the CDTO Campus website in the Short Term Programs section here.

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Read more about the Tolocar project in the practical guide here.

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The Tolocar project is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH GIZ Ukraine on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) within the framework of the Digital UA HUB projects. In close cooperation with Ukrainian and international partners: Creative Rural Hub, MetaLab, Insha Osvita, Platform Ostrov, BUR, Maker Hub and CADUS. The project is managed by MitOst e.V. in the pilot phase and the Hamburger Institut für Wertschöpfungssystematik und Wissensmanagement (HIWW) in the main phase.