Here are the minutes of the BCN meeting. We used mindmapping to grab all the information produced during the meeting. The mindmaps are attached below.

• Partners

  • Greta du Velay (FR)

    • Pierre Carrolaggi

      Jérôme Combaz

      Since 1973

      Adult training organisation

      Small town (<20.000), rural area

      Group of public establishments

      (Ministry of Education)

      Wide training offer (depends of local needs))

      Pedagocial laboratory (EU proj.)

      2 peoples trained

      to Fablab creation

  • Timelab vzw (BE)

    • Evi Swinnen

      Suzanne Hendrikse

      Founded by flamish government, since 2010

      Fablab

      • Laser cutter
      • miniCNC (made at TimeLab)
      • 3D printers
      • ...

      Art space

      Summer camp

      Artists residency (2/year)

      • Exhibitions

      How to be more connected to society

      Art students, young people,

      engeeners, entrepreneurs, geeks...

      Friday > own projects

      Wendsday evening > workshops

  • ITD (SP)
    • Joan Pedregosa
    • Oscar Martinez

  Meeting lateness penalties :)

  • Offer the dinner!

  Work packages

  • Coordination
    • 01/10/2010 to 31/03/2013
    • ~ Greta du Velay
    • Content
      • 4-5 coordination meetings
      • Internal evaluation (coordinated by ITD)
        • Framework: 3 dimensions evaluation
      • External evaluation (paid by Greta)
    • Productions
      • Project quality manual of the project (FR) – resp. Greta
      • Intranet for communication and document repository (FR or EN) – resp. Greta
        • Hosted on the FormaLab website
        • 1 section for each workpackage
        • Pages and child-pages + attached files
        • Access restricted to granted users
      • Intermediate evaluation report (FR or EN) – resp. ITD
      • Final evaluation report (FR or EN) – resp. ITD
      • Report & documents for the French Leonardo Agency (FR) – resp. Greta
  • Analysis
    • 10/2011 to 09/2012
    • ~ ITD
    • Content
      • Visits and exchanges with existing FabLabs
      • Fabalb's activities research
    • Productions

      • Report = a practical guide for implementation

        [EN, FR, ES, CA, NL]

        • Characteristics of a FormaLab

          (=adaptation of FabLab to FormaLab)

          Method to integrate a workshop

          • for developing key competences
          • in a training organisation

        A database of activities in Fablabs [EN]

        • Greta propose a structure
          • Title
          • Technical needs
          • Resources required
          • Results and products of the activity
          • Description of the activity
          • Preparation time (documentation...)
          • Linked to another activity ?
          • Communication (before/during/after)
          • Process documentation
          • Competencies targeted
        • TimeLab+ITD review and advice
        • Greta implements database schema and GUI (under Drupal)
        • TimeLab+ITD (+Greta) fill the database with spotted activities

          • Selection of various activities

            in terms of duration, cost and complexity

        • Greta tags the activities to allow visitors to filter the list
          • Activity duration
          • Activity cost
          • Activity complexity
        • Possibility for visitors to register an activity

        IAAC visit in Barcelona (fablab in architecture's school)

        • Fab City Barcelona project presentation
          • Greeb FabLab project
        • Fab Academy (certification)
        • Review of tools available in the FabLab
        • Partnership with companies (lend hardware)
        • Exchange with staff
        • Exchange with Tomas Diez Ladera (FCB)
        • Open call for selecting project supported by the FL
          • http://zapatos.fablabbcn.org
          • http://flatkit.fablabbcn.org
          • http://ruralfacade.fablabbcn.org
          • http://caganer.fablabbcn.org
        • Software used
          • http://www.rhinofablab.com/
          • Sketchup
          • SolidWorks
  • Workshops
    • 09/2012 to 03/2013
    • ~ TimeLab
    • Content
      • Implementation of 2 workshops
        • 1 with Timelab + 1 with ITD
        • RepRap building (from a kit)
        • Food workshop
        • MiniCNC (kit TimeLab)
        • Robots (ex. Twitchie, jumper robot)
        • Mobile tweaking
        • Light wheel
        • Metal engraving with CNC
        • Arduino's hacks
      • Documentation of the 2 workshops by Greta
    • Productions

      • 2 workshops described and documented

        [EN, FR, ES, CA, NL]

        • Organisation

          Objectives

          Schedule

          Key skills targeted

          Evaluation

          Photo and video

          One workshop is directly organised

          with the support of TimeLab,

          the other with the support of ITD

        Evaluation of the workshop

        • the development of key competences
        • the perception of learners and trainers
  • Valorisation
    • 10/2011 to 03/2013
    • ~ Greta du Velay
    • Content
      • 3 events
        • Belgium
        • Spain
        • France
      • Information on a fablab creation in a training center
      • Information on FormaLab in Greta
    • Productions

      • Plan to make the FormaLab sustainable in Greta

        Plan for dissemination of the concept

        Plan for exploitation in Spain & in Belgium

        Web site

        [EN, FR, ES, CA, NL]

        • Photos and videos
        • Guide (from WP2)
        • Synthetic document
        • Sections
          • Répondre à "Qu'est-ce qu'un FabLab"
          • Outils, machines et logiciels
          • Compétences clés
          • Mise en place du FormaLab au Greta du Velay
          • D'autres FabLabs
          • A propos du projet "FormaLab"

        VIdeo on the Greta's FormaLab setup [FR]

        • Interviews of Greta's members
          • Managers
          • Trainers
          • Learners
        • Formalab's room before transformation
        • Room transformation (arranging, painting, etc)
          •  
        • And next steps to come...

        Set up of a FormaLab board team (staff and learners) in Greta du Velay

  Meetings

  • Barcelona (23-24 Nov 2011)
  • Belgium (4-5 April 2012)
  • Le Puy-en-Velay (June 2012)
  • Barcelona (Oct. 2012)
  • Belgium (Feb/March 2013)

  Financial

  • Staff cost

    • Daily rate justified
    • Timesheets
    • Staff cost declaration sheet

    Travel and subsistance

    • Boarding passes
    • Internal rules
    • Signature lists

    Organization of events

    • 2000€/partner

    Indirect costs (7%)

    Copy of bank transfers

    Final report (no interm.)

    Mandatory

    • Provided - explained in FR or EN
    • Signed by legal representative

  FormaLab idea

  • Informal learning

    Acquering competencies

    • Collaborative skills
    • Organisationnal skills
    • Computing skills
    • Mathematical skills
    • ...

    Linked to key competencies workshop

    Mix different learners' types

    Involve disabled people

    Transfer the concept of Fablabs

    for training organizations

    (the reverse way!)