Infrastructure and tools with a sustainable exit
Cloud, software, device and connectivity contributions must state eligibility, duration, renewal cost, data location, support limits, portability and what happens when a credit period ends.
Expertise accountable to programme standards
Potential partners include product, engineering, cybersecurity, data protection, learning, accessibility, monitoring and evaluation, finance and research specialists. Access is scoped and conflicts must be declared.
Local relationships are delivery infrastructure
Local partners can support needs validation, participant access, context, language, venues, safeguarding and implementation. Community access does not grant unrestricted permission to collect or publish information.
What Ubuntu Gale will assess
Mission alignment, legal identity, beneficial ownership where relevant, reputation, conflicts, capacity, data practices, safeguarding, contribution terms, sustainability and the risk of dependency or undue influence.
Every accepted contribution needs a written scope
The record defines contribution, value, owner, start and end dates, restrictions, data access, intellectual property, communications approval, safeguarding duties, reporting and exit.