Skills, Learning & Participation

1. What skills should I focus on to make the most of this program?

Recommended skills:

• Project coordination 
• Communication and teamwork across cultures 
• Documentation, storytelling, and reporting 
• Workshop/session hosting (for Exchange/Cultural DAOs) 
• Community engagement 
• Creative contribution (Cultural DAO) 
• Green activity design (Local Green Economy DAO) 
• Basic DAO governance + XDAO voting 

2. How does DEP ensure inclusive and diverse participation?

DEP 2 supports inclusivity through:

• Global recruitment 
• Minimal onboarding barriers 
• Dedicated user-friendly documentation 
• Transparent governance and decision-making 
• Flexible contribution formats 

DAOs also design their own inclusive processes for working styles, timezones, and collaboration.

3. Is it an internship? Paid or unpaid? Is there any fee? Also is it an online job?

the DAO Experimentation Program (DEP) is not designed as a job or an internship. Rather, it is a hands-on, real-world experimentation program, where participants join small decentralized groups (DAOs) to co-create impact projects and learn by doing, using Web3 and DAO tools in practice.

Because of this structure, DEP does not offer fixed compensation, stipends, or salaries for participation itself. However, DEP is also not a purely voluntary or academic exercise. Each DAO is provided with funding by Kambria, and DAO members collectively decide how those funds are used through proposal submission and voting. This means that participants may access DAO funds by:

• Proposing or co-leading concrete execution activities aligned with the DAO’s goals (e.g. implementation, coordination, local delivery, documentation), and
• Receiving funding as part of an approved DAO proposal, based on collective decision-making.

In other words, Kambria provides the funds, and the DAOs govern how they are allocated, including whether and how DAO members are incentivized for specific contributions. This model is intentional, as it reflects real decentralized governance rather than a centrally managed reward system.

There’s no participation fee, and you’re free to collaborate with other members either online or locally in your area.