Cardano Catalyst Proposal

Powering New Health Systems using Cardano, by selfdriven & beHub

A part of the selfdriven Health initative.

Applicant

Name

Mark Byers

Type

Entity (Incorporated) selfdriven Pty Ltd

Summary

Budget Information

200,000 ADA

Time (Duration)

10 months

Translation Information

No / English

Problem Statement

AI enables decentralised health, but it depends on trusted systems. Non-technical health organisations struggle to adopt blockchain and identity tech needed to make it work.

Traditional Health Care facilities are under pressure. With the arrival of GAHI as a society we have the opportunity to decentralise health functions. But for it to work they need highly trustable systems, But it is difficult for non-technical health system organisations to engage with the blockchain & identity technology in a meaningful way.

Solution Overview

Partner with beHub to deploy an open-source Health Systems Cooperative Kit, enabling health organisations to roll out blockchain, SSI and AI-accountable operations across traditional and emerging services.

Partner with the beHub to run a real implementation project, built using a co-developed open-source Health Cooperative Kit that supports the full journey from definition to deployment.

A cooperative of health organisations will apply and facilitate the introduction of the kit across traditional and emerging health services.

The result is a next-generation health system model where blockchain, SSI and AI accountability are built into everyday health operations.

Supporting Documentation

https://energy.selfdriven.foundation/cardano-catalyst/proposal/health-systems-cooperative/

Project Dependencies

Project Open Source

Yes (MIT/Apache‑2.0/CCO).

Theme Selection

Real World Applications: Healthcare

Campaign Selection

Cardano Use Cases: Prototype & Launch

Describe what makes your idea innovative compared to what has been previously launched in the market (whether by you or others)

We cannot find any existing product or Catalyst proposal that takes a health initiative all the way from an initial intent definition through to a fully provisioned, operational, decentralised cooperative system. The gap is end-to-end delivery: most solutions focus on tooling or pilots, but none provide the full pathway for real health organisations to define a mission, coordinate stakeholders, establish governance, deploy infrastructure, and operate a live cooperative model.

Describe what your prototype or MVP will demonstrate, and where it can be accessed.

The prototype will be accessible at https://coop.selfdriven.health (built on org.selfdriven.app and app.behub.io). It will show the current cooperative platform in action and demonstrate how self-actuation extends it — guiding a health organisation from definition of intent through to a fully provisioned decentralised cooperative system with governance, identity, and deployment steps built in.

Describe realistic measures of success, ideally with on-chain metrics

Success can be measured through clear on-chain signals. These include the generation of cooperative scripts and Plutus addresses to manage shared assets, proofs of identity issued and verified, and evidence of cooperative members actively using the system themselves — such as creating their own wallets and participating in DeFi activity as part of healthcare operations.

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Your Project and Solution

Solution

We will build and deliver an open-source Health Cooperative Kit—a fully integrated, end-to-end framework that allows health organisations to move from “intent definition” all the way to a fully operating decentralised cooperative on Cardano.

This is the first real health-sector implementation that spans definition → governance design → SSI identity → treasury/asset provisioning → live cooperative operations on-chain.

Key technical components:

Impact

This project enables health organisations to adopt blockchain, SSI and cooperative governance in practice — not theory. Instead of more proofs-of-concept, it delivers a live cooperative model that real health providers can operate, learn from and scale.

The impact is threefold:

  1. Impact on the health sector
  1. Impact on Cardano
  1. Impact on communities and individuals

The project’s success establishes a reproducible pathway for other sectors (insurance, education, disability support, aged care, telehealth, mental health). Each new cooperative can be created faster and with lower cost because the framework, infrastructure and governance patterns already exist.

This project doesn’t demonstrate blockchain for health — it operationalises it.

Capabilities & Feasibility

The selfdriven Foundation was founded in 2019 and the team is highly engaged within the Cardano community. It has a robust organisational structure and includes a professional services team - selfdriven.services/team.

Mark Byers (selfdriven Co-founder)

Mark is a qualified Engineer and has 30+ years experience delivering internet based high-grade solutions to market, including the vision to co-found the entityOS.cloud service in 2000.

Mark has been involved in the Cardano ecosystem since 2019 and has a strong technical understanding and involvement in community projects and a co-initiator and contributor to the Eastern Cardano Council.

linkedin.com/in/marknbyers

Bence Lukács (selfdriven Co-founder)

Bence is a former sports trainer and school teacher with 10+ years of experience in Digital Education, Higher Education Organisational Development and building open learning and collaboration (infra-)structure.

Bence also researches Blockchain through the lens of social sciences, focusing especially on Openness, Open Science and DeSci.

At the selfdriven Foundation he is the Organisational Lead, managing projects and organisational operations as well as supporting the development of the educational frameworks. He is engaged in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) Cardano Community and an IntersectMBO member, participating in the Decentralised Education, the Decentralised Trust & Identity SIG and (co-hosting & attending various) Constitutional Workshops.

linkedin.com/in/bencelukacs

Damian Noonan (selfdriven Co-Founder)

Damian has over 20 years experience delivering technology projects as part of strategic transformation initiatives, with expertise particularly Salesforce, MuleSoft and its emerging technologies. As co-founder of recently acquired Tquila ANZ, Damian has experience in building teams and delivering enterprise solutions.

linkedin.com/in/damian-noonan

Elizabeth Jones – Co-Founder & Partnership Development Manager

Elizabeth is a health professional and entrepreneur with over 35 years’ experience across clinical nursing, hospital procurement, sales leadership, and healthcare innovation. A former ICU nurse, she has held senior roles with Ramsay Health Care, Sydney Adventist Hospital, BD, and ICU Medical, leading teams, managing multimillion-dollar procurement portfolios, and forging strategic partnerships in both public and private health. As co-founder of beHub, Elizabeth combines frontline clinical insight with commercial acumen to improve clinician access to accurate device information, streamline onboarding, and enhance patient flow. She continues to work part-time within NSW Health, keeping her closely connected to the realities of hospital operations.

linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-jones

Brian Halse – Co-Founder & Chair

Brian Halse is an experienced chair, non-executive director, and governance specialist with over two decades of leadership across agribusiness, education, health technology, and the not-for-profit sector. His career includes CEO roles at ChemCert Australia, High Security Irrigators, and beHub Health, where he co-founded and helped scale the platform to 31 hospitals and 3,000+ clinicians. Known for building trusted stakeholder relationships and delivering organisational transformation, Brian brings deep expertise in strategic governance, financial management, and guiding multi-stakeholder initiatives from concept to execution.

linkedin.com/in/brianhalse

About beHub

beHub is an Australian digital health platform transforming how hospitals, manufacturers, and clinicians access medical device and product information. In large, geographically dispersed healthcare systems like Australia’s, frontline staff often struggle to access up-to-date, manufacturer-approved resources when and where they need them. beHub solves this by centralising product and training materials into one secure platform, enabling hospitals to create department-specific device “playlists,” track usage, and receive direct updates from manufacturers. Already rolled out to 31 hospitals with over 3,000 clinicians, including some of the most remote facilities in the country, beHub is live across the Murrumbidgee Local Health District in New South Wales and Alice Springs Hospital in the Northern Territory. Operating within NSW Health – one of the world’s largest healthcare systems with 220+ hospitals – the platform ensures every site, from tertiary centres to rural outposts, has instant access to accurate, current device information. Expansion is underway into more NSW and NT hospitals, supported by early manufacturer partnerships and a scalable subscription model for long-term growth.

Teams

Milestones

Summary

MILESTONE #1 —

Title

Project Management Plan & Foundations

Outputs

A comprehensive project plan document covering scope, stakeholder map, work-breakdown, risk register, QA plan, communications plan, and project delivery calendar.

Acceptance Criteria

A single versioned plan (PDF or Markdown) stored in the project repo, tagged with release v0.1, with a visible commit history and clearly defined roles/responsibilities and timeline.

Evidence of Completion

Public link to repository showing the plan file + version tag + commit history.

Delivery Month

1

Cost (ADA)

20,000

Progress (% of Project Completion)

10%

MILESTONE #2 —

Title

Design & Build - Health Systems Cooperative Kit

Outputs

Acceptance Criteria

A cooperative blueprint file that can automatically generate cooperative scripts and the corresponding DID/credential structure, for the selfdriven Health cooperative from onboarding to identity issuance, member wallet setup, cooperative actions, and proof-of-participation, showing the full lifecycle can run on the selfdriven Health cooperative stack without manual intervention.

Evidence of Completion

Delivery Month

5

Cost (ADA)

80,000

Progress (% of Project Completion)

50%

MILESTONE #3 —

Title

Use & Reflect - Deployment with selfdriven Health Cooperative

Outputs

Acceptance Criteria

A successful milestone is demonstrated by onboarding the selfdriven Health organisations, issuing credentials and wallets to a minimum of 10 members, and recording the first cooperative proposals and votes on-chain, proving the membership, governance, credentialing, and decision-making flows all operate in a real environment with verifiable participation and accountability across the selfdriven Health network.

Evidence of Completion

Delivery Month

8

Cost (ADA)

60,000

Progress (% of Project Completion)

80%

MILESTONE #4 —

Milestone Title

Document & Socialise - Public Release Kit

Milestone Outputs

Acceptance Criteria

The Health Cooperative Kit is proven when external organisations can use the toolkit independently without core-team support, a public demo instance of the cooperative kit is available for hands-on exploration, and full documentation plus an onboarding playbook are published on the website, enabling new health groups to self-start, configure governance, issue credentials, and activate cooperative operations without requiring internal intervention.

Evidence of Completion

Delivery Month

10

Cost (ADA)

40,000

Progress (% of Project Completion)

100%

Final Pitch

Project Team

Mark Byers - Project Lead

Solution architecture, SSI, Cardano integrations.

Founder of selfdriven Foundation. 10+ years designing decentralised operating systems for communities. Leads development of Cardano-enabled identity, governance and cooperative tooling.

Bence Lukács - Organisation Lead

Cooperative structure, operating models, member roles.

Specialist in organisational architecture and community self-governance. Experience designing practical operating models for cooperatives and distributed teams.

Damian Noonan - Systems Lead

Health systems, deployment, provider onboarding.

Health innovation strategist. Works across clinical and allied health systems with deep knowledge of service workflows and compliance in real-world settings.

Elizabeth Jones - Design & Engagement Lead

UX, adoption, non-technical onboarding.

Designer focused on accessibility and human-centred rollout of complex systems. Experienced in stakeholder education and communications for community-based projects.

Brian Halse - Governance

Governance frameworks, policy, proposals & voting.

Independent governance specialist. Experience in cooperative governance, risk frameworks and transparency mechanisms for community-owned organisations.

Budget & Costs

M1 – Project Management Plan – 20,000 ADA

Project Management: Scope definition, stakeholder mapping, work-breakdown structure, risk register, QA plan, comms plan, delivery calendar – 18,000 ADA

Tools & Admin: Project repository setup, version control, reporting templates, meeting facilitation tools – 2,000 ADA

M2 – Design & Build – 80,000 ADA

Solution Architecture & Design: Use-case design, process mapping (inputs/outputs), data schema definition, public/private data categorisation – 5,000 ADA

Community Cardano Kit Development: Core build of Community Cardano Kit components, integration with Selfdriven.network On-Chain, SSI & AI interfaces – 50,000 ADA

selfdriven / Cardano Network Integration: Mapping to Cardano assets, AVS/partner-chains setup, integration of AVS features including Midnight compatibility – 10,000 ADA

Interface Enhancements: Updating On-Chain interface reference and implementing UI/UX improvements for community onboarding – 10,000 ADA

Testing & Quality Assurance: Internal QA, functionality verification, interface validation, regression testing – 5,000 ADA

M3 – Use / Test – Pilot – 60,000 ADA

Deployment & Setup: Deploy Community Cardano Kit in pilot environment, configure network and infrastructure – 5,000 ADA

User Onboarding & Training: Create onboarding pathways, run training workshops, support initial users – 35,000 ADA

Field Testing & Feedback: Run live tests, gather feedback, analyse performance data, make adjustments – 15,000 ADA

Reporting & Review: Document test results, lessons learned, and recommendations for scaling – 5,000 ADA

M4 – Document / Socialise / Publish – 40,000 ADA

Documentation: Compile final public docs, onboarding materials, reports and technical integration notes – 30,000 ADA

Community Engagement: Presentations, social media promotion, partnership announcements, case studies – 5,000 ADA

Production & Publishing: Video walkthroughs, assets, website updates, graphical comms – 5,000 ADA

Value for Money

This project delivers maximum real-world impact per ADA by focusing funding on working software, live adoption and open-source infrastructure — not on research or theoretical analysis.

Why the budget is efficient

Primary value drivers

Cost discipline

Long-term sustainability After completion, health cooperatives and future sector partners can adopt the system without additional Catalyst funding. Future growth is driven by organisations running their own cooperatives — not ongoing public funding.

Net effect For the cost of a single project, Catalyst funds infrastructure that:

  1. solves an immediate real-world need in the health sector, and
  2. becomes a reusable foundation for education, disability support, aged care, insurance and other community-owned service domains.

This is high-leverage funding that turns one proposal into a long-term multiplier for Cardano adoption and impact.

Self-Assessment

Self-Assessment Checklist

I confirm that evidence of prior research, whitepaper, design, or proof-of-concept is provided.

Yes

I confirm that the proposal includes ecosystem research and uses the findings to either (a) justify its uniqueness over existing solutions or (b) demonstrate the value of its contribution.

Yes

I confirm that the proposal demonstrates technical capability via verifiable in-house talent or a confirmed development partner (GitHub, LinkedIn, portfolio, etc.).

Yes

I confirm that the proposer and all team members are in good standing with prior Catalyst projects.

Yes

I confirm that the proposal clearly defines the problem and the value of the on-chain utility.

Yes

I confirm that the primary goal of the proposal is a working prototype deployed on at least a Cardano testnet.

Yes

I confirm that the proposal outlines a credible and clear technical plan and architecture.

Yes

I confirm that the budget and timeline (≤ 12 months) are realistic for the proposed work.

Yes

I confirm that the proposal includes a community engagement and feedback plan to amplify prototype adoption with the Cardano ecosystem.

Yes

I confirm that the budget is for future development only; excludes retroactive funding, incentives, giveaways, re-granting, or sub-treasuries.

Yes

Required Acknowledgements

Ongoing Projects None

Consent & Confirmation

I Agree

Yes

REFERERENCES

A cooperative as a form of business.

It is difficult for health organisations to engage with the Cardano network in a meaningful way.

Based on the real need of health systems to tranform, deliver a “Health Cooperative Cardano Kit”.

From definition to provisioning on Cardano.

Work with the selfdriven.health to deliver a real use project, based on the co-developed open-source kit - from definition to implementation.

From prototyping to real use.

Definitions

Primitives: - Cardano: - Addresses - Script Addresses - Plutus Addresses - Transactions

- Trust
    - Identity/SSI - DID/Keri
    - Veriable Credentials

- Economic Assets
    - Treasury
    - Exchange - DeFi

Services (to abstract primitives into Cooperative system): - selfdriven.network including Ouroboros based chain (“OctoChain”) - Cardano Mainnet as AVS

Leveraging:

Outcomes for the Cardano Community

FAQS

Is it too ambitious?

Scope is proven — team has built similar systems before and the whole plan is milestone-locked with a single cooperative pilot.

Who will use it?

The Beyonders Collective is confirmed as the live pilot; the output is a reusable kit for any cooperative globally.

Is it speculation?

No tokens, no hype. Real payments, real users, real income distribution.

Will people outside crypto adopt it?

UX is designed for non-technical users. No blockchain terminology required to participate.

How does it benefit Cardano?

Creates recurring payments, new wallet users, and sustainable grassroots economic activity on ADA / USDM.

What happens after funding?

No further funding required — the kit is open-source and reusable. Revenue model is optional hosted services, not more Catalyst requests.

Is the team capable? Team has delivered smart contracts + governance + SSI + onboarding in real organisations before.

What if the cooperative drops out?

Commitment is formalised before build. If failure happens, the code and kit still launch publicly.

Is the budget fair? Every line item ties to delivery of reusable open-source infra and onboarding — no marketing fluff.

How will success be verified? On-chain transactions + governance events + distribution cycles + documentation + case study.