Hi dear fellows. I started an online research about free courses for myself, then I thought number of you may be interested to register in some of them. In the websites cited below, you can find free courses for all domains (some are with certificates). I hope there is something useful for you and if you have other interesting links please share with us in a comment. Thank you.

SCIENCE :

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/ukentucky/courses/chemistry- 1

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/ukentucky/courses/chemistry-2

• https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/89-introduction-to-complexity

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/climate-change

• https://www.open2study.com/node/2180

• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/grow-from-soil-to-sky

• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/grow-earth-sensor

• https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/climate-action-solutions-for-a-changing-planet-november-2017

COMMUNICATION:

• In Spanish : https://www.canvas.net/browse/turku-university/turku-university-es/courses/comunicacion-en-entornos-virtuales-y-moviles

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/turku-university/courses/virtual-and-mobile-communication

• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/basic-english-pre-intermediate

AEROSPACE OR ASTRONOMY

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/erau/courses/aviation-101

• https://www.springboard.com/coursera/the-evolving-universe/

• https://www.khanacademy.org/science/cosmology-and-astronomy

• https://www.udemy.com/astronomy-state-of-the-art/

• https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-284-modern-astrophysics-spring-2006/

IT :

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/k12hsn/courses/cybersecurity-education

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/mobile-robotics

• In Spanish : https://www.canvas.net/browse/incibe-spanish-es/courses/ciberseguridad

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/wolverhampton/courses/java-programming

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/canvasnet/courses/python-for-everybody

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/canberrait/courses/biometric-technologies

• In German : https://www.canvas.net/browse/stichting-fontys-hogescholen-nl/courses/basics-ict-technology

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/big-data-for-better-performance

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/concepts-in-game-development

CULTURE OR POLITICS OR ECONOMY

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/uofwestflorida/courses/cross-cultural-competency

• In Spanish : https://www.canvas.net/browse/universitat-rovira-es/courses/como-disenar-politicas-y-proyectos

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/leadership-identity-influence-power

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/sociology

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/becoming-human-anthropology

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/chinese-language-culture

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/indigenous-studies-australia-and-new-zealand

• https://www.open2study.com/course/latin-american-music

• https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/globalization-past-and-future-fall-2017

• https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/sustainable-cities-april-july-2018

• https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/the-age-of-sustainable-development-on-demand

• https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/planetary-boundaries-and-human-opportunities-on-demand

SKILLS :

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/ucf/courses/psychology-of-art-creativity

• https://www.canvas.net/browse/missouri-ust/courses/effective-group-work

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/foundations-of-psychology

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/human-resources-090215

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/innovation-for-powerful-outcomes

• https://www.open2study.com/courses/negotiation-and-conflict-resolution

Today marked another of Lena’s Live Streams where she speaks on issues that are brought up by the Asgardian nationals. In this article, we’ll be giving a run-down of the live-feed and summarising some of the more interesting points that were made.

Asgardia’s latest live-stream paints a very ‘down to earth’ picture of Asgardia’s near future as a nation that’s working with the best interests of humanity in mind but is very much constrained to work within the confines of reality and notions of a ‘floating utopia’ in earth orbit were quickly dispelled.

Rather than a structure in the Arctic or on a deserted island, Asgardia’s current form is that of a virtual nation using modern technology and looking for ways to invest in the future of humanity. Through the establishment of the nation, Asgardia will have a platform to offer funding, infrastructure and legal systems that will encourage people to look to the stars and develop new technology and businesses that make it easier than ever before.

It seems that Asgardia is looking to be a driving force behind the development of Space and that moving to live in space is simply something that will happen in time as a result of the core goals and business aims of the nation.

This might not sit well with some people that have a more fantastical view of what Asgardia is. I have had many discussions recently with people that are putting all their hopes and visions onto Asgardia and creating a really unrealistic vision without thinking of where the money or the technology will come form.

Below are the highlights from the live stream. I have summarised/paraphrased them and put them into broad categories to keep it to the point. However, the video and the full transcript will be out soon.

IDs & Passports.

There was quite a lot of discussion regarding the ID’s and passports, here are some of the highlights:

1. All the ‘golden 100,000’ (which is anyone that accepted the constitution before decree 9 was issued.) will be eligible for an Asgardian ID and Passport.
2. People applying for citizenship after this date will need to wait until Parliament is formed before they can become eligible.
3. It will take several months to prepare the documents as a matter of practicality.
4. People must present themselves in person to attain their ID. They must physically meet a representative from Asgardia at least once before attaining an ID or passport.
5. No ‘first documents’ documents will be issued electronically or by post.
6. Asgardia is looking for the best way to manage this and to make it as accessible as possible.
7. For people that are not able to present themselves in person, they will be looked at on a case-by-case basis.
8. Experts are being consulted to make sure that this is as official as possible.

Embassies & Consulates

1. There will be 6 embassies around the world, but there will be more consulates.
2. The location of the consulates will not be based on population but rather based on local infrastructure, practicality, ease of access, current holdings.
   1. No current plans to establish an embassy in Istanbul/Turkey, but it hasn’t been ruled out as an option yet, either.
3. It’s too early to go into detail now but more information is expected to be released towards the end of the year.
4. It’s possible that they will have Temporary locations that periodically pop-up offering a ‘drop-in’ service.
5. More details will follow in the coming months, especially once the Ministry of Foreign affairs is established.

Law & Order

1. The Constitution is the basis for the law of the nation.
2. Once Parliament is formed, they will begin to develop laws.
3. Laws will need to be passed and accepted.
4. Changes to the law must be done by way of petition.
5. Asgardia is open to various forms of government, such as the Estonian model and are considering the different ‘best practices’ that are being used around the world.

Business & Jobs.

1. Asgardia is prepared to invest and co-invest in start-ups that are aligned with the project such as Science, technology, software, engineering but is also welcomes any start-up business proposal.
2. Asgardia’s ‘business’ focus will be on start-ups and has partnered (or formed a close relationship with) a venture capitalist company called Seraphim who are a specialist investor in start-ups that have an interest in space.
3. Asgardia will have access to an expert community that will be reviewing and advising if it’s worth investing into a start-up
4. Asgardia.com will soon be releasing more information on the topic.
5. Asgardia.com will provide ways to apply for startup funding.
6. Asgardia’s infrastructure and future space-infrastructure will be built by hired professionals that have a proven experience in the field.
7. Asgardia is not currently hiring people from within the nation , however, they welcome people from the nation to apply to volunteer their time/resources if they want to help the project grow. They must clearly state their experience and details of how they would like to volunteer when they apply.
8. Asgardia will be deriving a revenue from business tax (once it’s jurisdiction is established.), from returns on its investments into start-up businesses and from the business that it plans to establish.
9. Asgardia encourages people to start submitting their business plans and proposals from today stating “It’s time now to start making proposals.”
10. Asgardia does not currently consider space-mining or investment in space-mining as a core part of its business plans.

Currency & Finance

1. Asgardia will be using a currency known as SOLAR.
2. SOLAR is a cryptocurrency that is being developed using blockchain technology in conjunction with IT experts and Mathematicians.
3. Asgardia will be following a capitalist model.
4. Asgardia is using blockchain technology which is transparent and highly secure making it nigh-on incorruptible which they hope will eliminate corruption and fraudulent use of the nation’s resources.

Space Exploration

1. Asgard-1 is ready to go. We are waiting the launch date which is currently scheduled for the 10 ^th of November, however, it’s not unusual for these dates to change based on the launch provider’s judgment.
2. Asgard-1 will hitch a ride up to space with an unmanned supply rocket that is taking supplies to the international space station. Once the drop has been made, the rocket will fly higher on its scientific mission and deploy the satellite.
3. The satellite has the onboard data storage and several sensors that are designed to monitor radiation with a view to finding the effects of space radiation on our data storage.
4. After some time, the Satellite will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity and will burn up in the atmosphere.
5. Asgard-2 is still in the very early planning phase, but the general idea behind A-2 will be to test data handling and data transfer.

Health & Education.

1. There are currently no programs defined to offer health or education to Asgardian nationals (though I know from personal experience that there are MOOCs being developed.)

Application to the UN.

1. There are no ‘set requirements’ to be met to be appointed as a nation. There are no formal criteria.
2. Paperwork is being prepared and contact is being initiated with other countries and international institutions.
3. Extended documents are being prepared to start working with them, but we have not formally asked to be accepted as a nation.

Support me.

I am currently running as a strategist and I could use your support! Please take a couple of minutes to look at my candidate profile and lend me your support if you agree 😊

Hi Dr I am Ministry of Citizen in district#13 and I am ready to served you highly demand. All asgerdian must get asgerdian passport which is called soler passport. This soler passport have highly power then other passport in the earth passport ever make up to now. With this soler passport you can travel any where in the earth even out side the earth as well as any planet in our soler system without any visa. Just like get ready to your transport and go what ever you want. I will make highly pay system for all asgardian who get jobs in space nation throw by soler currency. This currency will have highly power then other currency in the earth. This soler currency can converted to any other currency in the earth, even outside the earth. I will make soler is id card for all asgardian which can be used as a soler bank card, soler driving card, soler tax & insurance card, soler security card, even swap any where in asgardian space nation. So I need support from earth people and need 100000 vote from asgardian when I selected as soon as I will start work on it. Thank you.

Dear fellow Asgardian Citizens!

Please join the community to the new official Discord server here:

https://discord.gg/TmAFwm6

Come and make friends, ask your questions to the Candidates for the Parliament and get to know your community better!!

Greetings fellow Asgardians,

Recently, there has been rapidly growing interest in the community for an identification card for proof-of-identity as an Asgardian citizen or Asgardian business staff. In the last 24 hours I have created some designs for how future Asgardian business IDs may look and function.

This was not part of my 2018 Asgardia Development Roadmap, but I am considering to integrate this idea as a citizen group project for April later this year to get it developed and physically functional.

^ Click the image to access full project concept document - NOVA ID Card Concepts.pdf

In the last 48 hours, the concept of an Asgardian ID Card has been discussed and shared extensively on the Asgardia General Facebook group. With Roman Bondyrev's post showcasing his design for an 'Asgardia ID' (since upload yesterday, it has received over 400 likes and 14 shares) and Rejean Gauthier's own design immediately after (garnering over 90 likes). Seeing the trend, I decided to take a shot at designing my own concept for an ID, not so much for Asgardian citizens but more for personnel for potential Asgardian private businesses.

Since uploading my design ( See post here ) approximately 14 hours ago, I have seen incredible praise from many in the community who have provided my design with over 125 likes and 2 shares. I have also received good feedback from a few critical but knowledgeable individuals for my rough concept. This was more of a for-fun mini-project of mine to do which is why I only did some very brief research into smart card technology. However, the few knowledgeable individuals who have reached out to me and provided constructive and very insightful feedback have pointed me in various directions to help improve my concepts. For that and more, I am very grateful to have learned something from this little exercise.

The following features were conceptualised to be compatible in the functioning of the cards:

1. Asgardia Banking (SOLAR)
2. Proof of Identity
3. Project Collaborations (Official Community Projects)
4. Network Access (asgardia.space / external Asgardia domains)
5. Space Travel (Asgardia Space Arks / Space Research Travel)
6. Internet-of-Things (IoT) Functionality (ASTROBASE compatible, Smart Homes, Connected Spaces...)
7. Secure Storage (Data, personal information, patents...)
8. Medical Access (Clinics, hospitals, general practitioners...)
9. Goods Exchange (Product exchange using SOLAR, business trading, importing/exporting of goods and services...)

All other information on my NOVA I.D Card concept are found in the project concept document here .

Future developments on this concept are undecided, a few people have expressed their wanting of this concept to turn into a real product, if there is enough public interest and my ideas are liked and well-received I may turn this into a proper project to work on more extensively.

If you have any questions regarding NOVA, ASTROBASE, ASG-Alpha or any other aspects of my work as an Asgardian citizen feel free to contact me using email: stevenedrickwang@gmail.com
Or leave your question in the comments of this post. I will try my best to answer your questions within 12 hours. Thank you for your support.

Steven "Edrick" Wang (20)

BA - Innovation and Design;

ELECTIVES - International Politics (2017), Business Law (2018), Database, Analysis and Design (2018), Integrated Marketing Communication (2018).

NOVA Innovations Group - Chief Innovation Strategist

GOOD GOVERNANCE OF ASGARDIA

Recently the terms "governance" and "good governance" are being increasingly used in development literature. Bad governance is being increasingly regarded as one of the root causes of all evil within our societies. Major donors and international financial institutions are increasingly basing their aid and loans on the condition that reforms that ensure "good governance" are undertaken.

As we are forming a new government for Asgardia, it is very much important to look after the matter of “good governance”. We need to look after different sources of funding to run the nation on different tasks. And at this level everyone will think about good governance. All citizen of Asgardia will expect a good governance form every  government official. So we need to maintain this difficult task for good governance in Asgardia.

Since governance is the process of decision making and the process by which decisions are implemented, an analysis of governance focuses on the formal and informal actors involved in decision-making and implementing the decisions made and the formal and informal structures that have been set in place to arrive at and implement the decision.

Government is one of the actors in governance. Other actors involved in governance vary depending on the level of government that is under discussion. In rural areas, for example, other actors may include influential land lords, associations of peasant farmers, cooperatives, NGOs, research institutes, religious leaders, finance institutions political parties, the military etc. The situation in urban areas is much more complex. The interconnections between actors involved in urban governance. At the national level, in addition to the above actors, media, lobbyists, international donors, multi-national corporations, etc. may play a role in decision making or in influencing the decision-making process. All actors other than government and the military are grouped together as part of the "civil society." In some countries in addition to the civil society, organized crime syndicates also influence decision-making, particularly in urban areas and at the national level. Similarly formal government structures are one means by which decisions are arrived at and implemented. At the national level, informal decision-making structures, such as "kitchen cabinets" or informal advisors may exist. In urban areas, organized crime syndicates such as the "land Mafia" may influence decision-making. In some rural areas locally powerful families may make or influence decision-making. Such, informal decision-making is often the result of corrupt practices or leads to corrupt practices.

Good governance has 8 major characteristics. It is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law. It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. It is also responsive to the present and future needs of society.

Participation

Participation by both men and women is a key cornerstone of good governance. Participation could be either direct or through legitimate intermediate institutions or representatives. It is important to point out that representative democracy does not necessarily mean that the concerns of the most vulnerable in society would be taken into consideration in decision making. Participation needs to be informed and organized. This means freedom of association and expression on the one hand and an organized civil society on the other hand.

Rule of law

Good governance requires fair legal frameworks that are enforced impartially. It also requires full protection of human rights, particularly those of minorities. Impartial enforcement of laws requires an independent judiciary and an impartial and incorruptible police force.

Transparency

Transparency means that decisions taken and their enforcement are done in a manner that follows rules and regulations. It also means that information is freely available and directly accessible to those who will be affected by such decisions and their enforcement. It also means that enough information is provided and that it is provided in easily understandable forms and media. Responsiveness Good governance requires that institutions and processes try to serve all stakeholders within a reasonable timeframe.

Consensus oriented

There are several actors and as many view points in a given society. Good governance requires mediation of the different interests in society to reach a broad consensus in society on what is in the best interest of the whole community and how this can be achieved. It also requires a broad and long-term perspective on what is needed for sustainable human development and how to achieve the goals of such development. This can only result from an understanding of the historical, cultural and social contexts of a given society or community.

Equity and inclusiveness

A society’s wellbeing depends on ensuring that all its members feel that they have a stake in it and do not feel excluded from the mainstream of society. This requires all groups, but particularly the most vulnerable, have opportunities to improve or maintain their wellbeing.

Effectiveness and efficiency

Good governance means that processes and institutions produce results that meet the needs of society while making the best use of resources at their disposal. The concept of efficiency in the context of good governance also covers the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection of the environment. Accountability Accountability is a key requirement of good governance. Not only governmental institutions but also the private sector and civil society organizations must be accountable to the public and to their institutional stakeholders. Who is accountable to whom varies depending on whether decisions or actions taken are internal or external to an organization or institution. In general an organization or an institution is accountable to those who will be affected by its decisions or actions. Accountability cannot be enforced without transparency and the rule of law.

From the above discussion it should be clear that good governance is an ideal which is difficult to achieve in its totality. Very few countries and societies have come close to achieving good governance in its totality. However, to ensure sustainable human development, actions must be taken to work towards this ideal with the aim of making it a reality.

* [ REFERENCES UNESCAP, THAILAND]

First off, I formally request the moderation team sticky the petition thread https://asgardia.space/en/forum/forum/general-discussion-14/topic/petition-no-confidence-in-interim-asgardian-government-demand-for-response-action-by-the-head-of-nation-to-ensure-stability-success-of-asgardia-4698/.

I am also formally requesting that Asgardia send an e-mail to all certified Asgardians notifying them of the petition and ask that you put your duties to Asgardia before any personal considerations.

Second, my apology to all Asgardians for taking the liberty of writing this petition myself without further input.  While this is fairly normal for petitions to governments, I would have preferred to draft it as a group, but given the short, short time we have before elections and the time necessary to collect signatures, I felt it was necessary to get this out quickly.  I only waited 'til Monday to see if Dr. A or the other officials would take any action to address concerns (and also I was busy Sunday).  If there is a clear consensus that this petition as written is unsatisfactory and needs substantial revisions, I have no objections to discussions\revisions\new drafts by other Asgardians to that effect.

Some thoughts\explanations:

I have procedural concerns about the way I've proposed to submit this petition, but there is no established procedure.  I used a petition process that is standard in my home country and I hope the procedure and goal is sufficiently clear to all Asgardians.

I tried to cover many of the points raised by individual Asgardians and was mindful of specific incidents, but I was intentionally vague as to the details.  I didn't see this as writing a criminal complaint or anything, just notification to our Head of Nation that there are growing, serious concerns on several overarching issues.

I believe "no confidence" is the most appropriate term to describe the current situation between Asgardians and Asgardia and the one most likely to be understood by everyone, including Dr. A.  Typically no confidence votes cause a government/administration to be dismissed and replaced, but I have no illusions here that that is necessarily how the petition will be interpreted by Dr. A.

I considered a way for Asgardians to sign without putting their legal names on a forum viewable by everyone with internet access, but ultimately I decided that this is a public petition and so we have to keep everything public record in the end.  Everyone's names would have to be published at the time of submission anyway, so I hope everyone will have the courage to participate in this democratic process.

ALSO, I humbly ask any Asgardians who are bilingual to please kindly translate the petition into non-English languages, repost it in the appropriate language forums, and direct people to sign in the main petition thread.  The majority of Asgardians do not speak English natively and could easily miss it if they don't check the main part of the forum regularly, so every translation directly contributes to all Asgardians' ability to participate in our government.