[Community] #SmartDevelopmentHack

[Effah Amponsah]

Dear Community,

COVID-19 has placed a heavy burden on developing countries unravelling 
enormous social and economic consequences. Therefore, the Federal 
Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) together with 
the European Commission and  “Team Europe” partners including other EU 
member states, tech companies and civil society are calling out the 
global hackathon #SmartDevelopmentHack. We invite you to become part of 
this mission. The “Call for Solutions

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is now open until 27.04.2020!

*About #SmartDevelopmentHack*

We are calling for digital solutions worldwide to adapt them to the 
challenges faced in developing countries and to immediately implement 
them against the COVID-19 crisis. This will be achieved through a 
matchmaking of digital solution providers and implementation expertise. 
The best teams will enter a two-day intensive hackathon, present their 
proposal to our jury and potentially receive significant financial 
support for direct execution.

*Process and Timeline*

    - 20.04.-27.04.:  Call for Solutions to our challenges
    - 20.04.-30.04.:  Call for Implementing Partners
    - 04.05.-11.05.:  Matchmaking between solutions and implementation 
experts
    - 14.05.-15.05.:  Two-day online hackathon
      20.05.:             Winner announcement

*Participation Criteria*

Do you have an innovative and digital solution that you would like to 
apply and scale to one of our challenges? As a solution provider, you 
need to meet the following criteria:

    - You need to offer an existing digital solution and apply
    - The solution must be easily adaptable to the relevant context for 
quick implementation
    - Eligible are private companies (start-ups, profit-oriented 
companies, social enterprises), NGOs, foundations, academic and research 
institutions
    - This is a global call for solutions. However, participants from the 
EU, Africa, Middle East, Asia and Latin America are particularly 
encouraged to submit solutions
    - To attend the hackathon, you need to be free on 14.05.-15.05.

*What’s in it for You*

We support you with professional digital as well as long-term local 
expertise to implement the solutions together in our partner countries. 
In addition, you will be given the opportunity to network with a diverse 
group of organizations and individuals of the digital economy and the 
public sector.

Finally, a jury of BMZ, the EU Commission, Smart Africa, GIZ and other 
partners will select the best hackathon projects – which will receive 
significant financial support for the implementation to scale their idea 
within the vast partner network.

Best regards!

-- 
Effah Amponsah
Communication & Marketing Officer,
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