Digital YOu Hackathon – Call for Participants

Did you ever participate in a 5 hours long seminar online and thought: “OMG this could be done so much better”?

Did you try to manage your organization online and wondered if you can find simpler ways to do so?

Did you miss networking events during COVID-19?

 

If you had any of these thoughts during the past 2 years, we are looking for you and waiting for your ideas!

We want to gather innovative people coming from Belgium, Estonia, Greece, Slovenia, Spain and Serbia in a collaborative Hackathon to create solutions for:

  • Virtual office to be used by youth organizations across Europe
  • Virtual seminar rooms where we can do non-formal education 
  • Virtual networking events ensuring interaction and stimulating partnership building 

What is a Hackaton?

Hackathon is a social event where participants are gathered in the international teams with diverse set of skills, working together on solving different societal challenges using innovation, creativity and technology. These teams engage into collaborative activities for two days and together with experts who are there to support them, create innovative solutions which are changing the reality we are facing. 

At Digital YOu Hackathon we will be looking for innovative solutions that will boost success and efficiency of youth organisations around the globe. By participating you will be part of the team that will be looking for innovative solutions to youth organisations activities such are online seminars, new ideas for making online networking easier and effective or designing managerial work at the youth organizations office in more efficient and interactive way. Upon selection, you will decide on the aspect of youth organisations work you would like to work on. From our side, engaging, fun and productive environment will be provided, allowing you to have amazing experience. 

For more info and rules on how to apply, check out the Connect International web page here. 

The project “DigitalYOu” is co-funded by the European Union.