Hack with refugees
Beyond the emergency and the positive emotional reaction generated by the massive arrival of refugees, it's time now to think about mid-term and long-term issues and opportunities.
What can be done to increase the probability of success that refugees and migrants will find - temporarily or definitely - their place in the hosting societies / countries ?
How can we turn the refugees' arrival into opportunities together ?
How can we as positive impact entrepreneurs contribute to this while leveraging the power of technology ?
After collecting ideas on the platform http://ideas.refugees.net/ for 8 weeks, we will meet in transforma bxl to work on the top voted ideas and turn them into scalable projects.
Everyone is welcome to submit ideas and to participate in the hackathon. All set of skills are welcome, technical and non technical.
What is a hackathon?:
A hackathon is a collaborative event, where teams form around ideas and work on them from Friday evening to Sunday evening in order to turn them into prototypes, ready to be implemented in real life. Although hackathons are usually linked with coding and technical skills, it will not be the case of Hack for refugees where all sets of skills are welcome.
This crowdsourcing online platform is powered by Citizenlab. Please submit your ideas for refugees there. The platform is great to collect ideas and to improve them collectively. You can comment on uploaded propositions, post amendments, upvote and downvote.
The preferred ideas will be selected as an input for the hackathon.