Hack the Crisis Sweden
In 2020, the coronavirus outbreak prompted numerous hackathon organizations globally to launch events aimed at addressing urgent global challenges. One notable example is Hack the Crisis Sweden, an online hackathon held in 2020. Organized by Hack for Sweden, a government initiative, this event was a significant shift from the traditional, in-person Hack for Sweden 2019. Designed as a digital-only event, it facilitated all activities, from team formation to mentorship, via an online platform, without any physical interactions. The hackathon mobilized diverse groups to develop innovative solutions to mitigate the pandemic's effects on society, business, and health. Remarkably, the entire event, including the enlistment of 130 partner organizations and the creation of promotional materials featuring a voiceover by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfvén, was set up in less than two weeks, following a directive from the Swedish Government.
The winners
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Jury criteria
Each jury group will evaluate your solution based on these six criteria. The jury criteria are equally important in the evaluation. The jury criteria are the same for all 7 challenge categories.
Comprehensibility
Comprehensibility of the solution proposal’s value proposition and main use case
- Is it easy to understand the solution?
- Is it easy to understand how the solution works and how it will be implemented to solve the challenge?
- How well detailed is the description of the solution?
- Does it include an understanding of the key stakeholders and ecosystems that are relevant to the realisation of the solution?
- Will the end users of the solution understand it too, or do they need special skills to take part of it or use it?
Realisability
Realisability of the solution from its current idea stage to implemented solution, used by its intended users in its problem context
- How realistic is the time plan?
- Does the solution have access to all the needed data (if applicable)?
- How well are potential risks calculated for?
- How soon can the solution be available to the intended users?
- Is the technology mature enough (if applicable)?
- Can a minimum viable product be created within 3 months?
- Can a proof of concept be created within 6 months?
Innovativeness
Innovativeness of the idea behind the solution, as well as the intended technology to be used in an implementation of the solution (if applicable).
- In what way is this solution innovative?
- Are there existing or similar solutions?
- How does the solution differ from any existing solutions?
Scalability
Scalability of the solution if it is implemented and realized.
- How many are experiencing the problem that this solution is intended to solve (if applicable)?
- How well does this solution scale?
Solving the SDGs
Does this solution correlate to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and how well does it solve the challenge it is intended to address.
- How well does the solution correlate to the SDGs?
- In what respect does the solution solve one or more of the SDGs?
- How many in the solutions target audience would experience an improvement and how extensive would that improvement be?
Team
Team structure, functionality, adaptability and potential to scale a solution successfully
- How well is the team suited to realize the solution?
- Has the team reflected on any additional needs in the team structure to realize the solution?
- Are the members of this team motivated to invest time and energy to realize this solution?
Challenge Juries
Our partners
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Hack the Crisis Sweden
Our challenges for
Hack the Crisis Sweden
We have seven challenge categories connected to the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. For each one of the seven challenge categories there are five specific challenges. They are the foundation of the hackathon competition.
The challenges in Hack for Earth are firmly anchored in citizen driven innovation. To create the challenges we have analyzed 1K+ dreams from 60+ countries from the global Dream for Earth campaign (read more about Dream for Earth here), and combined the result with the expertise & knowledge from our partner community (read more about our partners here). Finally, the Board of the Hack for Earth Foundation decided on the final five challenges in each category.
What are SDGs?
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Addressing the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, justice and more.
Read more at globalgoals.org.
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The challenges for ? category are:
We need to find solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals number:
