North Atlantic Youth Hackathon launched
01 March 2021 at 14:04:56
'Think Rural, Think Digital, Think Ahead!' will be held over
19-21 March and aims to engage young people (18-35) from across
Scotland, Coastal Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Maine
and Ontario to develop joint solutions to shared challenges.
The Scottish Government is working with the Nordic Council of
Ministers and the State of Maine to support Highlands and Island
Enterprise (HIE) and the Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA) to
deliver the international competition on rural sustainability. The
Cooperation Council of Ontario is also among the organising
partners.
Those from a variety of backgrounds such as coding, design,
marketing, health and social care or tourism and hospitality are
all encouraged to sign-up. They will form international teams to
find innovative solutions that can inform and promote a sustainable
recovery and development in the North Atlantic region.
The challenge will identify digital solutions that ease the
provision of essential healthcare services and will promote a
sustainable recovery for the tourism industry. The young
participants will also be supported with a roadmap to
entrepreneurship.
Participation is free and international teams will be made up of
four or five people with different backgrounds and skillsets who
will come together to design, test and bring to life innovative
ideas.
Cash prizes and business development opportunities will be awarded
to successful teams under each of the two themes - Digital Health
and Rural Tourism Recovery.
A North Atlantic Accelerator programme is also being developed as
a post-event collaboration between the development agencies in each
region to offer further support to the winning and other
teams.
