Kathmandu2016 Hackathon

An event of Open Data Day Nepal

What is Open Data Hackathon?
Open Day Hackathon is a unique opportunity to create problem solving applications around the theme of Open Data Day. This year, participants will work on the theme ‘Using Open Data to solve real problems in Nepal’. With issues such as migration of youth, migration, procurement/contracts, health, government budget, earthquake and renewable sources of energy, we are now looking for newer ways to solve issues of national significance, now more than ever.

Open Day Hackathon provides a platform to come up with innovative ideas to open up data and information that increases citizen participation, engagement and accountability.

Techies will work with CSO representatives, journalists and citizens to collectively develop applications, visualizations and tools that harness the power of open data to solve issues in Nepal.

Why participate in Open Data Hackathon?

 * Gives you an opportunity to connect to like minded people from diverse fields and encourages team participation to problem solving.


 * Introduces you to people with answers. Leaders, CSOs, organizational representatives, journalists and so on.


 * Tells you what hackathon is all about! You will work with people who’ve conducted and participated in a number of events before. Whether you are a newbie or an experienced computer enthusiast, you will fit right in.


 * It is a great platform to increase your expertise in this field. There are experts from organizations that have worked in technology for years now. You will get to interact with them directly.

What is the hackathon process?

 * You will need to Register for Open day Hackathon prior to the event.


 * On the event day, you can join us as participants in one of the following ways:

You can come up with your own Data set, challenge and your team. You can discuss your ideas in front of the crowd and start working on it.

If you do not have a Data set, we can provide it for you, along with the challenge (if you need it) and you (or your team) can start working on it.

If you do not have a team (or a challenge), come to participate and you can form your own team on the very day. You can also join a challenge or a team and start working for them (provided they still have space for one more member).


 * Throughout the day, each team will work on addressing the challenge. Teams will also work on presentation at the end of the day.


 * Towards the end of the hackathon, there will be a 30 minutes ‘tech check’ which means checking whether your computer is compatible with our devices so there won’t be any glitches during the presentation.

The teams will be judged by a panelist of judges on the basis of judging criteria set forward at the beginning of the hackathon.
 * Judges will come visit you in your individual desks before the presentation. So you will need to be prepared for that as well!


 * The winners of Open Data Hackathon 2016 will be announced at the end of Open Data Day 2016. The first prize is Rs. 15000, second is Rs. 10000 and the third is Rs. 5000.

Judging Criteria
Impact: How much impact (quality and quantity) can this project have? Does it solve a big problem or a little problem?

Creativity: How creative is the approach? Is the project new and something that hasn’t been attempted before? Is it something that isn't being addressed by the market?

Product: How well does this project fit the needs of the challenge it addresses? How user friendly is the technology? Is it a complete solution or does it have a long way to go?

Presentation: How well did the team communicate their project? Are they effective in telling the story of the project and why it is important?

Challenges
Participants are encouraged to use datasets related to Nepal. Few datasets are listed here for ease, however participants may choose to use data of their interest and mash up with other datasets to come up with useful, meaningful and interesting visualizations or applications.


 * Allocation of Budget of Government of Nepal http://mof.gov.np/uploads/cmsfiles/file/sourcebook%202071%2072_20140713015447.pdf


 * Analysis of Nepal health sector with reference to Millennium Development Goals. Example: Choose an indicator and then verify it with national average to verify MDG. Did we actually achieve MDGs at district level? http://dohs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Annual_Report_2070_71.pdf

NGO/INGO Data from SWC http://www.swc.org.np/ (Click “NGOs Information, INGO Information” menu)
 * Non Governmental Organizations and their roles in improving social and health indicators. Example: Mapping of NGOs in Nepal with major health indicators to show their program area and the actual health indicators in the area.


 * Nepal Earthquake Portal https://www.google.com.np/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=nepalearthquake+portal+open+nepal


 * Nepal Tourism Related Data https://github.com/opennepal/datasources/tree/master/Tourism


 * Nepal related data from Worldbank http://data.worldbank.org/country/nepal


 * Nepal related foreign aid data (IATI) from iatiregistry.org http://iatiregistry.org/dataset?q=&publishertype=&groups=&publisher_organization_type=&country=NP&filetype=


 * Nepal related Disasters data from desinventar.net http://www.desinventar.net/DesInventar/profiletab.jsp?countrycode=npl


 * Redbook information from MOF http://mof.gov.np/contentFiles-Content-dW8=


 * Nepal UNDP data http://open.undp.org/#filter/operating_unit-NPL


 * Pdf resources from CBS Nepal http://cbs.gov.np/


 * Banking and Financial data http://bfr.nrb.org.np/bfrstatistics.php?tp=bank_fina_statistics&&vw=15


 * Registered Companies information from Office of the Company Registrar http://www.ocr.gov.np/search/advanced_search_np.php

NOTE: If your application need data that is not available in open format, then you may consider getting data in machine readable format first (csv). It is advisable to use very minimal set of data if your required data is present in pdf.

Venue
Kathmandu College of Management, Gwarko, Lalitpur

Schedule
Date: 5 March, 2015

Time: 07:30AM - 5:30PM

Participants are requested to be on the venue by 07:30AM.