Kathmandu2013 Hackathon

An event of Open Data Day Nepal

Facilitator
Anjesh Tuladhar, YoungInnovations

If you have any queries regarding hackathon, please write to anjesh [at] yipl [dot] com [dot] np

Venue
Hall 2, Local Development Training Center, Ekantakuna, Lalitpur

Schedule
Date: 23 Feb, 2013

Time: 09:30AM - 5:00PM

(Time was changed to 9.30AM from 10.30AM to give more time to the participants)

Participants are requested to be on the venue by 09.30AM.

Judges

 * Dr. Aman Shakya, Deputy HOD, Department of Electronics and Computer Engg, IOE, Pulchowk Campus
 * Pernilla Näsfors, Open Aid Partnership, Worldbank, Washington DC
 * Giovanni Congi, Public Information Coordinator, Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium

Prizes
There will be 3 prizes. The overall winner team will get NRs. 10,000 and the 2 runner-up teams will get NRs. 5,000 each.

Rights/Licensing
The organizers do not own the rights to nor are committed to utilize any solution developed during the event. Participants are encouraged to submit their solutions under a license that permits the free and open dissemination of the work. Participants are expected to push their final codebase to github.

Equipments
Participants are to manage laptops, powercords, connecters on their own. (There will be limited powercords available). Internet will be available in the venue.

Data Resources
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.


 * 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


 * NGO/INGO Data from SWC http://www.swc.org.np/ (Click “NGOs Information” menu)


 * 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.

Problem Statements
Please note that the problems statements and datasets are suggested for idea only. You are free to come up with your own idea to make best use of the data of your choice.


 * What is the amount of loan that each nepali citizen is liable to pay for ?
 * (Dataset related to population of Nepal from CBS http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Major-Finding.pdf and foreign aid (loan) from Ministry of Finance White Book http://mof.gov.np/contentFiles-Content-bWZb#   (look for Donor Summary)


 * Foreign Technical Assistance to Nepal - How much goes where ?
 * http://mof.gov.np/contentFiles-Content-bWZZ#


 * GDP - What is the trend in Nepal ?
 * http://mof.gov.np/ajw/uploads/uploaded_image/Series%20Table%20of%20Chapter%201.pdf


 * Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal
 * http://iatiregistry.org/dataset?q=&publishertype=&groups=&publisher_organization_type=&country=NP&filetype=


 * Tracing Foreign Aid to Nepal, how much aid is going to Education sector?
 * http://iatiregistry.org/dataset?q=&publishertype=&groups=&publisher_organization_type=&country=NP&filetype=


 * Rising fuel prices in Nepal - What does it mean to us ?
 * http://www.nepaloil.com.np/main/?opt1=sellingprice&opt2=previoussellingprice
 * Historic data on fuel prices can be related and compared with rise in inflation, population growth, etc [and with international price]


 * Tracing donor activities in Nepal, in which does DFID concentrating their aid?
 * http://iatiregistry.org/dataset?q=&publishertype=&groups=&publisher_organization_type=&country=NP&filetype=
 * Can be done based on individual donors or donors in a group


 * INGOs in Nepal - Who are they and what are their areas of work?
 * http://swc.org.np/SWC%20rel%20Doc/SWC%20INGOs.xls


 * NGOs in Nepal - What do the work on and where ?
 * http://swc.org.np/SWC_NGOs_Total.pdf


 * Information on Government Allocation of Resources - Let’s make it more meaningful !
 * http://mof.gov.np/contentFiles-Content-dW8=#


 * See what our ministers possess as their property
 * http://opmcm.gov.np/np/property/ (available only in nepali)


 * Exploration of companies operating in Nepal
 * http://www.ocr.gov.np/search/advanced_search.php