Kathmandu2014 - Open Data Hackathon

An event of Open Data Day Kathmandu

Create a new page for your project in hackpad https://odd2014ktmhackathon.hackpad.com

Presentation on the tools https://docs.google.com/a/yipl.com.np/presentation/d/1fSyNURhQ5WshGpebZl1Vl5PW3zW14yOngGKeWIFeEUE/edit#slide=id.p13

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

Schedule
Date: 22 Feb, 2013

Time: 09:00AM - 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 09.00AM.

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. Number of datasets are available here http://data.opennepal.net/datasets

There are more datasets available elsewhere.


 * 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.


 * A mobile application to visualization information from AMP http://portal.mof.gov.np/
 * Why people are leaving country? Is there any correlation between development indicators (e.g per capita income) and rate of migration?
 * Use data from http://www.dofe.gov.np/np/reports/archive.php?ci=15 and compare the GDP and other related indicator dataset from other sources


 * Can you make any sense from the district expenditure data from http://www.fcgo.gov.np/report-publications/?
 * 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