Exciting Ideathon Update - Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility

After weeks of hard work and collaboration with mentors during our Ideathon, civil society activists from the EaP countries presented their refined ideas for the 2024 EaP Civic Tech Hackathon! The Ideathon, which was held online on 1-16 December 2023, was meant to ensure that those ideas which are brought to the Hackathon are feasible and sufficiently developed. Now, we’re thrilled to announce the selection of 15 ideas that made the cut and will go to Moldova to compete for funding in the upcoming Hackathon.

Accessibility Map: interactive map on accessibility of streets in the city of Armavir, Armenia
IntegrityLens: AI-driven analysis of photos of government representatives and politically exposed persons in Georgia
Digital Budgeting and Participation: application for municipal budgets visualisation, monitoring and feedback
Digital Security Self-Test for Civil Society: online application for Armenian, Georgian and Ukrainian civil society organisations
MigrantMate: one-stop-shop web-portal for refugees in three Armenian regions
Mindful Trail: well-being web application for Georgia
MP Profiles: interactive visualisation of data on individual members of the Georgian Parliament
OpenCode.md: registry of open-source products for Moldova
Open NGOs: interactive visualisation of civil society sector data in Armenia
Procurement Ants: solution for monitoring small-value public procurement in Moldova
SnapMap: interactive map for reporting on polluted public spaces in Georgia
Tabee – Green Citizen: environmental reporting platform in Azerbaijan
TouristGO: bot-guide for tourists in rural Moldova
Voting Advice: web application for young Georgian voters
YouthLink: aggregator of volunteering opportunities for Azeri youth

The 2024 EaP Civic Tech Hackathon is the sixth hackathon for civil society organised by the EaP Civil Society Facility project and continues the best traditions of the 2017-2023 EaP Civil Society Hackathons. It will bring together around 50 civil society activists, developers and graphic designers from six EaP countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – to Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova, to work face-to-face on new digital solutions addressing the needs of communities, helping citizens to better hold their governments to account and/or leading to the improvement of public services in their home countries. Hackathon participants will get support and advice from a multidisciplinary team of guest speakers and mentors, with proven experience in civic tech initiatives, IT start-ups and consulting companies.