EU Datathon 2021: meet the 9 finalist teams!
Fighting youth unemployment, improving sustainability of the food
system, bringing EU decision-making closer to citizens, these are some
of the ambitions put forward by the teams of application developers
selected to compete in the finals of this year´s edition of the open
data competition, EU Datathon. 

Organised under the first-ever EU Open Data Days
[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays], EU Datathon 2021 started
in March with the call to data enthusiasts worldwide to propose ideas
for applications using open data from the portal data.europa.eu
[http://data.europa.eu/]. The deadline for the submission of proposals
was 21 May.

The preselection jury had 96 app ideas to select from, coming from 33
countries in Europe and beyond. The participants were invited to
propose applications addressing one of three challenges aligned with
the priorities of the European Commission.

The final stage of EU Datathon 2021 will take place during the EU Open
Data Days, an online event that brings together the international open
data community from across all sectors. The registration of
participants will open in July.

WHO ARE THE 9 FINALIST TEAMS?
Looking at their origin, the finalist teams stretch across Europe, and
beyond.

CHALLENGE 1: A EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL
cleanSpot (Spain)
FROG2G (Montenegro)
The Carbons (India)

CHALLENGE 2: AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR PEOPLE
CityScale (Ukraine)
ITER IDEA (Italy)
PowerToYEUth (Portugal)

CHALLENGE 3: A EUROPE FIT FOR THE DIGITAL AGE
Democracy Game (Greece)
TrackmyEU (Italy, France)
VislmE-360 (Italy)

WHAT’S NEXT?
Over the next 5 months, the finalist teams will develop their
proposals into fully-functioning apps to be presented at the online
finals followed by an award ceremony on 25 November 2021.

These apps will help shape our digital future and bring the value of
open data to every type of audience: from SMEs, researchers and NGOs
through policy makers and governments to everyone in the EU and
beyond. Developed with the support of EU Datathon 2021, the apps will
be marketable and offer a great value to multiple communities of
users.

To find out more, join or follow the event, visit the EU Datathon
website [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon].

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Publication Date/Time
2021-06-14T10:00:00+00:00
Discover the apps that will compete in the finals of the EU open data
competition