Meet the final set of EU Datathon finalists!
EU Datathon is an annual competition organised by the Publications
Office of the EU [https://op.europa.eu/]. It invites people from all
around the world to build applications based on EU open data. This
year, nine teams have been shortlisted to compete in the finals. You
have already been introduced to the teams for Challenge 1: ‘A
European Green Deal’
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news/meet-eu-datathon-finalists] and
Challenge 2: 'An economy that works for people'
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news/meet-eu-datathon-finalists-0]. You
will now discover the three teams that aim to tackle Challenge 3:
‘A Europe fit for the digital age’.

DEMOCRACY GAME

Try your hand at politics with this virtual debating tool! With the
purpose of engaging citizens in politics, this game will host virtual
debates, competition, and polls like a social networking app. You will
be able to create virtual clubs, enter a virtual “townhall”,
discover EU datasets, take the floor and express your arguments,
record your performance, and connect with peers. The app allows you to
draft policies on various real-life topics in local and national
government. The game encourages young people to speak up, inspires
them to think critically, fight fake news, and be part of the
decision-making processes of politics. 

TRACKMYEU

As a citizen, you are often far removed from EU decision-making, and
obtaining information on EU policies is difficult due to the multitude
of institutional websites, official databases, and pages. TrackmyEU
changes this by bringing EU decision-making closer to you. Their
unified, accessible, and interactive platform puts user-friendliness
at the core of its design philosophy. You will be able to find
information on EU policies, and sort, rank, and filter this
information based on your interests and preferences. For example, with
the step-by-step legislative tracker, you can investigate which
decisions the EU is taking on your behalf. By doing so, TrackmyEU aims
to promote inclusive EU governance through open data.

VISIME-360

Vision impairment is one of the most prevalent health conditions
worldwide, affecting an increasing number of people. VisImE-360 offers
a tool that helps allocate resources for corrections or medical aid.
It will show the number of people that suffer from vision impairment
and how much health care staff and medical resources are available for
you. It will highlight the prevalence and available demographic
patterns across EU countries, based on Eurostat data and scientific
research studies. A wide set of indicators will help stakeholders to
map vision impairment, draw comparisons between various countries,
plan public health actions, and improve access to treatment.

Now the teams have a few months to work on their applications. They
will pitch them to the jury at the finals of the competition in
November, during the first-ever EU Open Data Days. Register now
[https://scic.ec.europa.eu/ew/register/dgscic/ODD_21/e/lk/g/29270/k/]
to this unique event and see which team wins the competition!

Curious to learn more? Discover all teams and apps via the EU Datathon
website [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon] and follow updates on
Twitter [https://twitter.com/EU_opendata], LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-europa-eu], and Facebook
[https://www.facebook.com/data.europa.eu] or via our newsletter
[https://data.europa.eu/en/newsletter].

Publication Date/Time
2021-09-01T06:00:00+00:00
Challenge 3: A Europe fit for the Digital Age