‘The teams behind the apps’ series: meet FROm Grey 2 Green
(FROG2G)
'The teams behind the apps' is a series of videos made by
the EU Datathon
[https://data.europa.eu/en/news/op.europa.eu/eudatathon] finalists.
Get to know the people and their proposals for apps over nine
episodes, once a week, in a run-up to the final event. At the
competition finals in November the teams will pitch their apps to
the jury who will select the winners.

In this third episode, meet FROm Grey 2 Green
[https://twitter.com/Frog2G] (FROG2G), an interactive visualisation
tool to help make Europe greener. They are competing with two other
teams in challenge 1: ‘A European Green Deal’.

The tool that they are currently developing will provide facts and
statistics to help policymakers develop an informed strategy to
encourage afforestation and make Europe greener, one tree at a time.
It will also raise awareness of the importance of protecting and
expanding forests, amongst all of us.

Gordana Vujovic
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordana-vujovi%C4%87-665a42b5/], Biljana
Vujovic [https://www.linkedin.com/in/biljavujovic/], and Hajdana
Milovic [https://www.linkedin.com/in/hajdana-milovic-51593765/] form
the team behind FROG2G. They joined us for an interview in which we
talked about the app, the idea that led to its creation, and the
progress so far.

HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH THE APP? WHAT’S THE STATUS?

So far we have created a clear visualisation of how the app will look,
using UI/UX design. While searching for and collecting datasets is
still an ongoing process, we already created a dashboard for the
visualisation of currently collected datasets. In parallel, we are
developing the app, testing, and analysing recommendations. Of course,
we still have a lot of work to do, but don’t worry, we won’t
forget the deadlines and rest assured, everything will be done on
time.

HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THIS APP?

One of the members of our team, Gordana, was in the process of
planning a trip to the United States. Considering that she is a very
big fan of forests in general and likes to spend time in nature, she
wanted to check which green areas in the cities were worth visiting
during her upcoming stay. During the search, she was delighted by the
thoroughness and completeness of the results, and how easy it was to
access all the necessary data. This led her to consider whether the
situation is similar in Europe, at least in big cities. By a happy
coincidence, at this time she also saw the announcement of this
year’s EU Datathon competition for innovative applications that
would enable and facilitate access to already existing data. Thus, she
brought together a team of friends who were equally motivated and
ready to bring European forests closer to the widest possible audience
through a new app, which would be modern, fun and easy to use.

WHAT MAKES YOUR APP SPECIAL?

We are not claiming that no one before us has dealt with this topic,
but our app will use a user-centred design to provide an interactive
data visualisation tool for street tree diversity throughout European
cities. The final goal is to provide the client with a quality
recommendation on preserving existing and sustainable expansion of new
forest areas. In doing so, we plan to make the application very
practical to use, designing it to be as much fun as possible. Although
this app is primarily intended for public and private bodies such as
municipalities, agencies, government bodies and private companies –
basically those who have the resources and powers to make positive
regulations and obligatory measures – it can also be used by
ordinary, concerned citizens, who are certainly no less important. The
more we spread awareness of the importance of preserving and expanding
green areas, the more we can increase pressure on decision-makers to
do something tangible 

To find out more about FROG2G, watch the 1-minute video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJ_W_EnAD4] in which Gordana,
Biljana, and Hajdana introduce themselves and present their app. 

Curious to learn more? Discover all teams and apps via the EU
Datathon website [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon], and follow
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[https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-europa-eu], and Facebook
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Publication Date/Time
2021-10-01T12:00:00+00:00
Competing in the EU Datathon 2021, making Europe greener one tree at a
time