EU Datathon 2022 teams behind the apps: Meet 100 Europeans
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100 Europeans is an interactive app aiming to raise awareness and
spark discussion around the big challenges of our time. How? By
breaking them down into relatable, interactive and visual stories in
which Europe is a community of just 100 people. The team behind this
app – Dimitrios Michailidis and Ntenis Koullolli – joined us
for a short interview during which we talked about the app, the idea
that led to its creation and why they decided to participate in the EU
Datathon. 

 

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

We are pleased to share that our app is already up and running (though
it is, admittedly, a prototype). We have put together two data
stories, one covering climate change and the other covering health.
You can check them out on 100europeans.org
[https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/100europeans.org/__;!!DOxrgLBm!CDxdByjs32flBqpMNDJ4tWcXWCRpC_zTR27UGqSN1EkY1xqvH4lrpGzRXPnSILI4cEDkJJrIjxTf14tYtMEtEuGvxmTWTPTE9NVO$]. 

We have also developed a data quiz where you can test your knowledge
of Europe’s biggest challenges. This helped us confirm our suspicion
that people are unaware of most of these issues. It also enabled us to
gather important data on what topic we should focus on next. 

We want to make the learning experience as seamless and accessible as
possible, so our current efforts focus on making the animations
smoother and enabling scroll-based narration for our stories.
Moreover, we are working on translating the app into different
languages; we are aiming to have it available in at least five
languages by October. 

 

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

We have a passion for explaining complex socioeconomic phenomena with
simple words and visual aids. This usually involves digging deep into
public datasets and reports, extracting insights and trying to shape
them into educational content. 

During this process, we realised that experts have not yet figured out
a good way to communicate the most important challenges to the public.
Take for example climate change – communication tends to focus on
the average temperature increase, a figure that tells us nothing about
how our lives will be affected by it. 

This is why we came up with 100 Europeans, a concept where Europe is
re-imagined as a community of just 100 people. What makes you shift in
your seat: knowing that the average temperature is increasing, or that
78 out of those 100 people would be severely affected by
climate-related disasters if we don’t tackle climate change? 

 

WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO TAKE PART IN THE EU DATATHON? 

We believe 100 Europeans is an amazing idea (no, really). The EU
Datathon is a great opportunity to put this belief to the test, by
exposing it to a larger audience and getting feedback from experts. We
aim for 100 Europeans to be the first-choice website for educational
content on big challenges. That requires a lot of resources, and the
competition’s funds can help us kick-start this endeavor. 

We also found it to be a great opportunity to meet other talented
people working on cool data solutions in Europe and to scratch our
competitive itch. 

 

To find out more about the 100 Europeans team, watch this 1-minute
video [https://youtu.be/BwlDKiI6Hjo]. 

Curious to learn more? Discover the teams and the apps on the EU
Datathon website [https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eudatathon], watch their
videos on YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jokN2NcsxCA&list=PLT5rARDev_rnik8jF6E8k5AjN5zeJmqXG]
and follow their updates on Twitter [https://twitter.com/EU_opendata],
Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/data.europa.eu] and LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/publications-office-of-the-european-union/]
or via our newsletter [https://data.europa.eu/en/newsletter]. 

Publication Date/Time
2022-09-22T05:00:00+00:00
Scrollytelling on Europe’s biggest challenges