{"id":7683,"date":"2021-07-13T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/40.117.174.162\/?p=7683"},"modified":"2024-11-19T05:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T05:26:42","slug":"participate-in-the-virtual-hackathon-competition-and-win-up-to-usd-800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/en\/participate-in-the-virtual-hackathon-competition-and-win-up-to-usd-800\/","title":{"rendered":"PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL HACKATHON COMPETITION AND WIN UP TO USD 800"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 13th, 2021.- <\/strong>The Trust for the Americas, an NGO affiliated with the Organization of American States (OAS), is excited to kick off the recruitment for “Byte the \u03c0: Caribbean Hackathon”<\/strong>, an annual virtual hackathon competition with a regional debut between Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Participants from the public sector and civil society will develop innovative ideas to promote the “Open Response + Open Recovery for COVID-19” campaign. These ideas seek to highlight the fundamental values of Open Government: transparency, participation, inclusion, and accountability. All of which are essential for post-covid recovery efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This virtual hackathon is organized in collaboration with the Developing the Caribbean (DevCa) initiative, Citi Foundation, The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) of Trinidad and Tobago, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE) of Jamaica, the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), the Ministry of Youth, Sports & E-Governance of Belize, The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE), The Ministry of Health and Wellness of Belize, Belize Tourism Board (BTB), and the OAS National Office in Belize; with the financial support of the United States of America Embassy in Belmopan.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate \u201cPi Approximation Day\u201d<\/strong>, this 48-hour experience will start on July 22nd, and will serve as a hub for fresh ideas, focused on: <\/p>\n\n\n\n