{"id":7680,"date":"2021-07-29T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/40.117.174.162\/?p=7680"},"modified":"2024-11-19T05:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T05:22:50","slug":"caribbean-youth-advances-post-covid-recovery-efforts-with-international-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/caribbean-youth-advances-post-covid-recovery-efforts-with-international-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"JOVENS CARIBENHOS IMPULSIONAM ESFOR\u00c7OS DE RECUPERA\u00c7\u00c3O P\u00d3S-COVID COM HACKATHON INTERNACIONAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>July 24th, 2021<\/strong>.&nbsp;The Trust for the Americas,&nbsp;an&nbsp;NGO affiliated to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Organization&nbsp;of American States (OAS),&nbsp;keeps nurturing innovation&nbsp;and Open Government&nbsp;in the region with the&nbsp;competition&nbsp;\u201cByte the \u03c0: Caribbean Hackathon\u201d.&nbsp;This&nbsp;virtual\u202fhackathon&nbsp;invited&nbsp;public sector and civil society&nbsp;participants&nbsp;from Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad &amp; Tobago,&nbsp;to&nbsp;use&nbsp;Information and Communications Technology&nbsp;(ICTs)&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;disruptive ideas&nbsp;that&nbsp;help foster&nbsp;post&nbsp;COVID-19 recovery efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/caribbeanindustrialresearchinstitute\/videos\/1513213019017071\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)&nbsp;was&nbsp;organized in collaboration with the Developing the Caribbean (DevCa) initiative,&nbsp;The Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI) of Trinidad and Tobago,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Institute of Law and Economics (ILE) of Jamaica,&nbsp;the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB), the Ministry of Youth, Sports &amp; E-Governance of Belize, The Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE),&nbsp;The&nbsp;Belize Tourism Board (BTB), and the OAS National Office in Belize; with the financial support of&nbsp;Citi Foundation and&nbsp;the United States of America Embassy in Belmopan.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;hackathon&nbsp;focused on the \u201cOpen Response + Open Recovery for COVID-19&#8243; campaign,&nbsp;which seeks to highlight Open Government fundamental values, such as&nbsp;transparency, participation, inclusion, and accountability. All crucial&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;recovery&nbsp;phase. With this in mind,&nbsp;the&nbsp;60 participants, divided into&nbsp;18&nbsp;teams,&nbsp;were encouraged&nbsp;to&nbsp;use the given&nbsp;48 hours&nbsp;to&nbsp;come up with solutions&nbsp;that address&nbsp;everyday local challenges&nbsp;in&nbsp;the following&nbsp;two areas of work:&nbsp;economic recovery&nbsp;through&nbsp;tourism, and&nbsp;access to&nbsp;health&nbsp;care, in particular&nbsp;COVID-19 testing and vaccination&nbsp;facilities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCOVID 19 has presented the world with significant challenges and opportunities. However, as the world begins to see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, through vaccinations and subsidence of restrictions, a new trial faces us: economic recovery. Hackathons have historically provided a means of sparking collaboration between problem seekers and solvers. In resource-constrained environments, facilitating these interactions and conversations can be challenging and therefore require creative approaches to motivate stakeholders to have a conversation\u201d,&nbsp;stated Mr. Miguel Andrews, CARIRI Calibration Lab Manager.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe that there&nbsp;are many opportunities in the current&nbsp;digital ecosystem&nbsp;to face these economic and health care challenges,&nbsp;and the work done by the participants&nbsp;was proof of that.&nbsp;&nbsp;Also, the young&nbsp;hackers, theorizers, and doers&nbsp;were&nbsp;benefited&nbsp;from expert coaching and mentoring, industry expert guidance, and curated domain open dataset starter kits to assist in their solution development. With the DIA \u2013 Democratizing Innovation in the Americas program, we aim to accelerate&nbsp;innovation and entrepreneurship&nbsp;by enabling Caribbean youth to create&nbsp;community improvement&nbsp;solutions integrating ICTs&nbsp;in a virtual, safe, and collaborative environment.\u201d,&nbsp;shared Rodrigo&nbsp;Iriani, Senior Program Manager of DIA at The Trust for the Americas.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A panel of judges,&nbsp;formed by&nbsp;Mrs. Alexia Peralta,&nbsp;incoming Director&nbsp;for the E-Governance and Digitalization Unit in the&nbsp;Ministry of Youth, Sports and E-Governance of Belize;&nbsp;Mr. Leroy Almendarez, Director of the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE);&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Luiz&nbsp;Octavio&nbsp;Coimbra, OAS Representative in Belize;&nbsp;Mrs.&nbsp;Gena Foster, Medical Doctor for the Ministry of Health and Wellness in Jamaica;&nbsp;Mr. Jeevan Persad, member of the Faculty of Engineering at The University of The West Indies (UWI);&nbsp;Keyan Murdock, Customer Relation Personnel for First Global Bank Jamaica;&nbsp;Mrs.&nbsp;Bryanna Chang, Field Service Analyst for Nestle Corporation Jamaica;&nbsp;Mr. Dale Wilson, Chief of Information of&nbsp;Teleios&nbsp;Systems Limited; and&nbsp;Mrs.&nbsp;Kemby&nbsp;Ross Jones, Founder of Rent My Tutor,&nbsp;assessed every&nbsp;presented&nbsp;pitch&nbsp;based on&nbsp;technologies&nbsp;used, utility, target audience and reach, problem-solving capability, novelty, visual appeal, and financial sustainability.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To recognize the&nbsp;hard work,&nbsp;creativity&nbsp;and proactivity of&nbsp;participants, cash&nbsp;prizes&nbsp;of&nbsp;USD 800&nbsp;were awarded to&nbsp;the first place of&nbsp;Belize and Jamaica, whereas USD 625&nbsp;were granted&nbsp;to the winner of&nbsp;Trinidad and Tobago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st Place in Jamaica:\u00a0Team UCC designed Access to Health, a web application that would allow users to book appointments for COVID-19 testing and vaccination, and also to download the results.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1st Place\u00a0in Belize:\u00a0Aesthetics Marketing Solutions\u00a0pitched\u00a0CaribTravels,\u00a0a\u00a0web\u00a0page\u00a0and app\u00a0that alerts\u00a0tourists\u00a0interested in visiting Caribbean countries\u00a0on the changes regarding\u00a0the\u00a0country\u2019s travel policy during the pandemic\u00a0and regulated events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1st Place in Trinidad and Tobago:\u00a0TT Vaccine Hub, by the team\u00a0Hack\u00a0O Holics,\u00a0presented a platform to sign up for vaccination,\u00a0make appointments\u00a0for\u00a0medical house visits,\u00a0professional guidance for people affected by COVID-19\u00a0and\u00a0daily SMS\u00a0updates.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cByte the \u03c0: Caribbean Hackathon\u201d, celebrated on \u201cPi Approximation Day\u201d,&nbsp;is the second annual hackathon&nbsp;produced by The Trust for The Americas, through&nbsp;the&nbsp;DIA program,&nbsp;to&nbsp;achieve its&nbsp;goal&nbsp;of&nbsp;empowering, connecting&nbsp;and inspiring youth, academia,&nbsp;multi-sector&nbsp;innovators and entrepreneurs&nbsp;to help&nbsp;generate livelihood opportunities, promote good governance, and&nbsp;strengthen democracy&nbsp;by nourishing innovation&nbsp;across the region.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About\u202f&nbsp;The\u202f&nbsp;Trust&nbsp;for the Americas:\u202f&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas \u00e9 uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o sem fins lucrativos 501(c)(3) afiliada \u00e0 Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o dos Estados Americanos (OEA). Foi fundada em 1997 com o objetivo de promover a participa\u00e7\u00e3o dos setores p\u00fablico e privado em projetos de desenvolvimento social e econ\u00f4mico na Am\u00e9rica Latina e no Caribe. Nossas iniciativas, implementadas por meio de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es parceiras locais, buscam melhorar o acesso a oportunidades econ\u00f4micas, bem como fomentar a inova\u00e7\u00e3o em comunidades vulner\u00e1veis do hemisf\u00e9rio. Para isso, a Trust tamb\u00e9m promove a inclus\u00e3o social e a boa governan\u00e7a. A Trust possui escrit\u00f3rios em Washington, D.C., na Col\u00f4mbia e no Canad\u00e1.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trustfortheamericas.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.trustfortheamericas.org<\/a>\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheTrustfortheAmericas\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas<\/a>Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trust4Americas\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Trust4Americas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trustfortheamericas.org\/static\/webpage_app\/insumos\/projects\/icon-map-marker.svg\">Belize\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Jamaica\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Trinidad &amp; Tobago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 de julho de 2021.\u00a0A Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas, uma ONG afiliada \u00e0 Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o dos Estados Americanos (OEA), continua incentivando a inova\u00e7\u00e3o e o Governo Aberto na regi\u00e3o por meio da competi\u00e7\u00e3o \u201cByte the \u03c0: Caribbean Hackathon\u201d.\u00a0Este hackathon virtual convidou participantes do setor p\u00fablico e da sociedade civil de Belize, Jamaica e Trinidad e Tobago a utilizar as Tecnologias da Informa\u00e7\u00e3o e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o (TICs) para desenvolver ideias inovadoras que ajudem a promover os esfor\u00e7os de recupera\u00e7\u00e3o p\u00f3s-COVID-19.\u00a0 O evento (link) foi organizado em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com a iniciativa \u201cDeveloping the Caribbean\u201c (DevCa), o Instituto de Pesquisa Industrial do Caribe (CARIRI) de Trinidad e Tobago, o Instituto de Direito e Economia (ILE) da Jamaica, o Instituto de Estat\u00edstica de Belize (SIB), o Minist\u00e9rio da Juventude, Esportes e Governan\u00e7a Eletr\u00f4nica de Belize, o Servi\u00e7o de Desenvolvimento de Com\u00e9rcio e Investimento de Belize (BELTRAIDE), o Conselho de Turismo de Belize (BTB) e o Escrit\u00f3rio Nacional da OEA em Belize; com o apoio financeiro da Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Citi e da Embaixada dos Estados Unidos da Am\u00e9rica em Belmopan.\u00a0\u00a0\u202f\u202f\u00a0 O hackathon teve como foco a campanha \u201dResposta Aberta + Recupera\u00e7\u00e3o Aberta para a COVID-19\u201c, que busca destacar os valores fundamentais do Governo Aberto, como transpar\u00eancia, participa\u00e7\u00e3o, inclus\u00e3o e presta\u00e7\u00e3o de contas. Todos essenciais para a fase de recupera\u00e7\u00e3o. Com isso em mente, os 60 participantes, divididos em 18 equipes, foram incentivados a usar as 48 horas dispon\u00edveis para propor solu\u00e7\u00f5es que abordassem os desafios locais do dia a dia nas duas seguintes \u00e1reas de atua\u00e7\u00e3o: recupera\u00e7\u00e3o econ\u00f4mica por meio do turismo, e acesso \u00e0 assist\u00eancia m\u00e9dica, em particular instala\u00e7\u00f5es para testes e vacina\u00e7\u00e3o contra a COVID-19.   \u201dA COVID-19 apresentou ao mundo desafios e oportunidades significativos. No entanto, \u00e0 medida que o mundo come\u00e7a a enxergar a luz no fim do t\u00fanel da pandemia, por meio da vacina\u00e7\u00e3o e do relaxamento das restri\u00e7\u00f5es, um novo desafio se apresenta: a recupera\u00e7\u00e3o econ\u00f4mica. Os hackathons t\u00eam, historicamente, servido como um meio de estimular a colabora\u00e7\u00e3o entre quem identifica problemas e quem os resolve. Em ambientes com recursos limitados, facilitar essas intera\u00e7\u00f5es e conversas pode ser desafiador e, portanto, exige abordagens criativas para motivar as partes interessadas a dialogarem\u201c, afirmou o Sr. Miguel Andrews, gerente do Laborat\u00f3rio de Calibra\u00e7\u00e3o CARIRI.\u00a0 \u201dAcreditamos que h\u00e1 muitas oportunidades no atual ecossistema digital para enfrentar esses desafios econ\u00f4micos e de sa\u00fade, e o trabalho realizado pelos participantes foi prova disso.\u00a0\u00a0Al\u00e9m disso, os jovens hackers, te\u00f3ricos e realizadores se beneficiaram de coaching e orienta\u00e7\u00e3o de especialistas, orienta\u00e7\u00e3o de profissionais do setor e kits iniciais com conjuntos de dados abertos selecionados para auxiliar no desenvolvimento de suas solu\u00e7\u00f5es. Com o programa DIA \u2013 Democratizando a Inova\u00e7\u00e3o nas Am\u00e9ricas, buscamos acelerar a inova\u00e7\u00e3o e o empreendedorismo, capacitando os jovens caribenhos a criar solu\u00e7\u00f5es para a melhoria da comunidade, integrando as TICs em um ambiente virtual, seguro e colaborativo\u201c,\u00a0compartilhou Rodrigo Iriani, gerente s\u00eanior do programa DIA na The Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Um painel de jurados, formado pela Sra. Alexia Peralta, futura diretora da Unidade de Governan\u00e7a Eletr\u00f4nica e Digitaliza\u00e7\u00e3o do Minist\u00e9rio da Juventude, Esportes e Governan\u00e7a Eletr\u00f4nica de Belize;\u00a0o Sr. Leroy Almendarez, diretor do Servi\u00e7o de Desenvolvimento de Com\u00e9rcio e Investimento de Belize (BELTRAIDE);\u00a0o Sr. Luiz Octavio Coimbra, representante da OEA em Belize; a Sra. Gena Foster, m\u00e9dica do Minist\u00e9rio da Sa\u00fade e Bem-Estar da Jamaica; o Sr. Jeevan Persad, membro do Corpo Docente de Engenharia da Universidade das \u00cdndias Ocidentais (UWI);\u00a0Keyan Murdock, funcion\u00e1rio do atendimento ao cliente do First Global Bank Jamaica; Sra. Bryanna Chang, analista de atendimento de campo da Nestl\u00e9 Jamaica; Sr. Dale Wilson, diretor de informa\u00e7\u00e3o da Teleios Systems Limited; e a Sra. Kemby Ross Jones, fundadora da Rent My Tutor, avaliaram cada apresenta\u00e7\u00e3o com base nas tecnologias utilizadas, utilidade, p\u00fablico-alvo e alcance, capacidade de resolu\u00e7\u00e3o de problemas, inova\u00e7\u00e3o, apelo visual e sustentabilidade financeira.\u00a0\u00a0 Para reconhecer o trabalho \u00e1rduo, a criatividade e a proatividade dos participantes, pr\u00eamios em dinheiro no valor de 800 d\u00f3lares americanos foram concedidos aos primeiros colocados de Belize e da Jamaica, enquanto 625 d\u00f3lares americanos foram concedidos ao vencedor de Trinidad e Tobago.\u00a0\u00a0 O \u201dByte the \u03c0: Caribbean Hackathon\u201d, realizado no \u201cDia da Aproxima\u00e7\u00e3o de Pi\u201d, \u00e9 o segundo hackathon anual organizado pela The Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas, por meio do programa DIA, para alcan\u00e7ar seu objetivo de capacitar, conectar e inspirar jovens, a comunidade acad\u00eamica, inovadores multissetoriais e empreendedores, a fim de ajudar a gerar oportunidades de subsist\u00eancia, promover a boa governan\u00e7a e fortalecer a democracia, estimulando a inova\u00e7\u00e3o em toda a regi\u00e3o.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014  Sobre a Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas:\u202f  A Trust para as Am\u00e9ricas \u00e9 uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o sem fins lucrativos 501(c)(3) afiliada \u00e0 Organiza\u00e7\u00e3o dos Estados Americanos (OEA). Foi fundada em 1997 para promover a participa\u00e7\u00e3o dos setores p\u00fablico e privado em projetos de desenvolvimento social e econ\u00f4mico na Am\u00e9rica Latina e no Caribe. Nossas iniciativas, implementadas por meio de organiza\u00e7\u00f5es parceiras locais, buscam melhorar o acesso a oportunidades econ\u00f4micas, bem como fomentar a inova\u00e7\u00e3o em comunidades vulner\u00e1veis do hemisf\u00e9rio. Para isso, a Trust tamb\u00e9m promove a inclus\u00e3o social e a boa governan\u00e7a. A Trust possui escrit\u00f3rios em Washington, D.C., na Col\u00f4mbia e no Canad\u00e1.\u202f  Mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es:\u202fwww.trustfortheamericas.org\u202f\u202f  Facebook:\u202fThe Trust for the Americas\u202f Twitter:\u202f\u202f\u202f@Trust4Americas Belize \u2013 Jamaica \u2013 Trinidad e Tobago<\/p>","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":7681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7682,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7680\/revisions\/7682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trust-oea.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7680"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}