EUROBAK AWARD
SOCIALHACK online youth hackathon brings together 205 young people
On 18 July 2020 , SOCIALHACK – an online youth hackathon aimed at developing a mobile app for people with special needs – wrapped up in Nur-Sultan . Applications were accepted starting 30 June , and more than 205 young people registered for the hackathon in just two weeks . SOCIALHACK was a 48-hour online marathon , where 34 teams from all over the country worked to develop an app prototype for people with special needs .
The participants faced a challenging task , as the app had to assess the infrastructure in residences and frequently visited spaces to identify wheelchair-accessible places that can facilitate the everyday activities of people with special needs .
The project was initiated by EY , organized by EY and NURIS ( the Innovation Cluster of Nazarbayev University ), and supported by the international Astana Hub and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan . BTS Digital , suraqtar . kz and EY sponsored the project .
The winner was the Glide team , consisting of Rakishev Akezhan , Yusupov Temirzhan , and Madyshev Ulan , students in their first and second years at Nazarbayev University . The winners received cash prizes and were invited to join a digital company as interns to take part in developing the app prototype . The app will subsequently be handed over to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Kazakhstan .
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