GOALS

• Creating innovation, supporting youth and innovative entrepreneurship, providing opportunities for young people, combating unemployment.
• Supporting the local economy, as contestants from all Municipalities of Greece can participate, who can then start their own business.
• Highlighting and creating smart and innovative solutions to problems that citizens and municipalities face.
• Developing and presenting pilot applications, which can be useful to Municipalities, and awarding the groups that will develop the best ones.
• Making the results of the competition available to everyone.

PARTICIPANTS

Participation is FREE, on a first come,first served basis and there is a limited number of slots per role. Anyone interested has to register through the event platform in order to be able to enter the marathon venue.

You can participate having one of the following roles:

• Teams made up of young people to implement applications. The contestants can be developers, analysts, designers, consultants etc., and they compete in groups of  1-5 people (desirable).
• Mentors: They guide and support the contestants.
• Volunteers: They support the event.
• Visitors: They can be company executives, public sector bodies or NGO members, but they do not take part in the competition; they watch the progress of the development of applications, the presentations and the side events.
• Data owners: They are organizations that will provide data which can be utilized and may come from either the public or the private sector.
• Journalists

THEMATIC AREAS

• Electronic services of Municipalities –
  e-government – open data
• Promotion of transparency and accountability
• Protection of the environment and management of resources
• Development of tourism
• Services for businesses
• Development of applications for the local economy and sustainable development
• Internet of Things, Mobile & Smart Grids, ICT Technologies, Telematics, Energy Management – Lighting, Smart Buildings – Energy Efficient Buildings, Transport Networks – Road Networks – Traffic Management, Transport (electromobility, gas-powered vehicles, hybrid vehicles) and Public Transport, Water and Waste Management, Health and Telemedicine
• Electronic Payments, Crowdfunding
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation