“Hack to Act” Programme

Overview

Med Dialogue Programme is providing a digital civic space for young activists to build relationships with each other across borders, deepen their knowledge of key issues, develop practical skills and propose technical support solutions to overcome a particular societal issue. It is dedicated to young civil society activists in order to explore effective ways to boost the impact of technology toward good governance and the fulfilment of democratic values.

In this context, the “Hack to Act” Programme was addressed to activists who use the “Digital civic space” and new technologies to promote democracy, and it consisted of four components:

1. 6-day online Ideathon addressed to civil society activists: 24-29/05/2021
2. Constitution of Hack teams’ online session addressed to selected civil society activists from the Ideathon with shortlisted IT and designers from the Open call : 23/06/2021
3. 4-day online Hackathon addressed to Hack teams: 08-11/07/2021
4. Development and launching of 3 winning projects in the course of six months following the Hackathon.

At the Ideathon, activists focused on diverse aspects, such as accountability, transparency, community involvement and active citizenship, digital rights and digital security. Ideas originating from their work field served as the basis for the “Hack To Act” Hackathon event, designed to help CSOs to engage into new forms of activism, working side-by-side with IT developers and designers. At the end of the Hackathon, the 3 best digital solutions were selected and awarded 10.000 € each for the development of full prototypes serving the cause of democracy.