The Basque Government launches its competitions for ideas and open data applications
Many open data initiatives have taken advantage of the end of the summer and the return to school to launch competitions to promote the creation of value services based on open data. In addition to the recent launch of the Aporta 2020 Challenge, which on this occasion focuses on solving the challenges associated with the education sector, new editions of competitions such as BiscayAPP, the Barcelona Dades Obertes Challenge and the Castilla y León Open Data Competition have just closed their registration period.
The latest to join the list is the Basque Government, which together with the Provincial Councils of Alava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa and the City Councils of Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastián and Vitoria-Gasteiz, has just launched two open data competitions, which aim to reward the best ideas and applications/services created from any open data catalogue in the Basque Autonomous Community.
- Ideas Contest: The Ideas Contest is aimed at both individuals and companies. They only have to present an original idea that can be used to create a service, studio, visualization, web or mobile application.
- Applications Contest: The Applications Contest is aimed at individuals and companies that, individually or in groups, present a project that is accessible to all citizens via the web.
In both cases, the idea or project must be based on the use of at least one set of data from one of the following catalogues:
- Open Data Euskadi
- Araba Irekia
- Gipuzkoa Irekia
- Bilbao Open Data
- Open Data Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Donostia-San Sebastián
- Open Data Bizkaia
Two winners will be chosen, who will receive a diploma and a prize of 5,000 and 3,000 euros in the case of the Ideas Competition and 10,000 and 8,000 euros in the case of the Applications Competition.
Registration is free and will be open from 8 October to 19 November, both inclusive.
More information at Open Data Euskadi
