Openhack wins Swedish Institute tender for hackathon services provision

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden – The Swedish Institute has announced Openhack as a winner and first listed for hackathon services provision as part of its tender. 

“We are absolutely thrilled to have entered this relationship with the Swedish Institute. Hackathons are a great way of engaging people around challenges to creatively address them by developing solutions.”

— Lukas Leander, Openhack CEO

The first project is ongoing, done in cooperation with UNICEF and focuses on children & the COVID-19 crisis (www.hack.sweden.se/kids). Future projects are expected to be integrated in cooperations Sweden has with different countries around the world.

The Swedish Institute is a government agency in Sweden with the responsibility to spread information about Sweden outside the country. It promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the globe. 

Openhack was founded in 2015 as a non-profit project under Engineers Without Borders Sweden and grew to become our subsidiary. Openhack works towards making a difference by answering pressing societal and humanitarian challenges through open source development.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Openhack - coding for humanity AB (svb)
Inês Boski
+46760360154
ines.boski@openhack.io

Minimising the Digitalisation Gap

Christian Naccache is head of EWB-SWE’s digitalisation focus group. The group aims at minimising the digitalisation gap and has installed various computer labs in Tanzania and Cameroon. Tomorrow Christian will speak about his experience of planning and implementing international projects. You will also learn about the importance of local collaborations to make digitalisation projects long-term sustainable. 

Join in via zoom https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/61901854563 at 17.30-18.30

If you are in Stockholm, you are welcome to attend the talk at KTH Entré. Due to the current restrictions, there is a limited number of seats. Secure a spot by emailing events.kth@ewb-swe.org 

E2E designs sorting trash can with Knightec

EWB-SWE held a two-part event in collaboration with Knightec, consultants in technology, digitalization, and leadership. Sustainable Trash was a team competition event to design the most efficient sorting trash can suitable for modern-day homes. Recycling starts at the source, and the goal was to make a trash can that is cost-effective and makes sorting trash easy.

During the first session, Knightec gave an introduction, participants formed teams and brainstormed. The teams had a week to build a prototype and create a business plan.

Finally, the teams presented their prototype and business plan and Knightec announced the winner!

It was an incredible event, teams gave their full effort, and all of the business plans were thorough and carefully crafted.

Check out job openings at Knightec:
https://career.knightec.se/jobs

This event was organised by Engineer to Engineer (E2E), EWB-SWEs initiative to enable equal opportunities into the labour market. It creates a platform that enables newly arrived professionals to network and gain the necessary tools to enter the Swedish labour market.

Are you a newly arrived engineer or scientist?

Connect with Engineer to Engineer on LinkedIn
Contact: integration@ewb-swe.org

Kids Hack the Crisis

On 23–25 October, UNICEF Sweden and the Swedish Institute (SI) are organizing Kids Hack the Crisis – the first global digital hackathon for children to participate in the dialogue about the ongoing crisis. Children, mentors and partner organizations are now invited to participate in this unique initiative.

Kids Hack the Crisis is a global online hackathon for children to create solutions to the #COVID19 pandemic and reimagine a world fit for children. Children from all over the world, in the ages 10 to 18 years, will collaborate during 48 hours. 

Engineers Without Borders Sweden supports the event as a partner with a close connection to Inspire Youth. Inspire Youth is EWB-SWE's initiative to motivate children to higher education, especially in engineering, and to achieve their full potential. We aim to promote engineering as a creative, fun and exciting subject, and to encourage diversity among engineers as a group. Children who want to be part of elaborating on ideas to improve life, both during and after the crisis, are welcome to participate as hackers.

Spread the word, join the event or sponsor the event: https://hack.sweden.se/kids/

Dates:

• October 23rd-25th (Hackathon)

• October 28th (Closing ceremony and evaluation of output)

Program manager for ambitious initiative to review and improve the water and sanitation situation at 130 primary schools in northwestern Tanzania

With generous support from H M Queen Silvia’s Foundation - Care About the Children and in collaboration with our partner organization in Tanzania, Mavuno Project, we have completed the construction of five water tanks at primary schools in Tanzania.

Rainwater from the schools’ roof is collected during the rainy season and stored in 90m3 tanks. The water will be used during the rest of the year. In total, the tanks support 4000 students and teachers with drinking water and water for hygiene and cleaning.

The construction of these water tanks forms a part of an ambitious initiative to review and improve the water and sanitation situation at 130 primary schools in northwestern Tanzania. We are now recruiting for a program manager for this initiative. If you are interested, read more here!

https://volunteer.ewb-swe.org/jobs/930896-program-manager-improved-water-and-sanitation-at-primary-schools-in-tanzania