Apply for Climathon 2022: CODE GREEN




Apply for Climathon 2022: CODE GREEN

NGO NEST is organizing the Climathon Podgorica event for the third time, which will be held on December 17 and 18 in the NEST Co-working space in Podgorica, and this year it will be dedicated to solving climate change and environmental protection in Montenegro with a focus on digital designs.

Air pollution, landfills, destroyed riverbeds, forest devastation are just some of the environmental problems in Montenegro, and the focus of this eco hackathon is for the 10 selected teams to find sustainable, creative and feasible digital solutions. Therefore, teams applying for this environmental competition have a wide variety of proposals, some of which include:

  • How to protect nature in the right way?
  • How to raise citizens awareness of better environmental protection?
  • How to use diverse biodiversity in the right way?
  • How to mitigate climate change?

Any digital solutions, the implementation of which would protect nature and make a progress of Montenegro in the field of ecology, come into consideration.

Why and how to apply for Climathon?

If you have an idea that will contribute to environmental protection, regardless of which city you come from, gather your team of up to five members by December 5 and apply via the link. As before, priority is given to teams with ideas that have not already been presented and financed in other competitions, and ten selected teams will have the opportunity to:

  • Attend preparatory training on December 10 with the option of online or live access
  • Participate live in the eco hackathon on December 17 and 18 with the support of expert mentors
  • Win one of 3 valuable prizes worth 3,000, 2,000 and 1,000 euros, where half of the prize fund will be cash, and half will be won in the form of support for the development of a digital solution by the First Line Company.
  • Get mentoring support in the further development of his business/startup/non-governmental organization or other.

Climathon is a global movement of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Climathon in Montenegro is organized by the NGO Gnijezdo - NEST under the worldwide EIT Climate-KIC license in cooperation with UNIQA Insurance, Erste Bank, the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Capital, and the companies Five G, First Line, BENU and Red Bull. You can find more information about the event on the Climathon Podgorica Instagram page, and for everything else you can contact the organizers via e-mail address: climathon@mnest.me.

Code for greener tomorrow!

 

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