Tunisia’s first ever open data hackathon taps into digitalization’s potential for greater development impact
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The role of government is rapidly evolving, and open data has the potential to be an important impetus of this change. With this in mind earlier this year Tunisia’s first-ever national open data hackathon, brought together 170 participants comprising 38 different teams with the support of the World Bank.
Co-creating problem-driven solutions
In preparation for the hackathon, transport, culture and health government representatives identified issues that could be solved using data and technology. Moez Guerfal, a hackathon participant, said:
“We have been working as a team and have learned to share ideas and efforts as team members looking for digital solutions to the specific problems faced by citizens and civil servants.”