{"id":23456,"date":"2020-04-03T03:08:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=23456"},"modified":"2020-04-03T03:08:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:08:57","slug":"biggest-ever-hackathon-bulgaria-takes-challenges-created-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/biggest-ever-hackathon-bulgaria-takes-challenges-created-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Ever Hackathon in Bulgaria Takes on Challenges Created by COVID-19\u00a0  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-23457 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hach-the-Crisis-Covid-19-Bulgaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hach-the-Crisis-Covid-19-Bulgaria.jpg 494w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hach-the-Crisis-Covid-19-Bulgaria-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hach-the-Crisis-Covid-19-Bulgaria-260x128.jpg 260w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hach-the-Crisis-Covid-19-Bulgaria-50x25.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hach-the-Crisis-Covid-19-Bulgaria-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/>COVID-19 led to the biggest hackathon in Bulgaria so far with over 1000 participants and 110 solutions. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/515247092517542\/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A3%2C%22source_newsfeed_story_type%22%3A%22regular%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22%5B%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22newsfeed%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22feed_story%5C%22%2C%5C%22extra_data%5C%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D%22%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D&amp;source=3&amp;source_newsfeed_story_type=regular&amp;action_history=%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22feed_story%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%5D&amp;has_source=1&amp;__tn__=K-R&amp;eid=ARDPe4bdccvNbGOpCYfJBt7O4RwTm2c_pMguijLiz66DmrUTBDjQS46_q1zQjG2Go1oIQP1ZRdOUjRGu&amp;fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCUn1_UD7XVii4-AvBSVGsy-sTlmcT1-Fxdx6YFSq9_0YRTfbCIvbVZtynu8UwI9iFSV2DGM8SrKJVot1aHKB8Q2ppF3klS1fOu-FdhodV01xdBKIHY2q14In2RV2tbBwQvInQH6LfxJ0sR4uXJotTG5eh8X0TVnQglhU55t8hKDKrWa2PM0jKBUOa3rt3s6_j39M1ejoxXDm0T3UP6Ter_Y_97-dB4Gc30AQ2RnrhkrXnZi_eRmEaLHVvbM3y6hQ2t5bn2X5_tmHrSVmN_UzfV7q7F3W9xtq7fbRCYBKQ1VVp5pZdZV-qfv0HBK2-QSAzceVLc_NNZIrqAdM8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hack the crisis @Bulgaria<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> gave birth to ideas, new business models and technological solutions that not only resolve the issues of today, but also have the potential to become part of our new post-pandemic daily life, adding impetus to the local economy and its various fields.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three topics covered during the 48-hour online hackathon were: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save lives, Save communities and groups of people, and Save businesses.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On behalf of Sofia Municipality, Vladimir Danailov, Deputy Mayor of Sofia for Digital Transformation, Innovation and Economic Development, was also part of the jury of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia Municipality in collaboration with the Bulgarian Startup Association (BESCO) challenged the participants with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hackcrisis.bg\/cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">specific cases<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the everyday life of the city during the crisis related to: how to help citizens from vulnerable groups, how to achieve maximum efficiency of the voluntary initiatives, and ways to avoid the severe consequences for the small and medium businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is truly encouraging to see how the crisis mobilizes the collective determination to find a way out, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vladimir Danailov commented on his being part of the jury. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to all participants and especially to Arya Delivery \u2013 the winner in the \u2018Save Businesses\u2019 category, in which I was part of the jury. They were my best choice, too. Their SmallMag platform aims to integrate small retail outlets in a unified online shopping platform and addresses small and niche businesses that are not in the habit of marketing themselves. They are hit extremely hard by the current situation, yet now is the time for them to adapt to the increased online demand.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch a recording of the live streaming of the final of the hackathon<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/powerofbg\/videos\/169583197406210\/?hc_ref=ARRwxgw578OhBUGECpTieVUk7-9J3007c4CE-7gFE8Wh5wLemAe0eCfFDQt1PVRxs8g&amp;__xts__%5b0%5d=68.ARDosF9cyd3LzlIoNvLvoSOPmjVwfmJae1LbimCsjT1hOvu_R0YMnivXdt2kgxKxIAVGJu_T-U8bF-TVNblLyhj9wONeIel5U3KEFSbw8O8cbj21v_tQ76XD17UbNTDTuYQ78hW2LEbQdOM_p5CyMeVT-pew-gOxPDa7rpHp5pp6_Xd2TY-Yum064d3rcWhbCDvoxOt5pARN_xgappW0lBB9rAOYUvRmIUmME1eSM54tDMQEhIvsGd0ktiT3xCgAq-Yd3nXCP2K_mY9zINmZRDgtN93YMqs5oCB4ZtdAdhVxEQLkePL1t3VRQiGu6-5ppYe7D7QQAWfbZjWyZ-FBPZDe0bJHB7pgQN4gGINpRsFCUDDgEQc255O6sEIoqaj-o5Mlmn5Av3RQG-MnVBsalw0AGnR6WjRQaXCskKPQruCF0DGUmyreDmyDP1vtjQIOI4M6fXKqDu-ssr8_02KBPo31YpjpMp5ktLPtQMebl4lhy61pOObmhWc6FIfRzAFqMIVduI_0NkZlmCoV1jqet3LQ&amp;__tn__=FC-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; COVID-19 led to the biggest hackathon in Bulgaria so far with over 1000 participants and 110 solutions. 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