The European Commission, in close collaboration with the EU member states, will host a pan-European hackathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe in order to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges.

Now is your chance to help tackle coronavirus!

When: On April 24, 25 and 26 

To apply > Here

By this hackathon, you can contribute to several challenges :

• Health & Life
• Business Continuity
• Social & Political Cohesion
• Remote Working & Education
• Digital Finance

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Health & Life

Address and scale a range of health initiatives, including hardware, supporting frontline health workers, scaling telemedicine, contact tracing/containment strategies. It should also address fragmentation of current efforts. e.g., how to ensure that all countries can locally produce one ventilation machine instead of the 65+ open versions currently being designed/built?

• Protective equipment
• Ventilators/respirators
• Protection of medical personnel
• Real time communication & prevention
• Cheap rapid tests
• Lack of skilled caregivers
• Research

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