April 4, 2022 - This weekend, on April 9 and 10, organized by the Entrepreneurship Center Split and the Student Entrepreneurship Incubator of the Faculty of Economics, a social hackathon Hack4Split will be held: a two-day competition aimed at solving social problems and designing social innovations

This weekend, on April 9 and 10, the social hackathon Hack4Split will be held in the SPINIT incubator, reports Tportal.hr. It is a two-day competition aimed at solving social problems and designing social innovations. It brings together individuals with specific knowledge, regardless of education and occupation, who find solutions to problems in their local community, in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

The competition aims to encourage young people to become active members of their community, to get acquainted with the needs and problems in their community and environment, and engage in solving them.

This year's edition will be attended by 52 participants in 10 teams who will develop ideas such as an application for recognizing marine organisms, facilitating afforestation to absorb CO2 emissions, safe houses for victims of violence, applications for solving long waiting lists in hospitals and more. Participants will have 24 hours to develop a prototype of their solution in the form of products or services, followed by a presentation of all developed projects.

During the hackathon, participants will have at their disposal mentoring support, and there will also be a workshop entitled 'Is e-mail marketing dead?'. Apart from the hackathon participants, the workshop is also open to the public and will be held by Martina Šepić, director of Webpower Adria. You can apply to participate in the workshop via this link.

The best teams can expect various useful prizes, such as the SmartNinja course 'Programming for Beginners: Python', online training of your choice from Mirakul Education Center, a voucher for ZIP Line Split, free one-month use of The Works coworking space, and money for further development. The organization of the hackathon was sponsored by Dobar tek, Wolt, ZIP Line Split, SmartNinja Hrvatska, Mirakul education center, OTP banka dd, The Daltonist Craft Bar, The Works Coworking, and Nova Eurospectra.

The hackathon is organized by the Entrepreneurship Center Split and the Student Entrepreneurship Incubator of the Faculty of Economics in Split in partnership with Ensoco, Digital Nomad Association Croatia, and Split Tech City. The hackathon is part of a project funded by the European Solidarity Force of the European Union and the Central State Office for Demography and Youth.

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April 21, 2021 - At the two-day Hack4Split competition, the first prize for the best-elaborated solution went to the Split4Cats team, which presented an application for finding and caring for city cats, while the second-best design solution went to the Second Style Around the team, which presented a personal stylist platform. 

Slobodna Dalmacija reports that DonatQR, an app to develop a transparent, reliable, and easy-to-use donation system for those in need, won the award for the most valuable team and teamwork, 

This social hackathon was held on April 17 and 18, organized by the Student Entrepreneurship Incubator, which operates at the Faculty of Economics, University of Split. It was held in the SPINIT incubator in three spaces, respecting epidemiological measures and using the MS Teams platform.

The event was organized by members of the Student Entrepreneurship Incubator, mentors Lana Ugrčić and Jelena Čulić with a team of volunteers that included Ljubica Nazor, Lucija Baranović, Lora Močić, Blanka Kelava, Ivan Marin, Marin Jurić, and Andrej Marić in collaboration with Michael Freer from of Ensoco.

The competition aimed to find and implement socially beneficial solutions for the well-being and progress of the local community using the advantages of modern technology. This year, the emphasis was on solving problems in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

"This year's hybrid Hack4Split gathered 6 teams with 30 competitors of many nationalities who worked in a cheerful and proactive atmosphere on various social issues such as the problem of waste textiles ending up in landfills and encouraging reusing old clothes, to the problem of city cats and their disposal from city streets,  monitoring the quality of the marine environment, disposing of discarded or unused household goods, developing a transparent and reliable donation system, and energy (in) efficiency of urban housing areas," said the organizers, thanking the sponsors for their support, namely 45 Degrees Sailing, Hotel Krilo, Ensoco, Break Time, Jaman Art, Oracle, The Works Coworking, Calypso Snack Bar and Daltonist Bar.

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