Involve! Include! Improve!
In September 2016, D.G.T. Association participated at DiploHack event that took place at TechHub Bucharest.
The volunteers joined an event consisting in one day of intensive working session that encouraged all the participants to think of “ideas how to open up the ‘black-box’ of Brussels to gain insight in the decision-making or how to use European and Romanian open data to improve the everyday lives of EU citizens”. DiploHack represents the chance for opening up traditional networks and exploring new solutions around relevant diplomacy topics while competing for gain the votes of a jury comprised of professionals from public institutions, civil society and IT. The participants are competing for the prize of 3.000 EUR and have the chance for further developing their idea. The aim of Diplohack is helping citizens to build new networks and explore new ideas through co-creative collaboration between diplomacy and civil society, and the Friday event was initiated by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Romania in collaboration with the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (OGP România) and Impact Hub Bucharest. D.G.T. Association had the chance to talk with other youngsters, trying to find solutions for issues connected with environment, politics, health, social problems and smart cities. The volunteers tried their best, proposing an app that can help keeping the country cleaner and help raising awareness about recycling. The best part was to see a lot of people working all together for a common purpose. All of the participants learned a lot and gained a beautiful personal experience, everybody sharing their knowledge and trying to learn from each other. Everyone learned the importance of a different point of view, a look from outside your country, to point on some issues and find new solution to improve the life of everyone in Romania. At Impact Hub, the participants shared the ideals and skills and came back home with a smile and the hope that we can do a change in the amazing country. At the end, it can be stated that this was an amazing experience and these kink of events should be repeated. |
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