Changes at our Hack de Overheid initiative. These have been in the making for a while and finally occurred as a logical consequence of what Hack de Overheid wants to achieve. This first of three blogs explains what these changes mean for the relation to Dutch app competitions.
App competitions like Apps for Amsterdam, Apps for North-Holland and Apps voor Nederland have broadened the open data landscape for the Netherlands. Hack de Overheid is proud of these competitions. By organizing them, valuable lessons have been learned over the years. However, this is where the change comes in.
App competitions have brought many apps, which bring with them valuable results. Going forward, any future app competition in the Netherlands will need a solid set of conditions when it comes to commitment and innovation. Furthermore, these conditions should not be set by government but by the community itself. This is why Hack de Overheid is developing a new model for managing app competition related to civic innovation. Thoughts will be published as they materialize, but if you want to know more you can get in touch.
From this year onwards, Hack de Overheid will focus sharply on hackathons and specialized data networks: Open Cultural Data, Open Aid Data, Open Education Data, Open Health Data and Open Spending. Our strengths lie in organizing and facilitating hackathons and nourishing the networks that come from them. These networks are necessary to scale releasing more data and creating more sustainable apps.
Hack de Overheid is growing and changing for the better. More about what this means for the hackathons and specialized networks in the next blog post: “Change II of III: Hack de Overheid as a Platform.”
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Hello Kate, thank you for your message. The image is not actually owned by us but is a depiction of street art made by Banksy. If you Google “keep your coins, I want change” then you will find the image! Good look with your play and all the best! Regards, Open State