Innovative response
“Hack the crisis“ Austria is a virtual hackathon organized by volunteers of the Austrian Startups Community with support of the corporate and public sector. Its aim is to cooperatively develop new solutions to counter challenges posed by the Corona crisis.
Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact
Hackathons allow governments to source solutions to problems in a faster and more creative way than they would have the internal capacity to do.
Organisations/institutions involved
Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs, Austrian Startups
- National/Federal government
Issues being addressed:
- Crowdsourcing solutions
Date Submitted:
7 May 2020