Objectives

The main aim in the pilot is to promote ideas that contribute to social inclusion of vulnerable people in the region on the level of communities. The method of social hackathon is mainstreamed in the region.

Learnings

Vulnerable people and public municipality officials are two groups that are most hard to reach and convince to try hackathon as a new method for finding solutions for challenges in our communities.

Love the problem, not the solution! The most important part of the co-creation process is finding a common understanding of the problem. Getting to know the problem from different angles, co-creating the knowledge about the current situation is crucial for finding sustainable solutions in which different stakeholders and end-users are involved.

In the social hackathon, were community members bring to the table their very close problems and development process is very intensive, the emotions are high, and this is a risk for emotional crises in teams. Organizers have responsibility to handle these situations gently and carefully to bring teams ‘back together’.

The social hackathon as a tool needs to be flexible, sensitive and humanistic, considering the needs and abilities of vulnerable participants in terms of the physical, infrastructure and mental support.

Hackathons help to create a positive atmosphere that support and balance relationships.

Hackathons spur communication and networking between participants.

School house building is perfect for a social hackathon event.

Read more about the project at the Cosie project homepage