BasicInternet:Village Hackathon
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Village Hackathon
Preamble: This page is established to collect ideas around Hackathon's for a sustainable future. We are seeking for partners to support the Hackathon, either with ideas, manpower, competency or funds for winner
Ideas
- The Village Platform for Africa
- Solar-power Internet-of-Things (IoT) gateway
- ...feel free to let us know your ideas
Background: Agenda 2030
The United Nations have established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)[1], addressing 17 goals with a total of 169 targets. Given the ongoing development, it is obvious that development need digital inclusion, and the transformation towards digital societies.
Basis for digital societies is information for all, and the digital access. Given that roughly 4 billion people (status 2016) are not connected to the Internet, the first focus is 'Goal 9 on sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. We see that target 9.C Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020 is directly addressed through the InfoInternet standard on free access to information for all. We see that free access to information is the catalyst for a majority of the SDG goals, and especially:
- digital health is basis for SDG 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
- digital information is basis for SDG 4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, and will contribute to
- digital inclusion is the basis for digital jobs, and addressing SDG 8' Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- strong contributions to SDG 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries, SDG 11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable and thus we
- invite everyone for SDG 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
About the Basic Internet Foundation
University of Oslo (UiO) and Kjeller Innovasjon have founded the Basic Internet Foundation to focus on free access to information for all. The Foundation has established a core
Ongoing activities
Contacts
- Prof. Josef Noll, Department of Technology Systems (ITS), University of Oslo
- Linda Firveld, Business Developer Eye Networks and Steering Board Member Basic Internet Foundation
- Dr. Danica Radovanovic, Basic Internet Foundation
- want to help, please contact us