This year´s edition of EU Datathon, the annual open data competition, was launched on 7 February 2022. This brings a chance for open data enthusiasts and application developers from around the world to demonstrate the potential of open data, get international visibility for their innovative ideas and compete for their share of the total prize fund of EUR 200 000 and the Public Choice Award.

How can you participate? It's simple! Propose an idea for an application that links and uses open datasets to address one of the four challenges.

What are the challenges?
Challenge 1: ‘The European Green Deal’
Challenge 2: ‘Transparency in public procurement’
Challenge 3: ‘EU public procurement opportunities for young people’
Challenge 4: ‘A Europe fit for the digital age’

Open data enthusiasts and application developers from around the world