[open-development] Vici Competition: Focused Track: Supporting Developing Countries

Mon Jun 30 11:01:24 UTC 2014

Hi Everyone,

Some of you may be interested in a focused track we are running as part 
of the LinkedUp Vici Competition <http://linkedup-challenge.org>. For 
those not familiar with the project - LinkedUp 
<http://linkedup-project.eu> aims to get people and institutions using 
public, open data available on the Web in educational ways - and is 
doing this through a series of prototype and app development 
competitions. Those who participate participate can win prizes, make 
great contacts and showcase their ideas and solutions to a key community 
of researchers and practitioners in the education field.

We have published a blog post offering more detail on the *Focused 
Track: Supporting Developing Countries*:
http://linkedup-project.eu/2014/06/26/vici-competition-focused-track-supporting-developing-countries/

This track brings in lessons learnt from the Making it Matter workshop 
<http://linkedup-project.eu/making-it-matter-workshop/> help in May 
(Supporting education in the developing world through open and linked 
data). It looks at how linked open data can support education in the 
developing world and seeks educational applications that target 
developing countries. It is supported by the Commonwealth of Learning 
and DANS.

If you have any questions about the Vici Competition (requirements, data 
sets, ideas etc.) do not hesitate to get in touch 
<mailto:contact at linkedup-challenge.org>).

Thanks

Marieke
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