Homathon Challenge Competition | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

It aims to promote innovative solutions to meet the current circumstances of the CoronaVirus pandemic.
Event was from April 19 through 25.
The total prize of 85,000 US Dollar, is divided into top three software and technical solutions in the fields of digital government services, financial technology, education, health, teleworking, logistics, trade, entertainment, with a total of $50,000 to be allotted for the first winner, $25,000 for the second, and $15,000 for the third.
This competition took place in virtual environment with participation of international arbitrators from the world's major technical companies, in line with the Kingdom vision of 2030.

Country

Saudi Arabia

Institution

Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity Programming and Drones (SAFCSP)