The main event of the Qatar Arab Youth Anti-Corruption Hackathon 2023 will be held from 10 to 14 September.
In a press conference on Wednesday, head of public relations department at Qatar’s Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Eid Al-Hajri said that the event is part of the corruption fighting efforts of Qatar, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Microsoft company.
The hackathon was launched in 2021 to enable youth to use technology to find effective means of fighting corruption, he noted, adding that this year’s edition is titled “programing for integrity”.
On her part, media spokeperson of the transparency authority Fayza Al-Kaabi told KUNA that there are participants from 17 Arab countries in the event, including Kuwait.
The hackathon is for programmers between the age of 18 to 30, who will come up with programs aiming to fight corruption in different fields including sports, education and sales operations, she added.
The hackathon started in December 2022 and is set to conclude next December, with the major event being from September 10 to 14, where the winner of the competition will have his/her picture lit on Lusail Towers, said Al-Kaabi.
She noted that the winner of the first place will receive a reward of 150,000 QAR (about USD 41,000), 100,000 QAR (about USD 27,000) for the second place and 50,000 QAR (about USD 13,000) for the third place
Source: Kuwait News Agency
