Open Call: Accountability Lab Anti-Corruption Hackathon

Accountability Lab (AL) and its partners are preparing to host participants in Albania for an innovative anti-corruption hackathon in the Balkans. Up to 75 change-makers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and North Macedonia will work together from 19 to 22 September, creating tech tools that combat corruption.

The main goal of the hackathon is to fight corruption by encouraging new and creative uses of technology to identify and address gaps in accountability and to build a system with integrity. Technologists, civil society professionals, activists or students with an interest in creating tools to fight corruption and make your country more transparent are invited to apply. There are four problem sets that the hackathon will cover:

• budget and ownership transparency;
• open contracting and transparency of public procurement;
• climate finance transparency; and
• preventing activities or enablers related to the illicit flow of financial resources. The hackathon is supported by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the U.S. Department of State and the USAID Countering Transnational Corruption Grand Challenge for Development.

Funding Information 

• Teams with the most promising ideas will be eligible to receive financial support of up to $10,000, mentorship, and ongoing training to help them build out their ideas. They will also participate in a 3-day intensive in-person boot camp in Albania in November.

Eligibility Criteria 

• Applicants to HackCorruption Balkans should be a citizen of one of the 4 target countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and North Macedonia.
• US citizens or lawful permanent residents are not eligible.
• Teams and individuals are invited to apply.

For more information, visit Accountability Lab.