The Social Hackathon is the continuation of the SUP Free Hackathon and the Sustainability Hackathon, the first two open innovation actions that aimed to create innovative applications for a daily life without single-use plastics and the creation of original applications and solutions on issues of sustainability, sustainability and environmental protection respectively.
The action is part of an open innovation roadmap and the Innovation Lab open innovation lab, supported by Lidl Hellas, to activate institutions and businesses, but also the whole society to create prototype applications for social innovation and entrepreneurship.
It includes the organisation of the Social Hackathon innovation marathon on 12-14 May 2023, the 5-month cycle of support for the 5 proposed solutions, so that the prototype applications can be transformed into productive solutions.
The event supports participants to form teams and collaborate to develop and present their idea.
The winning teams and solutions were supported for 5 months to develop their solution into a production application (acceleration phase), and the winning idea was announced on 13 December 2023 at an event.
The indicative themes which are included in our company's CSR strategy are as follows:
Α. Supporting local communities and economies
New business models of sustainable local entrepreneurship in the social sector
● Digital health applications, telemedicine, emergency health transport
● Digital applications to educate local populations on critical social issues
Β. Social Innovation
● Applications to enhance and support voluntary actions and participatory financing
● Applications for the reuse of products and goods as well as applications for product reconstruction and repair
● Use of technological tools for access to basic goods for vulnerable social groups
● Use of digital tools to support solidarity trade activities
● Creating smart education solutions for social sustainability within companies and public institutions
● Applications around health and disease prevention
● Leveraging digital tools for empowering vulnerable populations, empowerment and inclusion
C. Health promotion
● Digital tools for work-life balance
● Applications for assessing risks to workers' health and safety
● Tools for more transparent product labelling to promote healthier choices
D. Business law
● Applications to support equal employment opportunities and equal treatment at work
● Applications for responsible marketing and social product labelling
● New business models for sustainable green jobs
● Tools to support product certification standards
Ε. Participation in dialogue
● Transparency, accountability (ESG), and anti-corruption tools - with a focus on social actions for institutions, organisations and businesses
● Participatory governance, democracy, transparency and accountability applications for public and private sectors
● Applications for knowledge enhancement and networking of new social initiatives
F. Empowering Civil Society
● Transparency and accountability tools for gender equality in the private and public sector
● Digital tools for an internal complaints mechanism for non-compliance with the Code of Conduct
