Satellite event - ENTEEF HACKATHON

Hackathon site on ENTEEF project website:
https://enteef.uek.krakow.pl/upcoming-hackathon-for-students-sibiu-romania-may-2026/

Challenge Brief

Your task is to build a digital application that convinces city authorities their city can be a preferred base for Gen Z freelancers. This is freelancing competence in action — creativity, problem-solving, independence, digital skills, and global thinking. The application should help freelancers choose where to live and work — whether physically or remotely — by making it easier to arrive, connect, work efficiently, and feel included in the local ecosystem. Your concept should reflect what Gen Z freelancers value: flexibility, community, visibility, opportunity, and purpose. City authorities are not simply selecting a project. They are choosing how their city will position itself in the next decade of work. The winning concept presents a city as more than a location — it becomes a platform that attracts and supports independent professionals. Beside the digital application, your final deliverable is a presentation in a Pecha Kucha mode (20 slides, 20 seconds each): one visual story, one clear message, one convincing pitch. It must present your application or concept, promote your chosen city, and demonstrate that you understand how freelancers think, work, learn, and decide where to base themselves. This challenge simulates the real freelance economy — combining real skills, real decision - making, and real value for your future professional path.

Projects are not required to result in a fully developed software product or a working application. Strong concepts with limited technical implementation are welcome, provided that the project clearly demonstrates:

  • a clear value proposition,
  • an entrepreneurial or freelance-oriented mindset, and
  • a coherent concept that could realistically be implemented in practice.

Projects that include an IT or computational component are encouraged, as digital solutions naturally support the challenge objective and offer additional opportunities for further development.

Types of Projects
Projects may include, but are not limited to:

  • Digital projects: Web platforms, mobile-friendly applications, or digital tools designed to support Gen Z freelancers in choosing and engaging with cities.
  • Service and business concepts: Freelance networks, experience design, monetization strategies, operational workflows, or ecosystem concepts supporting freelance activity.
  • Branding and promotion projects: Personal or team branding as freelancers, storytelling concepts, social media strategies, and content creation plans aimed at promoting cities to freelancers.
  • Hybrid projects Concepts combining a minimal to medium digital prototype with strong business, branding, validation, or user-experience components.

Call

Registration

The direct link to the registration form (available also in Hackathon site):
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=kuPA24-YSUuuT716ek9PiMZuZXvY4HhEplI-ZTtUx8FUM0pOTUM5SkJDMzJOQk5YQkhTTFpYMTdYWiQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl

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