Hackathon Budget tools: create a project for the Ministry of Finance of Russia

The third annual competition “Open state financial data“ BudgetApps ”is approaching the final stage. The biggest event of the competition this year will be the hackathon Budget tools , which will be held October 21-22.

We invite developers, designers, analysts, data journalists, students and anyone who wants to realize their ideas in the field of open financial data and is ready to submit them to the Ministry of Finance of Russia.
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We will tell you more about what we have prepared for the hackathon participants this year.

About tasks

On the budget tools hackathon there will be three nominations:

• Software product or Internet project,
• Media material (data journalism),
• Visual presentation (design and infographics).

We prepared ideas for various tasks: from developing the “Tax Calendar” mobile application to creating an interactive map of the Russian tax authorities. The entire list of tasks is available on the hackathon website - www.budgettools.ru .

You can implement one of the proposed ideas or develop your own project based on open financial data.

About prizes

The total prize fund of the hackathon Budget tools is 150,000 rubles. In addition, after the hackathon, you can refine your project and submit it as a competitive bid for the “BudgetApps” contest with a prize fund of 495,000 rubles.

The authors of the best hackathon projects will receive a golden ticket for the final selection in the NUMA Moscow acceleration program.

About teams

You can apply for participation in the hackathon both as a team and individually. The advantage of the hackathon is that we collect participants with a wide variety of competencies. You know how to code, you can find a designer or analyst in your workmates, and together create a really beautiful working product.

Right now, foreign students from HSE are looking for partners in teams. Details here .

About open financial data

If you are not very familiar with the topic of open financial data, or are not familiar at all - this should not stop you.

Recently, we held several events at once where we told where to look for open financial data, what projects can be created for them and why all this is good and useful. To immerse yourself in the topic, we recommend that you look at the recordings of the webinars of Ivan Begtin, director of the Infocultural autonomous non-profit organization, where he talks in detail about the sources of open financial data: here and here .

In addition, mentors will assist the hakaton participants throughout the day. About them our next item.

About mentors

Among the hackathon mentors are those who have real practical experience in working with open financial data. With them you can discuss the idea, architecture and logic of the future project. They will tell you where to get the data and what tools to process it, how clear and interesting it is to visualize.

We will also have representatives from the Ministry of Finance of Russia and its subordinate services. They will answer methodological questions and help you correctly use and interpret open data in a project.

Our hackathon experts:

- Ivan Begtin, Director of Infoculture ANO, one of the key Russian experts in the field of open data and e-government;
- Yavorsky Rostislav, Head of the Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering Department of the National Research University Higher School of Economics Lyceum;
- Elena Chernikova, Head of the Department for Organizational Support and Project Management of the Information Technology Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation;
- Julia Dukhovnova, Head of Standards, Office of Standards and International Cooperation, FTS of Russia;
- Olga Parkhimovich, curator of the OGI State Expenditures Project;
- Arthur Khachuyan, CEO of Fubutech;
- Irina Radchenko, Associate Professor at ITMO University;
- Alexey Novichkov, head of the TASS Infographic studio;
- Osovsky Maxim, a teacher of British Higher School of Design;
- Mikhail Shipilov, Chief Specialist, Expert, Division of Regulatory Legal and Information Support for Strategic Planning, Department for Strategic Development and Innovations, Ministry of Economic Development of Russia;
- Golovin Timofey, partner and director of corporate services at NUMA Moscow;
- Elena Nikitina, Head of the Complex Automation Office of the Enterprise FSUE “Research Institute“ Kvant ”, an expert on open data.

About addresses, passwords, appearance

The hackathon will be held on October 21-22 from 10.00 to 21.00 at the “Boiling Point” / ASI site at the address: 2, Maly Konyushkovsky Lane.

For participants from the regions, we organize an online broadcast. Remote participation will be available, including consultation with mentors, as well as remote project protection.

To participate, both full-time and remote, you must first register on the site www.budgettools.ru . Deleted participants after registration, please contact the organizers by email. mail opendata@minfin.ru or in the telegram-chat hackathon https://t.me/budgettools . And we will send you the details of the connection to the broadcast.

We are waiting for you on the budget tools hackathon!