Liberecký kraj: Ideathon competition - student ideas for the environment 
A thought marathon for 24 hours - this is the Liberec Ideathon, the aim of which is to involve young people, students of secondary schools and the Technical University of Liberec in solving specific problems of the region. Competition teams have a choice of 4 thematic challenges, experienced mentors and the prospect of an interesting financial reward for the winners.
Basic information
| Name of the city/town/region: | Liberec Region |
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| Surname, firstname: | Ing. Nikola Dokládalová |
| Organization: | Regional municipal Authority - Liberec region |
| E-mail: | nikola.dokladalova@kraj-lbc.cz |
| Phone: | 485 226 572 |
| Subject: | Plánování v oblastech životního prostředí Kvalita a prostupnost vzdělávání; inovativní aktivity škol; poradenství pro rodiče |
Description and outputs |
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| Is the activity related to any of your strategical document? | Akční plán koncepce Chytřejší kraj pro Liberecký kraj |
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| Were the implemented activities documented? | YES - presentation of competitors and description of competition outputs |
| Start of activity: | 21.04.2022 |
| End of activity: | 22.04.2022 |
| Attachment | Ideathon 2022 - výsledky, popis vystupu PDF (161 kB) |
Budget |
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| What were the financial costs of carrying out the activity? | [tis. Kč] 4.800 EUR |
| How was the activity funded? | From the budget of the Liberec Region. EUR 2.400 for prizes for secondary school students - funds allocated as part of the planned activities of the Smarter Region Concept for the Liberec Region in chapter 914 02 - Responsibilities, department of regional development and European projects, transferred by budget change - budget measure to chapter 917 02 – Transfers, department of regional development and European projects. The Technical University also provided funds in the amount of EUR 2.400 for university students' prizes. |
Recommendations and inspiration |
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| What recommendations / advice can be deduced from the implementation of your activities and provided to other municipalities with a similar intention? | Ideathon is an important part of the effort to involve young people in solving the problems of the region. The challenges that the contestants had to solve were defined in such a way that they corresponded to reality and the student solutions had the greatest possible chance of being applied. Participation in the Ideathon inspires participants to further professional growth. And for them to see business as a real alternative to employment. |
Risk, obstacles and positive moments in the implementation process |
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| Describe the main strengths of your activity / project during its realization? | Inspiration for professional growth, involvement of young people in solving the problems of the region |
| Describe the main weaknesses of your activity / project during its realization? | Insufficient archiving of competition outputs (next time: video from the presentation of competition ideas, project sheet for competition ideas, description of the team of participants) |
| During the implementation of the activities / project, did you encounter an event that fundamentally affected the implementation? | NO |
Monitoring and evaluation |
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| Has the impact of the implemented activity / project been measured and evaluated in any way? | The discussion with the participants of the competition resulted in very positive responses, and the vast majority of people contacted and cooperating would be interested in participating in similar activities next time. |
| Do you plan to further develop/maintain the activity/project? | Yes, by involving other subjects - secondary schools and other faculties. |
| Attachment: | Facebooková skupina "1012plus" HTML () |
Partakers |
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| Name: | CzechInvest - regionální kancelář Liberec |
| Company number or other registration data: | 71377999 |
| Address: | Praha 2, Nové Město, Štěpánská 567/15 |
| Web: | https://www.czechinvest.org/cz |
Another partakers |
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| Název: | Liberecký kraj |
| IČO nebo jiný registrační údaj: | 70891508 |
| Adresa: | Liberec IV-Perštýn, U Jezu 642/2a |
| Web: | https://www.kraj-lbc.cz/ |
Name: | ARR - Agentura regionálního rozvoje, spol. s r.o. |
| Company number or other registration data: | 48267210 |
| Address: | Liberec IV-Perštýn, U Jezu 525/4 |
| Web: | https://arr-nisa.cz/ |
Name: | Technická univerzita v Liberci |
| Company number or other registration data: | 46747885 |
| Address: | Studentská 1402/2, 461 17 Liberec 1 |
| Web: | https://www.tul.cz/ |
