Information dissemination is part of every organization’s mechanism to cascade information and opportunities to the people. It seeks to inform, educate, and encourage communities to take an action after grasping the message. However, the City of Cauayan is experiencing difficulties in extending opportunities from the BPO companies to the students and addressing unemployment. Thus, it poses a challenge that to boost economic confidence in the City, the government needs to support with an action to bring opportunity and workforce closer together to be able to increase revenues and invite more opportunities as well.

With data sets shared by the City of Cauayan, innovative solutions would likely narrow the gap between opportunities and unemployment. This Hackathon is a call for experts, innovators, and locals to come together and build a digital infrastructure that alerts people with job opportunities and other mechanisms that will encourage them to take steps in acquiring a professional post. Remarkable entries will receive a chance to a pitch-perfect for the City of Cauayan.

The following use-case statements are your guide to help you align your intention in addressing areas of this challenge:

a. How can data and technology increase the number of employed graduates by collaborating with top BPO companies to uphold regional organizations?
b. How can data and technology help the City of Cauayan assess its technological maturity and digital readiness to attract investors?
c. How can data and technology encourage students to take advantage of job opportunities in the BPO industry to acquire competency in building digital infrastructures?
d. How can data and technology help the LGU in developing innovations that will enable the city to be recognized as BPO-ready?
e. How can data analytics be of service to the City government in advocating the use of information technology to be a Smarter City and forge partnerships to enhance internet connectivity?
f. How can DSA assist the LGU to provide seminars, workshops, and collaborations to institutionalize the Go Negosyo Center that will enhance the competitiveness of the MSMEs?