WaterWater Papers Papers MAY 2012 WATER HACKATHON Lessons Learned Water Papers are published by the Water Unit, Transport, Water and ICT Department, Sustainable Development Vice Presidency. Water Papers are available on-line at www.worldbank.org/water. Comments should be e-mailed to the authors. WATER HACKATHON REPORT II AI pproV NG MANAGERS Julia Bucknall, Sector Manager, TWIWA Jae So, Manager, TWIWP Philippe Dongier, TWICT C ONTACT InFormatION This paper is available online at http://www.worldbank.org/water. The authors can be contacted through the Water Help Desk at [email protected] DIS CLAIMER This volume is a product of the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. 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All other queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to the Office of the Publisher, The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433,USA; fax 202-522-2422; e-mail [email protected] WATER HACKATHON REPORT III TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements .....................................................................................................................v Executive Summary....................................................................................................................vi Background .................................................................................................................................1 Introduction........................................................................................................................1 What is a Hackathon?.........................................................................................................3 What is the RHoK model? ..................................................................................................4 What was different about Water Hackathon?.......................................................................5 Project Objectives and Outputs..................................................................................................7 Benefits .............................................................................................................................9 Process ......................................................................................................................................10 Checklist ..........................................................................................................................11 Problem definition ..........................................................................................................13 Collection .............................................................................................................13 Translation............................................................................................................15 Pre-events............................................................................................................16 Communication.....................................................................................................19 Partnerships.........................................................................................................20 Hackathon ......................................................................................................................21 Facilitator .............................................................................................................21 Venue ..................................................................................................................21 Sponsorship .........................................................................................................21 Prizes ..................................................................................................................22 Judges.................................................................................................................23 Code repository....................................................................................................23 Water Hackathon Locations ..................................................................................24 Follow-up .......................................................................................................................26 Water Ambassadors .............................................................................................26 Incubation ............................................................................................................27 Follow-up events ..................................................................................................27 Implications for procurement ...................................................................................................28 Annexes .....................................................................................................................................29 Annex 1 Start-ups ..........................................................................................................29 Annex 2 Problems............................................................................................................34 Annex 3 Links to Planning Documents ..............................................................................53 Annex 4 Local Partners....................................................................................................54 Annex 5 Cost breakdown..................................................................................................55 Annex 6 Funding sources .................................................................................................56 Annex 7 Sample water applications ..................................................................................57 References.................................................................................................................................64 WATER HACKATHON REPORT IV A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Water Partnership Program’s funding for this project is gratefully acknowledged. Water Hackathon was led jointly by the World Bank Water Anchor, Water and Sanitation Program and ICT Sector Unit, with operational support from Second Muse, technology partners from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Open Development Technology Alliance, Random Hacks of Kindness, and dedicated local partner organizations in each hackathon event location. The report was prepared by Daniel Shemie, Max Hirn, Vivek Raman, Cecilia Paradi-Guilford, Elizabeth Sabet, Yehude Simon, Rosemary Rop and Edward Anderson. Ilana Cohen and Christian Kreutz provided valuable research. The authors are grateful for useful comments provided by Isabelle Huynh, Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep, Rajendra Singh, Randeep Sudan, Robbie Schingler, Francis Ghesquiere, Eric Gundersen, Noel Dickover and Johannes S. Kiess. A large number of World Bank colleagues contributed to making Water Hackathon a success. While these individuals are too numerous to mention, the authors would like to acknowledge the contributions made by Christopher Walsh, Kara Watkins, Katherine Maher, Ravikumar Joseph, Kimberly Lyon, Christopher Juan Costain, Deepak T. Bhatia, Ammini Menon, Vandana Mehra, Adrien Andre Pinelli, Nehal Hassan El Kouesny, Heba Yaken Aref Ahmed, Carlo M. Rossotto, Susanne Scheierling, Juan Chong Ortiz, Iris Marmanillo, Miguel Vargas-Ramirez, Glenn Pearce- Oroz, Lizmara Kirchner, Richard Murby, Samuel Mutono, Steven K. Shalita, Wambui G. Gichuri, Toni Sittoni, Alex McPhail, Karolina Ordon, Will Pate, Stuart Gill, Sheryl Silverman, Samhir Vasdev, Linda Adigwe, Immaculate Bampadde, Chonlada Sae-Hau, Patrick Mwangi and Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep. The team would also like to acknowledge the support of managers Julia Bucknall, Jae So and Philippe Dongier. Global partners provided invaluable support at each hackathon event location. The authors would like to acknowledge the invaluable contribution of event leaders Suryanarayanan A., Paul Rau, Andrew Petrovitch, Femi Longe, Bosun Tijani, Kiko Mayorga, Michael Niyitegeka, Julien Harou, Phares Kariuki, Jessica Colaco, Dan Nesher and Melanie Gorka. The full list of partners is included in Annex 4. WATER HACKATHON REPORT V ECVXE UTI E SUMMARY The global revolution in low cost information and communication technologies can help address some of the developing world’s oldest challenges in water and sanitation. More people today have access to a mobile phone