{"id":13702,"date":"2026-05-29T12:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/?post_type=learn_blog_post&#038;p=13702"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:35:53","slug":"13702-2","status":"publish","type":"learn_blog_post","link":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/learn_blog_post\/13702-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Challenges Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-13700\" src=\"https:\/\/startin.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Latvian-Example-of-post-by-adding-image--1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/startin.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Latvian-Example-of-post-by-adding-image--980x980.png 980w, https:\/\/startin.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Latvian-Example-of-post-by-adding-image--480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>What if global challenges became opportunities for meaningful action?<\/h1>\n<p>Climate risks, inequality, digital inclusion and sustainable communities are all deeply connected challenges shaping our world. Meaningful change happens when people come together to create practical solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Challenges Hackathon is a 24-hour co-creation experience where participants will work in teams to develop early-stage startup and social innovation ideas responding to real-world global challenges together with mentors, innovators, and international partners.<\/p>\n<p>Through collaboration with experts and Global South partner organizations, participants will explore real-life challenges, build solution concepts and simple prototypes, and discover how ideas can create positive impact both locally and globally. Challenge themes and problem statements will be announced soon.<\/p>\n<h3>What will teams create?<\/h3>\n<p>Teams will develop early-stage startup and innovation concepts addressing global challenges, including digital products, platform ideas, service solutions, and prototype tools.<\/p>\n<h3>What to expect:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Inspiring teamwork and collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Mentoring from innovators, entrepreneurs, and social impact experts<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on problem solving<\/li>\n<li>Early-stage startup and solution development<\/li>\n<li>New connections and global perspectives<\/li>\n<li>Exciting prizes and opportunities for further idea development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Explore ideas, test solutions, and turn early-stage concepts into meaningful starting points for future impact.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome participants from all backgrounds and no previous hackathon or technical experience is needed<\/p>\n<p>For participants aged 15\u201330; you can apply individually or with a team (2\u20134 people), and we will support participants through matchmaking and community-building activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Startup House Riga, Last\u0101dijas iela 12 k-3, Riga<br \/>\n<strong>Date:<\/strong> September 18 (evening)\u201319, 2026<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdVXVz_XCAmjxoXMqTk0kDNt6OOo6IkybpTJsTfm4GWkWe5Cw\/viewform\">Apply here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This project is co-funded by Europan Union. Startin.LV is responsible for the content, and it does not necessarily represent views of European Union.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13703,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13702","learn_blog_post","type-learn_blog_post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn_blog_post\/13702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn_blog_post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/learn_blog_post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn_blog_post\/13702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13708,"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/learn_blog_post\/13702\/revisions\/13708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startin.lv\/lv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}