‘Dhakathon’, Bangladesh’s first ‘Hackathon for Elections’

Overview: This unprecedented initiative by The Asia Foundation, funded by DFID and other donors, saw almost 100 young Dhaka residents divided in 12 teams spend 36 hours battling fatigue and coding challenges.

Their aim was to produce apps to promote open and accessible electoral information that would assist voters participating in the city corporation elections on Tuesday 28 April.

The event was part of the Strengthening Political Participation (SPP) programme in Bangladesh, which includes support to The Asia Foundation to work intensively with The Election Working Group (EWG) - a network of national NGOs engaged in election observation and advocacy work.