Challenges

Gezocht: nieuwe trainingsmethoden en tools om onze medewerkers 21st century skills aan te leren

Develop a bonus-malus system to encourage tenant farmers to use their land sustainably in order to generate healthy soils.

The Province of North Holland is looking for the best way to support an energy transition to renewable energy sources! We're specifically looking for ways to accelerate solar panel placement on large roofs. Do you have a solution?

Gezocht: startups die nieuwe producten kunnen maken van reststromen van de provincie Zuid-Holland

What do we make transparent, how do we make that transparent, and where do we make that transparent?!

Help us ease the integration of autonomous transport by developing interaction/communication methods between self driving vehicles and current/regular road users.

Gezocht: schaalbare oplossingen om de CO2-uitstoot, fijnstof en stikstof van wegen tijdens onderhoud en gebruik omlaag te brengen

Gezocht: oplossingen om de renovatie van bruggen (deels) circulair uit te voeren

Develop a product for one or multiple residual waste streams, that currently have little to no circular purpose.

Strengthen the interaction between representative democracy (municipality board and States) and the participation democracy (participation of citizens)?

Strengthen the interaction between representative democracy (municipality board and States) and the participation democracy (participation of citizens).

Develop a tool that lets government managers be in full control of absenteeism.  

Startups gezocht: bepaal met data het optimale onderhoudsmoment van wegen

Help us give the citizens of North Holland a voice in the policies and decision making of the Province!

Support volunteers who contribute to digital inclusion.

Create a digital sandbox for innovation and co-creation.

Develop a discussion tool with which managers can start a discussion about diversity and inclusion within their team in an easily accessible way, and can delve deeply into the matter.

More efficient use of buildings by property sharing and nudging behaviour.

Entrepreneus at the data wheel: have business owners be in control of their business data and provide insights into new possibilities.      

Develop a solution that allows employees to have a well functioning bicycle at their disposal at any given time and location.

Develop (affordable) solutions for a greener city center, taking into account the heavy cabling and pipage of the inner city.

Develop a solution to deal with climate change induced heat and drought in the existing urban environment.

Create a solution for startups that shows them the (commercial) benefits and opportunities of intellectual property rights at the right moment in their innovation process.  

The Provincie Noord-Holland is trying to get a grip on the traffic in the region, particularly at public transport hubs.

Gezocht: startups die ons kunnen helpen om aan te voelen wat er politiek-bestuurlijk speelt in 52 gemeenten

Gezocht: innovaties die jonge automobilisten bewust maken van hun verhoogde risico en veilig rijgedrag stimuleren

Gezocht: innovatieve maatregelen om nieuwbouwwijken klimaatadaptief te maken

To maintain the same size of our prosperity and to be able to address the challenges that we are facing (i.e. climate change, growing care for the elderly) our GNP (Dutch: BNP) should grow every year. Currently, the ratio of...

Gezocht: innovaties die bijdragen aan vaker, verder én veiliger fietsen in Zuid-Holland

Help us achieve our sustainability goals and understand how residents affect energy consumption!

A representative and workable overview of the need and wishes of all residents in The Hague

Find and develop new solution to make operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms more efficient and cost effective.

Preventing Food Waste – prevent the waste of dairy products after the expiration date

Reduce litter by means of future technology

Use smart innovations to reduce noise pollution

Hoe laat je de samenwerking goed verlopen met werknemers die niet fysiek op kantoor zijn?

Help us find a software solution to automating the BIBOB process!

Design an easy-to-use digital solution on behalf of the municipality of The Hague to outline the effects of funded sport activities.

Help students and teachers find the most fitting study/work spaces at any given moment.

Develop a solution that allows new employees to start their first day as effective and pleasant as possible.

Help the City and other municipalities offer low-threshold, simple and quick temporary or short stay housing for residents in need of immediate help, giving them a (brief) period to find lasting and sustainable solutions.

Do you have a tool, service or maybe something else that doesn’t match with any of the described challenges but that nevertheless could be of great value to the Province of North Holland? Apply today!

Do you have a digital solution to help our training & development department?

Provide an innovative solution to safely utilize residual kitchen waste (swill).

Help us find a solution to redact privacy-sensitive data in publicly available information!

Help us find a better way to control weeds along roads and in cracks in asphalt and concrete.

Anything goes!

Heb jij een geweldige oplossing voor een Zuid-Hollands probleem? Neem dan deel aan de wildcard challenge!

When applying for a building permit, the submitted building plans often differ from the real situation. How can 3D scans offer a solution?

Develop an innovative solution to improve waste sorting and processing in and around the Johan Cruijff ArenA

Come up with an innovative solution to embed clean energy in the Amsterdam cityscape

Come up with an innovative solution to make the municipal’s (garbage) vehicles emission-free

Develop a smart solution for waste collection using the waterways for transportation

Come up with an innovative solution for interaction between Amsterdammers and the municipality about gas-free living in Amsterdam

Develop new technologies to share data between the office and outdoor department of the City, and if possible, to simplify complex tasks and optimize data-related processes for employees.

Develop an innovative solution for local organic waste collection and processing

Enrich the lives and environment of elderly with digital tools that can be used independently of language and (digital) skills.

Find an innovative solution that brings local food producers closer to Amsterdam consumers

Develop an efficient tool to transfer data about buildings in apartment drawings and building plans into an object-oriented geodatabase.

How can we ensure that homeless citizens get a stable (semi-independent) home?  And are there opportunities for them to take an active role in their solution?

Come up with a smart solution for cleaner and more efficient deliveries and waste collection for businesses

Find a solution to make it easier for the members of homeowners’ associations to make their homes sustainable

Come up with an innovative solution to use the municipal car parks for more sustainable purposes

Find a solution to use collected urine in the local circular economy

Find an innovative solution to capture or utilise heat locally (for example, from surface water, air, soil or bricks)

Come up with an innovative solution that motivates residents to recycle their household waste

How do we optimize (and digitalize) the financial support for adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities?

Find an innovative solution to re-use coarse waste and fat/grease/fibre from residual streams

Develop an innovative solution to enable more aquatic plants to grow and prosper in the Amsterdam canals

Come up with an innovative solution to make the municipal organisation more sustainable  

Come up with an innovative solution to connect sport and sustainability during EURO 2020 and beyond

Do you have a great solution for a social challenge that we did not define? Please apply for the wildcard!  

How can we limit the growth of duckweeds and maybe even deploy the weeds for something useful?

Develop an innovative solution to enable trees to ‘express their needs’