Challenges

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

Use smart innovations to reduce noise pollution

Reduce litter by means of future technology

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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

Develop an uber-like solution for transportation options for residents with disabilities.

Develop an innovative and easy solution for paid parking.

Develop innovative smart combinations of people and technology solutions so people overcome their physical or mental limitations and can get back to work.

Make alternative ways of social return more attractive to entrepreneurs.  

Develop a digital and secure way to send voting documents making sure that citizens living abroad will receive their voting documents at all times.

Develop a system to accurately measure visitor numbers at free events in the city.

Develop a smart system that monitors and manages heat pump installations.

Find new ways to ensure that local entrepreneurs retain their customers after road closures.

Develop new products from parts of old, discarded computers and other electronic devices.

Find a way to reduce  food waste at organized lunches, starting at the municipality.

Develop a (financially) viable product/ service with which The Hague city centre can improve customer satisfaction

How can we ensure that traffic coming to and from free events (e.g. the next reworks display) generates as few complaints as possible from visitors, residents and retailers?

Develop new and smart ways to update the retail monitor and make it more attractive.

Make a business case for processing selected, specific flows of business waste in the city into marketable products.

Develop a scalable concept that makes it attractive for owners of buildings to make their roofs greener and more sustainable and to use them more intensively.

How do we motivate the majority of private home owners of houses built before 1985 (label G) to engage in sustainable home improvement?

Develop a solution for providing easy access for citizens, informal carers, professionals and the Municipality to information relating to assistance and support under the Social Support Act  

Develop an idea, a technological solution or match-making method for people (living or working) in ‘the Beatrixkwartier” to engage more actively.