We are announcing the Open Data Armenia annual competition for the third time. Its goal is to unite technical specialists, researchers, journalists, students, and all interested parties to implement useful projects based on #Opendata related to Armenia and the Diaspora.
Data: Includes not only official digital data but also existing data, images, databases, etc., regarding the history, culture, art, literature, economy, and other sectors of Armenia and the Diaspora.
The competition will interest:
Main goal: To stimulate productive joint/separate work and free exchange of experience between developers and researchers, thereby expanding the use of open data in useful projects within Armenia.
Data: Includes not only official digital data but also existing data, images, databases, etc., regarding the history, culture, art, literature, economy, and other sectors of Armenia and the Diaspora.
The competition will interest:
- Developers,
- Researchers and data analysts,
- Digital humanities specialists,
- Data journalists and other professionals,
- Students wishing to establish themselves in these fields.
Main goal: To stimulate productive joint/separate work and free exchange of experience between developers and researchers, thereby expanding the use of open data in useful projects within Armenia.
Categories
Special prize by Dateno.io
Can be awarded to exceptional works that
use AI to create interactive visualizations and data storytelling or to collect databases.
use AI to create interactive visualizations and data storytelling or to collect databases.
For whom: data and AI specialists, journalists, designers, infographic specialists, and students.
$3000
Total prize fund
Timeline
January 14 (Wednesday)
January 14 (Wednesday)
Launch of the competition and acceptance of participant applications
February 25 (Wednesday)
February 25 (Wednesday)
Deadline for accepting applications
February 26-27
February 26-27
Project evaluation by the jury
First week of March
(Open data week)
(Open data week)
First week of March
(Open data week)
(Open data week)
Solemn awarding of winners within the framework of Open Data Day in Armenia*, which is part of the International Open Data Day initiative.
Open Data Day will be held for the third time in Armenia
It is part of International Open Data Days, an initiative organized by the Open Knowledge International Foundation, supported by several intergovernmental and international organizations, including the United Nations and the World Bank. Events are held in various countries worldwide; information about them can be found at https://opendataday.org.
It is part of International Open Data Days, an initiative organized by the Open Knowledge International Foundation, supported by several intergovernmental and international organizations, including the United Nations and the World Bank. Events are held in various countries worldwide; information about them can be found at https://opendataday.org.
Updates
We are currently preparing a series of workshops and lectures to assist competition participants, as well as to launch preparations for Open Data Day to be held in Yerevan during the first week of March.
You can find the materials we have prepared on our social networks, particularly on our Telegram and Youtube channels.
You can find the materials we have prepared on our social networks, particularly on our Telegram and Youtube channels.
Rules
- Individuals as well as teams of up to 5 members can participate in the competition.
- Specialists and students interested in the culture and history of Armenia and the Armenian people can participate, regardless of their place of residence.
- Participants can primarily use any sources of open data related to the culture and history of Armenia and the Armenian people.
- All materials provided by participants must be published with open-source code and circulated under a free license (Creative Commons, MIT, Apache 2). Useful links: https://opendefinition.org/guide/ and https://opensource.org/licenses/
- Publications must be maintained online for at least 1 year.
- Participants must submit a brief report including a description of the developed project, methodology, and a list of used data sources.
- All materials must be provided in English (descriptions in Armenian, Russian, or other languages are optional).
Previous year's winners
Cultural Application Winner: The ArmAQI project, which fosters a culture of monitoring air pollution levels. Participants are volunteers who installed air quality monitoring devices in homes, offices, and other locations, with the data collected on the ArmAQI.org website.
Visualization Winner: An interactive storytelling project about Tigranes the Great. Using maps and data, it narrates how Armenia became an empire, its subsequent territorial losses, and the overall impact of Tigranes' reign. The project is accessible at tigranes-great.netlify.app.
Visualization Winner: The Birdwatching in Armenia project. Designed for birdwatching enthusiasts, it maps where specific birds can be spotted. The database includes 2,470 mapped locations covering 359 bird species. The project is accessible at birdwatchingarmenia.vercel.app.
FAQ
Participation is free of charge.
Applications can be submitted by anyone over 18 years old, regardless of citizenship or place of residence.
In the event of a win, participants must be able to receive their monetary prize in foreign currency from a legal entity registered in Armenia; potential transaction costs should be taken into account.
Both individuals and teams may participate in the event.
The competition application can be submitted via the provided link by completing the Google Form by February 25, 2026.
Applications can be submitted by anyone over 18 years old, regardless of citizenship or place of residence.
In the event of a win, participants must be able to receive their monetary prize in foreign currency from a legal entity registered in Armenia; potential transaction costs should be taken into account.
Both individuals and teams may participate in the event.
The competition application can be submitted via the provided link by completing the Google Form by February 25, 2026.
- Practical value: The most critical criterion is the project's practical utility. Jury members will evaluate the usefulness and importance of the project for its intended target audience.
- Quality of implementation: This includes the depth and complexity of the project's development (technical and methodological), as well as its degree of completeness and readiness for use at the time of submission.
- Adherence to openness and Open Knowledge principles: This involves the use of open data and the publication of the project's source code on GitHub under a free license.
Where to find Open data
- Data Catalog Armenia https://data.opendata.am/
- WorldPop https://hub.worldpop.org
- Global Forest Watch Open data portal of Armenia https://data-download-gfw.hub.arcgis.com
- World Bank https://datacatalog.worldbank.org
- ArmSIS https://armsis.cas.am
- Institute of Geological Sciences Geoportal https://vgse.geology.am
- World Health Organisations https://data.who.int/countries/051
- Climate Change Indicators https://climatedata.imf.org/pages/country-data
- Global Core Biodata Resource https://www.gbif.org/country/AM/about
- Humanitarian Data Exchange https://data.humdata.org/group/a
- You can find more information about data sources related to Armenia on the Open Data Armenia Telegram channel. https://t.me/opendataam
Partners
Sponsors
Media partners
Organizer
The competition is organized by the "Open Data" Development Center NGO (opendata.am).
What we do:
- Create a sustainable environment for the publication and utilization of open data in Armenia.
- Engage talented youth and IT specialists to create technological products aimed at improving the quality of life in Armenia.
- Promote a culture of open data, open source, open knowledge, and transparency, as well as data analytics and data engineering in Armenia.
- Advance the Armenian language and culture worldwide through the application of open data and open-source code.
Contacts
Contact us via:
- Email: opendata@opendata.am
- Telegram Chat: https://t.me/opendataamchat