The 7th edition of the Public Administration Hackathon was dominated by applications with help-oriented themes
PRESS RELEASE ON THE 7TH EDITION OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HACKATHON – 6 and 7 March 2026
Assisting with health problems, finding care for the infirm, helping in the event of imminent outdoor danger or creating a tool to help doctors in their work. These are the predominant themes of the winners of the seventh annual nationwide Public Administration Hackathon. The event, Hackujstat.cz 7.1, took place on Friday and Saturday, 6 and 7 March 2026, in the Prague headquarters of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) and welcomed a record number of 67 participants – winners of regional Student Hackathons – that competed against each other in 18 teams. Through this 24-hour competition, the students have once again shown how open data can contribute to the creation of new, useful applications not only for the public.
This was also acknowledged by the Vice-President of the SAO, Jan Málek, who opened and closed the event. He described the students’ projects as meaningful and added that the topics they worked on “speak volumes about the troubles and concerns of the young generation.”
As in previous years, the competing teams were sorted into two categories. The first category was for the teams refining and perfecting their projects from the regional hackathon. The second category was for those who had started an entirely new project from offered data sets, among which were the datasets of the 17 partner institutions of the event. “The 7th edition of the SAO Hackathon has once again bridged the gap between the world of IT and public administration. It provides a platform not only for talented students of secondary schools while also pushing the boundaries of what skilled programmers can create for citizens thanks to open data,” said Adam Golecký, Executive Director of NIX.CZ and one of the partners of the event.
The winner in the category of refined projects from the regional round was the team “Mackokládi”, consisting of four secondary-school students from Dvůr Králové. Their application KompaZ is a digital guide that helps users quickly and clearly navigate both everyday situations and moments of crisis “step by step”. The application contains an interactive map of services and an AI assistant, that guides users through solving their specific problems. The second place in this category went to the team “Rychlá rota” from the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, which has developed an application called Deepflow. This application should help doctors detect and eliminate anomalies in the intracranial and arterial pressure signals of monitored patients, thereby improving their care. The third place went to pupils from the Bosonožská Primary School in Brno and their DoDron application. Their idea was that if someone felt unsafe outside, especially at night, they could use the app to call a drone, which could “escort” them or detect danger and trigger an alarm.
As for the category of new projects, the three-member team “Data Maniac” from the Secondary School of Electrical Engineering in Plzeň placed first with their Sankcio app, which offers a “slightly different” kind of assistance. The application facilitates the search for individuals or companies attempting to evade sanctions under Act No 1/2023 Coll., the Sanctions Act. Among other things, Sankcio should also show the family relationships and ownerships of these individuals. The second place was awarded to the team “Nukleární okurky”, consisting of five students from the University of Hradec Králové. In short, their app, Sněmovna pro lidi (Chamber of Deputies for People) , provides insight into the proceedings of the Czech Chamber of Deputies in a clear and comprehensive manner. Among other things, it also shows how Members of Parliament vote. “It saves users time and helps them better understand what is actually being discussed in the Chamber,” added the authors. Finally, the third place went to the team “Křížová výprava”, composed of three students from the Secondary Technical School in Teplice. Their application Co teď? (What now?) aims to help people who find themselves facing a sudden problem of how to care for an infirm family member. Co teď? shows users what they are entitled to, how to proceed and provides them with an overview of services in the area. “The result is a clear plan instead of chaos,” explained the authors.
“We are constantly reminded that working with data, interpreting it, and being able to explain it in context is a prerequisite for navigating the challenges of today’s world. I am glad that we can support an event that, thanks to the SAO, reinforces these skills in students.” commented Ondřej Filip, Executive Director of the Czech association CZ.NIC.
More information about the seventh edition of the Hackathon can be found at www.hackujstat.cz.
Communication Department
Supreme Audit Office