Startup Weekend; Techfugees France partner together to bring developers, designers, entrepreneurs and community members to develop creative tech solutions with; for refugees living in France.

Former refugees and asylum seekers who have already settled in France will participate in the event to help teams deeply understand opportunities and challenges faced by new settlers and co-design solutions.

Leaders from the tech community will mentor teams through the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, teams will pitch their solutions to a judges panel of tech and community leaders.

Looking for inspiration on what to work on over the weekend? Check out the Techfugees Hackpad [bit.ly/techfugeeshackpad ] for projects that need help!

Follow us on social media to keep in touch and find out more: Like us on Facebook @Techfugees Follow us on Twitter @TechFugees Join the work done on Techfugees Slack.

• Challenge
  Does the solution tackle a challenge that was presented on Friday and there is a real work done as a team on it?
• Research
  Have you researched the problem and made steps towards verifying that this the real problem? Explain to us how you framed the problem.
• Viability & scalibility
  Is the project viable ($) and scalable? Talk about the business model, and what scalability you are thinking for it.
• Impact
  Have you worked with refugees to build your prototype and idea? Show us that your solution has a real impact on refugees.
• Innovation
  Is it innovative (not just new and unheard of: it adds value) and feasible (does it sound realistically possible to be built?) Demonstrate it is better that what already is.