Help a local economy officer understand which businesses are active locally and what needs checking.
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Before you build: Read the officer context and worked example in Examples & Technical Guidance. They explain the problem and show possible approaches. Implementation examples are optional; the three success criteria below remain the basis for judging.
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Choose your own municipality or region inside the Province of Antwerp. You are free to choose your own data sources and tools. The starter materials are optional examples, and RAG is one possible approach.
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Business-register records do not always show which shops, services and other businesses are operating on the ground. Local economy officers spend time comparing records with websites, maps and street observations. They need a useful overview with evidence they can check.
This challenge draws on interviews with 10 local economy officers about their everyday work. Local economy officers will be available as mentors and are also represented on the jury. Bring them focused questions about identifying active businesses, checking evidence and finding the right contact to validate your assumptions and improve your prototype.
Build a tool for officers that brings business information and public evidence together. Show what is known, what may have changed and what remains uncertain. Distinguish and connect local establishments, their enterprise record and registered seat, which may be elsewhere. Let the officer inspect the evidence, correct records and approve proposed changes before publication.
Finding the right business contact is another useful feature: show available contact details, whether they belong to the local establishment or central office, and their source. Contact information may be based outside the municipality. No specific contact fields are mandatory; make missing or uncertain details visible.
The jury judges this challenge on the three success criteria above.
“Which businesses are active in this street, and what do we base that on?”
You could start with a street in the optional Schoten sample, compare a few records with a public source and show a proposed correction for officer review. You can use another place inside the Province of Antwerp and choose the dataset and officer question that fit your project.
Start with one complete workflow. The guidance page contains officer context, an example output, source notes and a walkthrough for the first 35 minutes. Read the parts that help your team.