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Summary
The EU Code Week Grants for Grassroots programme is a new initiative designed to foster digital innovation and coding education throughout Europe. The Code4Europe Consortium is setting up a grant scheme in order to foster grassroots activities and widen the support offered by EU Code Week in local ecosystems. JA Europe is currently inviting applications for grants to fund both the creation of new support hubs in selected countries and impactful local flagship activities in digital education, coding, and computational thinking.
Detailed Call Description
The purpose of this call is to identify and support new support hubs which can foster impactful grassroots coding projects aligned with EU Code Week’s mission to promote coding, computational thinking, and digital skills across Europe. Key objectives:
- Acting as a hub to provide targeted support for educators at the local level;
- Enabling the development of innovative and scalable ideas to support local ecosystems;
- Supporting local large-scale initiatives that integrate coding into education and promote participation;
- Encouraging local community engagement and fostering collaboration among stakeholders;
- Acting as central touchpoints for the promotion and dissemination of information about EU Code Week, ensuring that all Ambassadors, Educators, Volunteers and Edu Coordinators from Ministries are fully supported and well-coordinated;
- Supporting fundraising efforts in the local ecosystem for the sustainability of the hub.
Each proposal must include a commitment to deliver at least the following minimum activities during the implementation period:
- A minimum of 10 community events and capacity-building workshops promoting coding and digital skills for local Code Week community and network. These can be offered online, face-to-face, or hybrid.
- 1 local hackathon (organized collectively across hubs) and a local large-scale flagship event engaging multiple stakeholders (schools, NGOs, coding clubs, public institutions).
- A dedicated outreach and communication plan to increase participation and awareness of EU Code Week locally. The plan needs to be flexible enough for EU level campaigns and initiatives of Code Week.
- Support provided to the existing local community of educators, including information, training, or mentoring activities. If such a community does not exist or is limited in size, applicants must establish and support a local community of at least 10 members, including ambassadors, leading teachers, and education coordinators.
- A final report documenting activities, outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations for scaling.
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Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
A financial envelope of €30.000 in total will be awarded to successful applicants, based on the quality and impact of their proposals.
Proposals can be submitted for activities with budgets in the range of €5.000 to €10.000.
Proposals will be assessed based on criteria such as clarity, feasibility, educational impact, and alignment with EU Code Week’s and the grant initiative’s objectives.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The call is open to a selected group of countries where EU Code Week does not currently have a dedicated national hub. It is also open to countries where EU Code Week is represented by a regional hub located outside of the country. These countries are: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Kosovo, Moldova and Montenegro.
Eligible applicants may include:
- Schools and Educational Institutions;
- Libraries and similar institutional entities;
- Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs);
- Private organisations and coding clubs;
- Associations specialised in coding and computational thinking.
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For inquiries, please contact: gunalp@jaeurope.org