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EU Code Week

EU Code Week aims to mainstream coding, computational thinking, and digital literacy in educational settings and boost new ideas by bringing motivated people together.

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In this year's EU Code Week, taking place between 7 and 22 October 2023, thousands of coding events and activities will bring together kids, young people, and adults from around Europe and beyond. 

How can I join in?

  • Check out activities near you or online on the EU Code Week map.
  • Organise your own activity and add it to the EU Code Week map.
  • Teachers can hold coding lessons in their schools, organise workshops for colleagues, and invite parents and students to teach each other coding. Free trainings, learning materials and lesson plans are made available on the EU Code Week website to support them. They can also find inspiration by joining the dedicated Facebook group for teachers. 
  • Schools can take part in the CodeWeek4AllChallenge. The challenge is to get as many students involved as possible during Europe Code Week.
  • Parents can encourage their kids to participate in a coding workshop and encourage schools to be active.
  • Businesses and non-profit organisations can host coding workshops, lend their staff as coaches in "back-to-school" activities, organise fun coding challenges for students or offer sponsorship for coding events.
  • Share your experience on the EU Code Week website and inspire others.

EU Code Week background

EU Code Week is a grassroots movement that aims to bring coding and digital literacy to everyone in a fun and engaging way. 
While there are two weeks set aside that are specifically designated as Code Week, it is important to remember that Code Week is a year-round initiative, with plenty of activities throughout the year.
The initiative is run by an international network of volunteers represented by Code Week ambassadors, teachers and representatives from ministries or other education authorities from all participating countries, who devote their time, energy, and expertise to bring coding and digital skills to as many children, young people, and professionals as possible.

The European Commission supports EU Code Week and other independent initiatives which aim to boost digital skills, including programming, for different target groups. 

EU Code Week has attracted the support of coding and education movements like CoderDojo and Code.org, European Schoolnet and others. It is also supported by major tech and IT companies who are all helping bring coding to millions of children by offering coding taster sessions, developing learning modules and helping to train teachers.

Access the full list of Code Week partners

2022 Edition

The 10th edition in 2022 attracted 78 thousand activities and 3.4 million participants in 80 countries. In total, 10 countries registered more than 1,000 activities during the 2022 Code Week with Italy, Turkey and Poland topping the list. However, looking at the size of the population in the participating countries you see a trend that small countries are also doing equally well. The average age of the participants is 11 years old with 49 % women or girls. The activities give kids and young people a head-start in job markets in an increasingly digitised world.

In 2022, teachers had also a chance to catch up with the kids in an EU Code Week Bootcamp in the form of Massive Open Online Course that took place 10-16 November 2022 with a total of 1,677 registered for the classes. More detailed statistics for 2022 is available on the EU Code Week website.

 

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