The overall objective is to encourage the acquisition of digital skills and to sensitize young people about the relationship between programming skills and opportunities offered by the labor market.
Ten partners from 9 EU countries participate in this initiative, promoted by Telecentre-Europe and supported by Microsoft. In the first phase, 30 promoters throughout Europe will receive teacher training through webinars. Thanks to this learning methodologies and procedures will learn to form their time- -a participants of its points. In a second phase, it is expected that at least 300 young Europeans, most of them from disadvantaged groups the opportunity to attend classes organized in telecentres.
The programming (coding) helps young people develop transferable skills such as analytical thinking, problem solving skills, teamwork and creativity. In this line, and as a measure to alleviate youth unemployment, has designed the Code-Week (10 to 18 October).
Participating in this campaign, in addition Telecentre-Europe:
- Cyprus Computer: Society http://www.ccs.org.cy/
- Digipolis Ghent: http://www.digipolis.be/
- Fondazione Mondo Digitale: http://www.mondodigitale.org/
- TEB and Recreation Foundation: http://www.fundesplai.org/ ; http://elteb.org/
- Frsi: http://www.frsi.org.pl/
- MAKS vzw: http://www.maksvzw.be/
- NCBI: http://www.saferinternet.cz/
- Program Escolhas: http://www.programaescolhas.pt/
- Simbioza Genesis: http://www.simbioza.eu/sl/2013/
- Telecentre: http://www.telecentar.com/
More information on the Telecentre-Europe website .