EUCodeWeek Kick-off Meeting in Brussels
EUCodeWeek Kick-off Meeting
In Brussels the 11-12th September 2024
The Code4Europe mega consortium taking responsibility for the #EUCodeWeek 2024-2026 organized after its on-line meeting the 11th of July its first F2F meeting in Brussels the 11-12th of September where ECWT´s Director Eva Fabry participated in the event. The 11th of September was the consortium meeting where partners did a deep-dive into the ambitious action-plan that was rewarded by the European Commission as the winning application of the 40+ public-private partners, academia and NGOs, led by JA Europe.
On the 12th of September
Project partners met with Coding Ambassadors, Educators and business representatives and discussed innovative ways to engage more young coders – girls and boys – to measurably scale #EUCodeWeek during 2024-2026 and beyond. The ultimate goal is to make #EUCodeWeek bigger, better, and more inclusive!
During the Coding Ambassadors meeting the consortium presented also the freshly chosen 1st President of the #CodeWeek from Greece:
Stamatis Papadakis, Assistant Professor at the University of Crete with 23 years of teaching experience as a teacher in informatics.
Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stamatis-papadakis/
ECWT is delighted to be key partner in Code4Europe as coordinator for the Norwegian National Hub & the Nordic Regional Hub and responsible for significantly boosting the number of Girls in Digital in Europe & through innovative actions enhance linking up with the global coding ecosystem.
In the 2nd day´s event the Nordic Hub was represented by
- Finnish Coding Ambassador Marianne Seppälä, primary school teacher from Lappeenranta
- Finnish Coding Ambassador Leenu Juurola, Project Manager at the University of Helsinki in the Innokas Network
- Swedish Coding Ambassador Annie Bergh, a teacher now working at the Unit of Digitalisation in the City of Malmö
During the meeting the Nordic Hub members held constructive discussions with the Polish National Hub representatives:
- Marta Karnkowska, Project Manager WAWMA EDIH, Polish Innovation Foundation & Polish National Hub
- Alex Katana, Intel Poland, Project Manager
- Ania Swic, Polish Coding Ambassador, Director NODN – Coding on the Carpet
