We are in the second week of the EU Code Week, which lasts until October 27, but the invitation to school principals, teachers, students and their parents to connect and participate in the digital future is open throughout the year. Don’t miss the opportunity to join the online Code Week community, share your creative ideas and activities on the Code Week activity map, and learn how to make digital skills accessible and useful to as many people as possible.
For those who don’t know, what exactly is EU Code Week? It is a social initiative that, with the support of the European Commission, brings together schools, teachers, competent institutions and associations with the aim of bringing programming closer not only to IT experts, but to everyone interested, regardless of age, gender and level of education. It is important in the field of digital education of young people, especially in the context of experts’ predictions that by 2030 the European labor market will reach the need for 20 million ICT specialists. This is precisely why digital educational initiatives like this one are indispensable in creating a better perspective for STEM education and subsequent employment for 25 million young people across Europe, with an emphasis on girls and young women.
In order to further develop, upgrade and make the activities related to Code Week available to the widest possible public, the Code4Europe project was launched, bringing together 44 partners across Europe. Activities for Croatia and Slovenia are carried out by Profil Klett, whose task is to coordinate the regional Hub for all project activities in Croatia and neighboring Slovenia. The goal of the Hubs formed in this way (12 national and 8 regional) is to proactively support all participants in the project process – project ambassadors, educational coordinators from the competent institutions of each of the participating countries (in Croatia, this role is performed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth), leading teachers who coordinate and implement Code Week activities in schools throughout the year,… Profil Klett also participated in the kick-off meeting at the beginning of September, which brought together 45 representatives of the consortium in Brussels and from which a message was sent about the strength of the Code Week community, which is based on diversity countries, professions and roles involved. The next significant step in the project was marked on October 11 with a big launch event that marked the beginning of this year’s EU Code Week and invited the target audience to participate in numerous Code Week activities.
Digital literacy has been the IT thing for young generations across Europe in recent years, and Code Week is the best ticket to the world of programming. Use it!
