In order to prepare children and young people for the digital world of tomorrow, TechSoup Europe, TechTrust and SAP are funding digital and coding events of all kinds during the EU Code Week from October 6 to 21, 2018.
From IT workshops to robot courses, to events with trendsetting subjects like Artificial Intelligence or Work 4.0, non-profit organisations can receive up to 500 € for support of their EU Code Week event.
Are you a charitable organisation that would like to organise a digital/coding event for young people between ages 8 and 24? Whether it’s a workshop, hackathon or another format – there are no limits on how to structure your event.
Do you already have an idea? Then you’re ready to get going and register your organisation!
Meet and Code Awards
Meet and Code will be awarding top exemplary events and highlighting their activities to a wider audience. The awards will be given out for three categories:
- Kick and Code (annual theme)Meet and Code events that either seek to solve a football related problem with IT or use football as a topic to bring coding to kids. We are looking for events that connect these two topics in a creative and purposeful way in order to reach the target group and bring them closer to the world of coding and IT.
- InnovationMeet and Code events that either develop and promote creative teaching methods and/or explore current IT/digital topics. We are looking for events that are innovative in their ways of reaching the target group and connecting it with IT related topics, as well as events that pick up trendsetting, future-shaping and disruptive technologies like IoT, Blockchain, AI, 3D printing, etc.
- DiversityMeet and Code events that use IT or other digital topics to address and reduce inequalities present in their community or general society. We are looking for events that increase equal opportunities, promote tolerance and dismantle inequalities based on gender, race, religion, disabilities, social and economic status etc.
In each category, five events will be honoured and two representatives of each organisation will be invited to a two-day closing event at the SAP headquarters in Walldorf. In addition, the first place winner of each category will receive a prize of 2.500 euros.
How You Can Participate
Any charitable organisation that carries out a funded event through Meet and Code is eligible to participate in the Meet and Code Awards. You must decide for yourself to which category you want your event to be considered for the Meet and Code Award. To do so, please select the appropriate award category when creating an event. Events that do not fit the award categories are still eligible for general event funding.
More information on the Meet and Code website.
