TELECENTRE EUROPE | ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Campaigns:
Code Your Future
Code your Future is a new campaign organized in telecentres to
introduce coding to young people and children, especially those
from disadvantaged communities.
The aim of the campaign is to change the mind-set of
how young people perceive digital skills, and to raise
their awareness on the importance of coding and the
relationship with the labour market.
campaign will be intensively promoted in the context
of two other European Commission major initiatives:
Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs and eSkills for Jobs.
Started in 2015, the campaign will continue in 2016,
involving at least 10 partners that will engage in
Telecentre Europe’s first coding campaign supported
by Microsoft. The campaign will consist of two main
parts:
❶ TRAIN THE TRAINERS
At least 30 telecentre eFacilitators will be selected
to attend a series of webinars in which they will
be introduced to procedures and methods to
teach coding to young people, especially those
coming from disadvantaged groups. Also they will
be presented with the various resources/curricula
available and how these can be adapted and used in
a telecentre context.
❷ CODE YOUR FUTURE CLASSES
At least 300 young Europeans, most of them
coming from disadvantaged groups, will have the
opportunity to attend coding classes organized in
telecentres and coding clubs. The basic coding skills
gained by the young people will help them develop
transversal skills such as analytical thinking, problem
solving, team working, and creativity.
Promoting coding skills in Europe is part of