Small Grants for Grassroots Coding Projects as part of EU Code Week

Context

The Code4Europe Consortium is launching a call to foster grassroots activities and widen the support offered by EU Code Week at the local level. Through a decentralised model, funding is distributed via National and Regional Hubs, with one international grant available for countries without an official hub.

Areas

The Grants for Grassroots programme supports innovative and scalable coding projects across Europe that align with EU Code Week’s mission through the following activities:

Acting as a hub to provide targeted support for educators at the local level;
Enabling the development of innovative and scalable ideas to support local ecosystems;
Supporting local large-scale initiatives that integrate coding into education and promote participation;
Encouraging local community engagement and fostering collaboration among stakeholders;
Acting as central touchpoints for the promotion and dissemination of information about EU Code Week, ensuring that all Ambassadors, Educators, Volunteers and Edu Coordinators from Ministries are fully supported and well-coordinated;
Supporting fundraising efforts in the local ecosystem for the sustainability of the hub.

Minimum requirements

Each proposal must include a commitment to deliver at least the following minimum activities during the implementation period:

A minimum of 10 community events and capacity-building workshops promoting coding and digital skills for local Code Week community and network. These can be offered online, face-to-face, or hybrid.
1 local hackathon (organized collectively across hubs) and a local large-scale flagship event engaging multiple stakeholders (schools, NGOs, coding clubs, public institutions).
A dedicated outreach and communication plan to increase participation and awareness of EU Code Week locally. The plan needs to be flexible enough for EU level campaigns and initiatives of Code Week.
Support provided to the existing local community of educators, including information, training, or mentoring activities. If such a community does not exist or is limited in size, applicants must establish and support a local community of at least 10 members, including ambassadors, leading teachers, and education coordinators.
A final report documenting activities, outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations for scaling.

Eligible entities

Schools and Educational Institutions;
Libraries and similar institutional entities;
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs);
Private organisations and coding clubs;
Associations specialised in coding and computational thinking.

Funding

Total Budget: up to 30 000 EUR
Amount per project: Proposals can be submitted for activities with budgets in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 euros.

Grant payments will be structured as follows: 50% advance payment upon signature of the grant agreement, and 50% upon submission and final approval of the report.