CodeWeek
EU Codeweek[1] (also stylized as CodeWeek) is an initiative started in 2013 by the European Union to increase basic programming knowledge among children and young people.[2]
History
[edit]Codeweek was launched in 2013 by Neelie Kroes – at the time Vice President of the European Commission – as part of a broader European digital agenda. With the increase in the number of devices running software, there is a growing need for programmers, and the organization wants to introduce children to computer language at a young age through this initiative.[3]
Codeweek is a week during which free events are organized in schools, libraries, and other locations across Europe to teach more children and young people the basics of programming. In 2022, eighty European countries participated.[4]
Participating countries
[edit]By 2024, [5]45 countries are taking part in Code Week, featuring an annual competition that ranks countries by the ratio of activities to their population size. These are the participating countries.
- Albania
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Türkiye (Turkey)
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
References
[edit]- ^ "The European Commission launches 'EU Code Week'". www.ics.ie. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "From Humble Beginnings to Europe's Biggest Coding Initiative: The History of Code Week". Code Week. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ Moreno-León, J.; Robles, Gregorio (2015-03-01). "The Europe Code Week (CodeEU) initiative shaping the skills of future engineers". 2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). pp. 561–566. doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096025. ISBN 978-1-4799-1908-6. S2CID 37609024.
- ^ "Anniversary edition of EU Code Week marks 10 years of bringing coding to classrooms across Europe and beyond | Shaping Europe's digital future". digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu. 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "EU Code Week". codeweek.eu. Retrieved 2024-03-23.