6 initiatives supported in the first round of EU Code Week grants

• July 10, 2025
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In April, within the framework of the Code4Europe project, the Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association (LIKTA) announced the application for the EU Code Week support grant programme. Organisations from all over Latvia were invited to apply for support grants to implement digital skills, programming and algorithmic thinking development initiatives throughout Latvia.

Main objectives of the support programme:

• Promote the development and implementation of innovative and sustainable coding and digital skills activities.
• Support initiatives that integrate coding into educational processes and encourage engagement.
• Promote community participation and cooperation between different organisations.
• Accept projects that reduce gender gaps and promote diversity in STEAM education.

The Commission for the Evaluation of Grant Applications has decided to support 6 inspiring local digital skills projects:

• The project “Digital literacy in pre-school age” of Alūksne pre-school educational institution “Sprīdītis” with the aim to interest, inform and educate the participants about the possibilities how robots can be used in the learning process (or outside it) in order to strengthen or improve the basics of programming in pre-school age. #digital literacy #pre-school programming
• The “Datorium” project “Pygirls – a coding course for girls from 14-19 years” with the aim of implementing a four-month online Python coding course to stimulate girls’ interest in the field of technology. #pygirls #computerium #python #girlscancode #womeninstem
• The Information Technology Distance Learning Secondary School project ‘Summer School of Artificial Intelligence for young people aged 15-17’ with the aim of implementing an online summer school to raise young people’s awareness of the use of meaningful and responsible artificial intelligence tools. #AI #MI #digital skills #technologies
• Liepāja Education Board Science and Education Innovation Centre project “LEGO robotics/programming for teachers who will train children” with the aim to purchase modern tablets to be used together with LEGO robotics kits, implementing a teacher training cycle that will allow these knowledge and skills to reach children further. #legorobotics #programming #digital skills
• The project “Mobile, digital STEM laboratory” of Nica pre-school educational institution “Spārīte” to implement mobile digital STEM classes for pre-school and primary school students, as well as to present various digital tools. #digital skills #southernland #Sparite
• The ‘CodeStars’ project of Riga State Classical Gymnasium, with the aim of stimulating students’ interest in coding, developing algorithmic thinking and creative skills through the Scratch programming environment. #digital skills #participation and cooperation in #STEAM education

All organisations will receive support of up to 1,500 euros (including taxes). Preparation of the aid grant agreement and coordination with organisations has started.

Thank you to all the candidates for their interest and cooperation!

Find out more about the EU Code Week initiative and the Code4Europe project.

Project activities are funded by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA), Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) project No 101158834 – Code4Europe.

#EUCodeWeek #Code4Europe