BEBRAS joining Code Week as a Supporter and ECWT
16/09/26
Initiative for linking the three Coding-Computational Thinking-Digital Skills ecosystems
August 27th,2026 will go down as a key milestone for Code Week’s long term impact.
On this day the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) invited to a webinar and brought together: key representatives of the Code Week Leadership (Vice-President Diana Filip, JA Europe; Eduardo Balekijan, Project Manager and Günalp Turan, Network Engagement Manager Code Week); representatives of the BEBRAS Community (Prof. Valentina Dagienė, Vilnius University, Founder and past-President of the Bebras International Association; Dr Sébastien Combéfis, Director at the Ministry of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB), Emeritus Fellow Professor Andrew Csizmadia, Raspberry Pi Foundation & BEBRAS UK Challenge Manager, Prof. Zsuzsa Pluhar, ELTE University, Member of the BEBRAS Board); and Dimitris Raftopoulos, ECWT Knowledge Broker and Eva Fabry, Director ECWT.
Three key decisions were announced during the call:
- Past-President Prof. Valentina Dagienė informed the participants that the General Assembly of BEBRAS has elected Dr Sébastien Combéfis, Director at the Ministry of Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) as the new President of the BEBRAS International Association as of August 24th, 2026.
- Sébastien Combéfis formally confirmed that the BEBRAS General Assembly has approved BEBRAS joining Code Week as a Supporter.
- Eva Fabry, the Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology, acting since 2025 as a Provisional Member of the International Bebras Community (IBC), and BEBRAS Norway representative informed that the ECWT’s initiative for linking the three ecosystems for Coding – Computational Thinking – Digital Skills has received support.
Emeritus Fellow Professor Andrew Csizmadia, Raspberry Pi Foundation & BEBRAS UK Challenge Manager presented “From digital competence to responsible digital agency – A connected entitlement for compulsory European education”.
The presentation is the first in a series of dialogues inviting the stakeholders of the three key ecosystems to a broad Community dialogue on what are the implications of BEBRAS & EU Code Week acting as Complementary Gateways.
Widening of the dialogue with the Digital Skills Community is planned for September.
Stay tuned for the official launch of the initiative, in connection with Code Week 2026, on October 12th, 2026, in Brussels.
