Code Week Hungary 2025–2026
- Organisation: Hungarian Interchurch Aid for Education Foundation
- Type of organisation: Non-profit
- Grant amount: €9,992
EU Code Week Grants for Grassroots: Meet the 2025 Winners
09/10/25
EU Code Week Grants for Grassroots: Meet the 2025 Winners
We are pleased to announce the awardees of the EU Code Week International Grants for Grassroots Coding Projects. Following a competitive process and rigorous eligibility and quality checks, three organisations will implement high-impact, community-driven initiatives to grow coding, computational thinking, and digital skills in their local ecosystems between 1 October 2025 and 30 June 2026 with specific attention to the involvement of girls and fostering STEM education.
We received 34 applications from 10 countries—Serbia (13), North Macedonia (5), Portugal (4), Netherlands (2), Lithuania (2), Hungary (2), Kosovo (2), Slovenia (2), Austria (1), and Estonia (1). The breadth and quality of ideas made this a highly competitive call. Our sincere thanks to every organisation that applied for your time, creativity, and passion for empowering learners with digital skills. Your commitment to inclusion, educator support, and community-building embodies the spirit of EU Code Week and made the selection both inspiring and challenging.
34 applications
from 10 countries
from 10 countries
3 awardees
local hubs for inclusion
local hubs for inclusion
Oct 2025 – Jun 2026
implementation window
implementation window
Awardees
Code4Lithuania: Digital Skills and Inclusion for All
- Organisation: Association “Langas į ateitį”
- Type of organisation: Non-profit
- Grant amount: €5,100
Code for Future: AI and Digital Skills Hub
- Organisation: Association for education EduSkills
- Type of organisation: Non-profit
- Grant amount: €9,930
What happens next (October 2025 – June 2026)
Between October 2025 and June 2026, each grantee will:
- organise educator workshops and events;
- deliver a local hackathon and a flagship multi-stakeholder event;
- implement an outreach plan to boost Code Week participation;
- support and enlarge the local community (e.g., Ambassadors, Leading Teachers, Edu Coordinators); and
- submit a final report detailing outcomes, lessons learned, and recommendations for scale-up.
We will share their stories and impact throughout the implementation period via Code Week channels.
About the call and the selection
The call (7 July 2025 – 7 September 2025, 23:59 CET) targeted countries without a dedicated national hub, or represented via a regional hub, to seed or strengthen local support structures for EU Code Week. Proposals were invited in the €5,000–€10,000 range.
Applications were first reviewed for completeness and compliance with formal eligibility rules, including documentation, budget coherence, and financial justification. Then, the eligible applications were evaluated by an independent grant selection committee composed of:
- 1 representative from JA Europe
- 1 representative from the Code4Europe Consortium
- 1 representative from the EU Code Week Ambassador Community
Proposals were assessed against the published criteria, including:
- Presentation: clarity, completeness, and coherence
- Design Congruity: alignment of objectives with EU Code Week priorities; feasibility and resource allocation
- Quality: pedagogical and methodological soundness; integration with core competencies; collaboration and replicability
- Impact: expected reach, stakeholder engagement, gender balance (especially fostering girls in STEM), and adaptation to local contexts
The process followed conflict-of-interest safeguards and the principles of transparency, non-discrimination, and sound financial management. The call was issued and managed by JA Europe on behalf of the Code4Europe Consortium.
EU funding acknowledgement and disclaimer
This initiative is funded by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme as a cascading funding scheme to boost young people’s digital skills, with a particular focus on girls. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
