EU Code Week thrives thanks to a vast, international community of volunteers. In this page you can meet the members that are active in your country.
EU Code Week’s backbone is the Ambassadors, the Leading teachers and representatives of ministries of education in the EU and Western Balkans countries – the Edu coordinators.
Find out more about your local community by selecting your country:
Ambassadors
EU Code Week Ambassadors are the main point of contact for Code Week in each country and help spread the vision of Code Week locally. The Ambassadors connect people, companies and communities interested in supporting EU Code Week. They encourage organisers to register coding activities on the Code Week map, and promote the overall participation in EU Code Week. Ambassadors also review and approve activities in their country. Ambassadors also work with their peers in other countries and meet regularly to discuss how to further develop the initiative.
Deborah Elalouf
A pioneer in digital pedagogy, Deborah is the CEO of TRALALERE, a leading French producer of digital programs for education. Under the aegis of the European Commission, TRALALERE is the coordinator of “Safer Internet France” and the operator of “Internet sans Crainte” (French national awareness program to help youth master their digital life). As such, it federates national stakeholders in media education to conceive tools and campaigns. TRALALERE is the producer of code-decode, a suite of resources (apps, videos, digital lessons) that enables kids to discover coding and digital citizenship.
Laurent Touché
Teacher trainer and passionate about educational robotics. I participated in the organization of robotics challenge for nursery schools in high school. Co-Editor of a guide for organizing classroom challenges on coding and programming. Member of the academic working group on robotics of the Academy of Versailles. I am convinced that the teaching of coding and programming is essential to the training of the citizen of tomorrow. This is why coding and programming should be offered to all students regardless of their age, gender or disability. Former ERASMUS student, I wish to discover the enthusiasm, the richness of European exchanges.
Thomas Bourguet
Founder of Citizen Code Programm in France
Leading teachers
Leading teachers is an active community of more than 450 educators from across Europe. They help connect schools, teachers and students interested in participating to Code Week and encourage them to organise activities and register them on the Code Week map. The Leading teachers hold professional development webinars in their language and are a reference point for other teachers in the country but also in Europe. They also promote the initiative locally.
If you are a teacher, you can find Leading teachers near you to connect with on the map.
Edu coordinators
EU Code Week Edu coordinators are correspondents in Ministries of Education or other educational authorities and organisations participating in EU Code Week. Edu coordinators strengthen the foundations of the initiative by supporting teachers and schools nation-wide. This includes communication with schools who already participate in EU Code Week to learn about their best practices and share experience. Edu coordinators also support schools that want to participate in the initiative, by providing available resources, learning material and opportunities within the community.
Volunteer for EU Code Week
You do not need to take on an official role in the EU Code Week community to be part of the movement. Everyone can organise activities to teach and inspire people to code, do robotics, tinker with hardware, 3D-print etc. and pin their activity on the map However, if you want to volunteer your time to promote coding and believe in the vision and values of EU Code Week, you could potentially become a leading teacher or an ambassador. .
If you are an educator passionate about teaching and learning how to code as much as we are, you can find out more about the role and benefits of Leading teachers here. Then you can apply to become a Leading Teacher by filling this online application form. Please note that the number of Leading Teachers per country is fixed which means that applications are open only for some specific countries at a time.
If you want to promote coding in your country, check out the responsibilities of Ambassadors and take a quick look at the list of EU Code Week Ambassadors. If there are Ambassadors in your country, please get in touch directly with them and see how you can best support the initiative. If there is no one in your country, you can reach out at info@codeweek.eu.
