Meet and Code: Meet and Code 2025 micro grants

Overview

The EU Code Week initiative was launched in 2013 by the Young Advisors, an advisory group of former EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, and is supported by the European Commission.

Non-profit organisations are invited to submit their ideas for workshops, talks, hackathons, coding challenges, and more!

Eligibility project checklist:

• Focus on digital skills or technology
• The event must take place between 1st July and 31st October 2025.
• The target audience are children and youth between 8 and 24 years old.
• Participation in the event must be free of charge.
• The event must be designed to last a minimum duration of 240 minutes. This timeframe can be achieved in one continuous session or divided into multiple sessions. However, if the event is split into several sessions, the same group of participants must attend all of them — different groups for each session are not allowed. In other words, each participant must be engaged in a total of 240 minutes of learning. 
• Each event must cater to a minimum of 20 children and youth. The events should ideally be focused on and include children and youth with underserved and underrepresented (UU) backgrounds*.

They strongly encourage events designed for young people who face barriers to digital education such as those with migrant backgrounds, disabilities, from rural or low-income areas, or without access to personal devices.

Who can participate?

Anyone passionate about coding and digital education is welcome! Whether you're a school, IT expert, non-profit organisation or a local coding club — if you want to inspire kids and teens aged 8 to 24, this is your chance. 

The official event organiser must be a registered charity to qualify for funding.

• You will need is your exemption notice and/or proof of your charitable status, as well as the IBAN and BIC of your organization, for funding to be provided.

Not sure what kind of digital skills event to run?

From coding bootcamps and app development to hackathons and game jams — anything goes. Their mission is to deliver #DigitalSkills4All, so they especially encourage events aimed at youth from underserved or underrepresented communities. You can go hybrid, in-person, or online-only — choose the format that helps you reach your audience best.

Where can events happen?

Meet and Code is happening in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the UK.