Pledges

ESRI is pledging to establish a “GIS School Program” offering free access to and use of the ArcGIS Online platform -a Cloud-based package, which allows the visualisation and analysis of geospatial data- to 300 primary and secondary schools and vocational institutions in 10 EU Member States by the end of 2017.

European Digital Learning Network pledges to carry out a pan-European survey to gather qualitative data about current trends and future developments in education related to digital skills. The pledge will take place between May and October, when results will be published in a final report. The survey will tackle all educational sectors: School education, Vocational Education, Higher Education and Adult education with a lifelong learning approach.

European Schoolnet will train 15 000 teachers in innovative teaching and pedagogical use of technology between 2016 and 2020 through European Schoolnet Academy.

FacilityLive is pledging to make its initiative Coding4Kids, a private coding session for 4th grade students, an all year round initiative. FacilityLive will organize a Coding4Kids event every month in order to give all 4th grade students of the city of Pavia (500 kids) the possibility to learn how to code.

Fondazione per la Scuola (FpS) is pledging to run its newest and largest project, ‘Riconessioni’, based around the development of infrastructure and services in the Piedmont region to build the first and largest urban school connectivity system in Italy.

Giffoni Innovation Hub is pledging to offer digital skills practical training to 600 Italian and Swedish students aged 18-28 by the end of 2020 to increase their employability. The Hub will also organise 4 educational workshops per year addressed to 40 teachers and 600 students of primary and secondary schools.

HPE and Codedojo are collectively committed to deliver 10 CoderDojos events and 2000 training hours in Italy in 2017, engaging 500 kids.

HPE is pledging to provide 40,000 training hours, reaching 2,000 Italian students, during the academic year 2016-2017. This through the FabLab@HPE project, dedicated to the secondary level high schools with the aim of developing high-quality digital and soft skills to manage a FabLab inside the schools.

Safe2Web provides schools with awareness training to help young people stay safe online, including learning about the issues associated with online bullying, sexting and grooming.

K2 Partnering Solutions, through K2 University, is pledging to help close the digital skills gap in Europe by training 800 IT professionals, 1,000 students and 400 Workforce Professionals in the key technology growth areas of SAP and Salesforce, to become SAP consultants and Salesforce professionals.