Mark your calendar. Meet and Code 2026 is officially here — and we're starting this edition with a change we're genuinely excited about.
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14.05.2026
This year, we've shifted the timeline.
Not a small tweak — a meaningful one. Because over the years, we've heard it from organizations across Europe: the window to apply felt too tight. There were ideas that never made it into an application simply because the timing didn't work. There were teams that rushed through the process when they deserved the space to do it well.
So this year, we listened. And we moved things.
Here's how Meet and Code 2026 works:
Applications open on 20 May 2026 and stay open until 15 July 2026. That gives you nearly two full months to think through your event, put your idea into words, and submit without feeling like you're racing a clock.
If your application is approved, you receive up to €500 in funding to run a free digital skills workshop for children and young people in your community. No ticket fees, no barriers — just learning, doing, and creating.
Your event can take place anytime between 16 August and 31 October 2026, with a special focus on EU Code Week in October. Whether you want to run something in the early autumn or right in the heart of Code Week, the choice is yours.
What kind of event qualifies? Anything that brings young people closer to technology — coding workshops, robotics sessions, AI experiments, creative tech projects, digital storytelling. If it sparks curiosity and opens doors, it counts.
No experience required. Really.
You don't need to be a tech organization. You don't need to have done this before. What you need is a community you care about and an idea — even a rough one — of how you might bring a little bit of digital education into their lives.
The application process is straightforward. We'll guide you through it, and our team is here to help if you get stuck.
Over the past 10 years, Meet and Code has funded 8,811 events across Europe. In schools, community centers, libraries, youth clubs, and living rooms turned into makeshift workshops. Every single one of those events started the same way: with someone deciding it was worth a try.
Maybe that someone is you.
