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EdFab

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In an era of radical digital transformation, EdFab’s main goal was to empower the learning citizens by giving them access to the most relevant information, innovative tools, latest platforms and training for the skills and jobs of the future. EdFab organizes innovation workshops

54,100 people
People reached
15,000 people
People targeted
100 pupils, aged 13-14
High-school pupils per annual workshop cohort (per year)
60+
EdFab Meetups speakers (over 2 years, across 12 meetups)
15
Business sectors represented
EdFab

Details

Maturity
Discontinued
Promoter
Cap Digital — website
Type
Service
Status
Ended
Target groups
Unemployed and those facing social problems, Marginalised young people and children
People reached
54100
People targeted
15000
Period
2016-01-01 – 2019-09-29
Region (NUTS)
FR10
Keywords
STEM, digital skills, coding, gender gap, young people

Context

Created in 2006, Cap Digital is Europe's largest digital-innovation cluster (EU Commission-certified 'Cluster of Excellence' since 2014), based in the Seine-Saint-Denis department near Paris.

Objectives

Give learning citizens of all ages access to information, tools, platforms and training for the digital skills and jobs of the future, and specifically bridge the gender gap in digital skills.

Activities

Ran annual innovation workshops for 100 high-school pupils (aged 13-14) per year in partnership with the Seine-Saint-Denis Department, covering emerging digital jobs (VR, digital manufacturing, robotics); ran Wifilles, free after-school coding/STEM programmes for girls; and ran 'EdFab Meetups #Jobs of the future', monthly meetups pairing job-seekers/workers with professionals from emerging digital roles.

Results

Over two years, EdFab Meetups hosted more than 60 speakers across 12 meetups spanning 15 business sectors (e.g. Fablab manager, drone pilot, streamer, cyber athlete, BIM manager, growth hacker, data journalist, computational linguist); the programme reached 54,100 people overall against an initial target of 15,000.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Cap Digital (Europe's largest digital-innovation cluster) in partnership with the Seine-Saint-Denis Department and partner schools

Conditions for success

  • Partnership with a regional education authority (Seine-Saint-Denis Department) to reach school pupils directly
  • Dedicated girls-only coding/STEM track (Wifilles) to address the gender gap explicitly
  • Regular cadence of professional meetups to keep content current with emerging job roles

Commonly funded by

Own resources / municipal budget

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