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GO_PRO! - Regional Programming Centers
Poland · Krakow · National · See the Poland profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 98% 32/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
GO_PRO! was an educational and modernisation project whose main goal was to create modern spaces for the development of key competences and to encourage primary and secondary school students to learn programming. Project organisers wanted to build an information society throughou
20 libraries
Public libraries equipped as coding centres
40 staff
Library staff trained to deliver programming sessions
Details
- Promoter
- Meritum — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Marginalised young people and children
- Period
- 2016-12-31 – 2018-12-30
- Region (NUTS)
PL21- Keywords
- youth, digital skills, programming, disadvantaged
Context
GO_PRO! was an educational and modernisation project in Poland that set out to build an information society by creating modern spaces for developing key competences and encouraging primary and secondary school students to learn programming. It connected with existing organisations such as libraries, schools and NGOs, targeting disadvantaged children with limited access to high-quality ICT teaching and resources.
Objectives
To create modern programming-education spaces in public libraries threatened with digital exclusion, and to give disadvantaged children access to programming, robotics and IT skills through 'Coder Club' activities.
Activities
The project was established in 20 public libraries across different regions of Poland. Two employees per library (40 staff members in total) were trained to run programming classes for children. Libraries were equipped with multimedia equipment. Partner libraries organised IT lessons and ran weekly 'Coder Club' challenges in which participants learned algorithms and built robots using Lego Mindstorms, sometimes competing in small groups to develop the best solution.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k)
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years)
- Staffing & skills
- Two trained staff members per participating library (40 in total across 20 libraries) delivering programming/coding sessions, Central coordination by lead organisation Meritum
Conditions for success
- Partnerships with existing libraries, schools and NGOs to host sessions
- Multimedia and robotics equipment (e.g. Lego Mindstorms) available on-site
- Weekly structured 'Coder Club' challenges to sustain participant engagement
Where it fits
- Governance type
- public library network
- Scale
- national
Commonly funded by
ERDF — European Regional Development Fund
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Information source — accessed 2026-06-14
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