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Escuela de Programación Maharah

Financiada por la UE y respaldada por el PNUD, la academia de programación Maharah impartió 148 horas de formación en desarrollo full-stack y de aplicaciones móviles a jóvenes libios en Trípoli, Bengasi y Sebha; 142 alumnos completaron el programa antes de una feria de empleo en marzo de 2024.

148 hours

Horas de formación impartidas

142

Graduados

Ciudades cubiertas

Details

Maturity: Scaling
Promoter: UNDP Libya / Libyan Spider
Period: December 2023-present
Keywords: coding education, youth employment, gender inclusion, tech training

Context

Maharah ('competencia') Coding School es una iniciativa libia de educación en programación, implementada por el proveedor de formación privado Libyan Spider, financiada por la UE y apoyada por el PNUD; su Coding Academy inaugural se desarrolló entre diciembre de 2023 y marzo de 2024 en Tripoli, Benghazi y Sebha, ofreciendo itinerarios paralelos de desarrollo web full-stack y desarrollo de aplicaciones móviles para jóvenes de 18 a 30 años.

Results

La academia impartió 148 horas de formación y formó a 142 graduados en las tres ciudades, que recibieron certificados y asistieron a una feria de empleo; la iniciativa continuó posteriormente con la Urban Tech Initiative y el programa Blitz Build.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-15
UNDP Libya / Libyan Spider — accessed 2026-07-15
Maharah Coding School - official site — accessed 2026-07-15
UNDP Libya: Debugging Libya's Future through Boasting Young Tech Talent — accessed 2026-07-15
UNDP Libya: Empowering Young Women Through Coding — accessed 2026-07-15

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Quality score: 72/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 31% in this catalogue (573 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level3/5

Delivers a structured full-stack/mobile-development curriculum simultaneously across three cities spanning Libya's west-east-south divide, deliberately reaching beyond the capital in a fragile-state context, though the bootcamp format itself is standard.

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

The pilot Coding Academy was followed by two further funded activities (Urban Tech Initiative, Blitz Build), showing the programme continued beyond a single cohort rather than ending after one run.

Evaluation evidence0/1

Participant and hour counts (142 graduates, 148 hours) are self-published by the programme and its funders; no independent third-party evaluation was located.

Demonstrated reach1/1

142 named graduates across three cities is a concrete, demonstrated headcount rather than a projection.

Documented learning1/1

UNDP's published case studies document specific outcomes, including named graduates' post-programme projects and a contest-winning team, going beyond aggregate statistics.

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Evidoria. Escuela de Programación Maharah. Persistent ID: 131b6397-adbc-4766-9b6d-02bcf259d02c.

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