Going All Inclusive
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SOCIAL HACKADEMY #HACKAD
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Several EU policy initiatives underline that social inclusion of young people depends on their access to ICT and on them acquiring the necessary digital and transversal competences to participate in modern society. To address these challenges, the #hackAD “Social Hackademy” proje
120 people
Young people trained
100 hours
Blended training course length
Details
- Maturity
- Pilot
- Promoter
- All Digital — website
- Type
- System
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Marginalised young people and children, Unemployed and those facing social problems
- People reached
- 120
- Period
- 2020-01-15 – 2022-01-14
- Region (NUTS)
BE10- Keywords
- hackathon, digital skills, disadvantaged youth, digital competences
Context
Several EU policy initiatives link the social inclusion of young people to their access to ICT and to acquiring digital and transversal competences. The #hackAD 'Social Hackademy' project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme (Key Action 3, Social Inclusion through Education, Training and Youth), addresses this by adapting the Social Hackathon Umbria (#SHU) methodology already used in Italy to three further countries: Greece, Croatia and France.
Objectives
The project aims to foster digital skills and transversal competences among young people aged 16-29 from disadvantaged backgrounds, through collaborative, co-creation-based educational activities, and to interest them in socially responsible scientific and technological careers.
Activities
Project partners set up Social Hackademy Labs in Italy, Greece, Croatia and France and delivered an in-depth blended training course of 100 hours to a total of 120 young people, covering Native Mobile App Development, Web Design, and Visual and Graphic Design. Each country also organised a Social Hackathon where participants applied their new skills alongside civil society organisations (CSOs) working on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, supported by multi-disciplinary teams working across sectors.
Results
The project trained 120 young people across four countries and produced a Social Hackademy Methodology and course outlines, a Handbook for Trainers, an online platform (all in project languages), and a set of policy recommendations. The practice record notes no independent evaluation of outcomes.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k) — Erasmus+ Key Action 3 co-funded, multi-partner consortium project; no specific budget figure found in the source.
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years) — Two-year project cycle (Jan 2020 - Jan 2022) covering lab set-up, the 100-hour training course, and hackathons in each country.
- Staffing & skills
- All Digital (Belgium) — project coordination, European Grants International Academy (EGInA), Italy, Hellenic Open University (HOU), Greece, Centre for Technical Culture Rijeka (CTC), Croatia, Public Libraries 2030 (PL2030), Belgium, Simplon.co, France
Conditions for success
- Adapting a proven co-creation methodology (Social Hackathon Umbria) rather than building training from scratch
- Blended (online + in-person) delivery combining digital, employability and creative skills
- Partnership with civil society organisations to give the hackathon real social-challenge briefs
- Multi-disciplinary, cross-sector teams to engage disadvantaged youth
Where it fits
- Governance type
- transnational NGO/education consortium (Erasmus+ funded)
- Scale
- transnational (4 EU countries)
Commonly funded by
ESF+ — European Social Fund Plus
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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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