Session

Open content to enable refugees to build digital skills

  • Time: 11h30-12h00
  • Location: Breakout 2
  • Level: Beginner
  • Type: Keynote

HackYourFuture :Open content to enable refugees to build digital skills;

Refugees often experience challenges in finding a suitable job to apply and further develop their skills. HackYourFuture was founded in 2015 in Amsterdam with the aim to enable refugees to build digital skills for a career in web development. Thanks to its open content curriculum, HackYourFuture has meanwhile opened chapters in different countries. We want to talk about the importance of open content to tackle one of the biggest issues of our time!

Speakers

Hello I'm MAITE CLUYDTS

Maité is passionate about social entrepreneurship, she explored this model during three years in South Africa within an incubator for impact enterprises. She is now working on making the web a better place by coordinating HackYourFuture Belgium: the coding school for refugees in Belgium based on open source content.

MAITE CLUYDTS

Project Coordinator

HackYourFuture Belgium

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