Brilliant! I have one question regarding language skills; Do the participants need to know english? (On what level?)
Thanks and regards! Ursin Am 22. November 2023 11:58:43 MEZ schrieb Bonnie Mehring <bon...@fsfe.org>: >Dear Discussion-List, > >Today, we would like to share the news about the start of the third round of >Youth Hacking 4 Freedom (YH4F) with you. YH4F is a hacking competition for >teenagers from Europe, regardless of their coding skills. YH4F is open to >everyone between 14 and 18 years. The 6 winners will be awarded with a cash >prize, in total more than 10,000 Euro. > >With YH4F, the Free Software Foundation Europe lowers the barrier for >teenagers to engage with Free Software. YH4F provides the perfect entry point >for teenagers to get in touch with Free Software. Participants get to >practically experience the four freedoms. They develop their own Free Software >project or contribute to an existing one, learning more about collaborative >work in Free Software and Free Software communities. And, of course, fun is an >essential part of the experience! > >The competition is about to kick off with an opening event on the 7th of >December, 19:30 CET for all interested teenagers. In this event, we will share >all the information about YH4F 2024 and of course answer all the questions >participants might have. >On the 1st of January 2024 the competition will properly start with the coding >period till the 30th of June 2024. During this six month coding period >participants will work on their Free Software project. Every month of the >coding period, we organsie a monthly online meeting, in which the teenagers >get to know each other and can form friendships across Europe. During these >meetings, we, as well as jury members, provide input on Free Software topics. > >YH4F 2024 in a nutshell: >* Participants must be between 14 and 18 years old at the time of registration. >* Participation is free, but registration is mandatory. Registration is open >throughout the coding period. For registering please share this link: >https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/658534 >* The opening event is on 7 December 2023 >* The coding period is between 1 January and 30 June 2024. >* During the coding period participants are free to join the monthly online >meetings. >* The first-, second-, and third-place winners will receive €4,096, €2,048, >and €1,024. There will also be three special prizes of €1,024. Overall, >around 10,000 Euro will be awarded. >* Each participant, who submitted a project will also receive a certification >of participation and a special prize > >The competition will be conducted remotely, except for the award ceremony, >which will take place in Brussels during a weekend in October 2024 (to which >the winners and a family member will be invited on an all-expenses-paid basis). > >You can find out more about the FSFE’s coding competition here: >https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231116-01.html >and on https://yh4f.org > >Please share this information with teenagers, teachers, organisations, youth >clubs and others within your network and be part of YH4F 2024! If you have any >questions please feel free to reach out to us at any time. > >Best regards, >Alex and Bonnie > >-- >Bonnie Mehring - Project manager - >Free Software Foundation Europe >Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290 >Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 |(fsfe.org/support) >_______________________________________________ >Discussion mailing list >Discussion@lists.fsfe.org >https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > >This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All >participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: >https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct
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