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Exploiting the UNtapped potential of young adult low-skilled Women IN Digital economy and coding

About the UNWIND Online EXPO

The flagship labour-market engagement activity of UNWIND, led by KEAN with all project partners.

UNWIND (Exploiting the UNtapped potential of young adult low-skilled Women IN Digital economy and coding) is an Erasmus+ cooperation partnership in adult education. It supports young women aged 18 to 35 with few formal qualifications, many of them carrying care responsibilities, to learn web development and move into flexible digital work.

The project offers a free online bootcamp on web programming, mentoring on self-employment and the digital economy, and this Online EXPO, where trained women show their portfolios and meet employers, clients and the ICT sector.

Partners: Ankara Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Services (Türkiye, coordinator), NOVARGE (Türkiye), Smart Leap (Germany), KEAN (Greece) and Z-RED (Greece). Project period on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform: 01/12/2024 - 30/11/2026.

What the EXPO wants to achieve

  • Showcase participants' coding and web-development portfolios.
  • Promote the achievements of women completing the UNWIND Online Bootcamp.
  • Facilitate networking opportunities between participants and potential employers.
  • Increase awareness of inclusive recruitment practices.
  • Strengthen cooperation between education, employment and ICT stakeholders.
  • Support the transition of beneficiaries from training into employment or self-employment.
  • Promote the sustainability and transferability of the UNWIND methodology.

Project journey

Each step shows how certain it is: done, announced, planned, or waiting for partner confirmation.

  1. Dec 2024Done

    Project start

    UNWIND starts as an Erasmus+ cooperation partnership in adult education with five partners in Türkiye, Greece and Germany.

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  2. Dec 2024 - Feb 2025Awaiting confirmationTR · GR · DE

    Skills gaps, needs and barriers

    National reports and a transnational report on women's participation in the ICT sector (led by NOVARGE). Not yet published.

    Source
  3. Mar - Jun 2025Awaiting confirmation

    Distance learning curriculum on coding

    A gender-inclusive curriculum on web development (led by NOVARGE). Not yet published.

    Source
  4. Mar - Jun 2025Awaiting confirmation

    Self-employed business mentoring manual

    Mentoring on business management and the digital economy (led by KEAN). Not yet published.

    Source
  5. 2025Done

    Project website online in four languages

    unwindproject.eu in English, Turkish, German and Greek.

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  6. 2025Done

    E-learning platform with courses in four languages

    The UNWIND Moodle platform with an English, Greek, German and Turkish course (led by Z-RED).

    Source
  7. Nov 2025 - Nov 2026PlannedTR · GR · DE

    Online bootcamp pilot

    12-month pilot implementation of the online coding bootcamp in the three countries.

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  8. Mar 2026AnnouncedTR

    Face-to-face bootcamp announced in Ankara

    Free 40-hour training on HTML, CSS and JavaScript at METU, announced by NOVARGE with the coordinator.

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  9. Apr 2026AnnouncedTR

    "Women are coding the future" call

    The coordinator announced a free HTML and web development training for women at Gazi University.

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  10. May 2026DoneTR

    HTML training for women at Gazi University

    A free HTML training for women took place at Gazi University in Ankara in May 2026.

    Source
  11. Aug 2026Done

    Four articles on women in the digital economy

    Published on the project website in four languages.

    Source
  12. Autumn 2026PlannedDE

    UNWIND Code Lab

    An interactive learning module on HTML, CSS and JavaScript prepared by Smart Leap. In preparation.

    Source
  13. 2025 - 2026PlannedTR · GR · DE

    National stakeholder workshops

    Three half-day workshops with 10 to 15 stakeholders, one in each partner country, are planned in the project.

  14. Nov 2026Planned

    UNWIND Online EXPO

    This event. The date is a draft until the partners confirm it.

Questions and answers

Who can take part?

Anyone interested: UNWIND participants and graduates, employers and ICT organisations, employment services, training providers, business support organisations and the public. Watching is open; registration is free and needed to ask questions, book talks and join a room.

Do I need a camera?

No. You can follow the sessions and use the site without a camera. Matchmaking rooms and talks run in an external video tool; joining with a camera is optional.

Is my contact information shown?

No. Contact details are only shared when you accept a talk request.

Will there be a recording?

The organisers decide this before the event. The showcase and the portfolios stay online after the event.