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CYPRUS http://getonlineweek.eu/cyprus/ Coding events took place in secondary schools and private training centers that are part of the ECDL (European Computer Driving Lincence) network of training centers. The activities included a very brief introduction to the SCRATCH Programming Language and then the students were involved and engaged in developing code for a game. A major activity of the week was the organization of the first round of the national competition on informatics for gymnasium students which is organized based on the BEBRAS standard. 350 students participated to cultivate and enhance the problem solving, analytical and algorithmic skills. An activity on informing parents and teachers about the children safety on the web were delivered by Mr. Urban Schrott, Security and Cyber Crime expert of ESET Ireland. The renowned speaker provided practical advice and safety tips for kids (of all ages) online dangers. The employability tools Skillage. Eu and YouRock.Jobs were promoted and made available to students. CZECH REPUBLIC http://getonlineweek.eu/czech-republic/ Czech Safer Internet Centre organized the Czech version of the campaign this year. One of the campaign highlights was a workshop for young people about IT skills, programming and coding. Participants were able to test programming in TouchDevelop, and they could compare it to Scratch. Also Safer Internet Centre launched a campaign to motivate young people to take the Skillage test. The campaign reached over 300 people through social media profiles and websites. iSejf competition was directed at teenagers to make them more aware of the online safety, this time by connecting literature and Shakespeare in particular with the online world. thousands people on social networks. They have produced a special Ten Commandments of Online Safety in an attractive graphic so that everyone could download and save it for later use. A video summarising the campaign in Czech Republic is available on YouTube: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=13H-VOxR08E The Centre focuses on online safety so they have prepared an educational campaign reaching tens of 12