Wednesday 21 June 2023, 12:45

FIFA Foundation launches tender for Digital Education Programme

The FIFA Foundation implements an educational initiative named “Digital Education Programme” that provides knowledge, mentoring, training and digital resources to elementary schools in vulnerable contexts, with the general objective that its students acquire knowledge and develop skills related to digital education, computational thinking, programming and educational robotics, while promoting social inclusion and educational innovation through initiatives that link education, technology and football. In this context, the FIFA Foundation Digital Education Programme will be rolled out in Belize, India, Mauritania and Paraguay reaching a total of 40,000 youngsters for 3 years, by means of trainings, provision of material, school accompaniment and evaluation, supporting the implementation of robotics and technology projects in their curriculum. This RFP exclusively addresses the provision of technological equipment. The FIFA Foundation is an independent foundation established within the meaning of arts. 80 and seqq. of the Swiss Civil Code (SCC). As enshrined in art. 2 of its Charter, the FIFA Foundation aims to promote social change worldwide through the support of programmes, initiatives, projects and organisations, in particular those using football as a tool for social development.