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Start your career in tech
This program is the first step in learning more about what technologies are available today and how they can help in any industry. The lectures provide a general insight into technologies, breaking the stereotype that IT is just programming. Working language – Latvian.
More than 15’000 participants.
Our mentorship program gathers professionals in the field of IT and tech with the goal of providing support to women developing their talents, taking their first steps in the IT field or advancing their careers further in this field.
More than 600 participants.
Riga TechGirls, in close cooperation with Accenture Baltics, is offering basic technology training for women in technologies and programming languages such as Microsoft .NET, JAVA, Scala, JavaScript and DevOps.
More than 1000 participants.
A fast-lane path to IT. In this program, women learn in-demand skills such as network protocols, customer support and encryption techniques that will have them job-ready in less than 6 months. No degree or experience required. Each year over 100 participants finish the course.
400 graduates.
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Build your Start-up
Participants will have the chance to work with experts from different industries to develop innovative solutions to solve today’s most pressing challenges in these fields. Teams will be challenged to explore new ideas and create new technologies that can help create a more sustainable future. At the end of the hackathon, participants will present their ideas to an esteemed panel of judges, who will award the most successful projects with prizes.
The main goal is to provide a safe, well organised and welcoming space for women to have their first attempt
in a hackathon.
Around 100-200 participants annually.
This is a joint program of Riga TechGirls and Tech4Impact NGO (Uzbekistan), financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia. The goal is to promote the creation and development of technology companies founded and run by women in Latvia and Uzbekistan, ensuring female founders with the training, mentoring and experience exchange.
30 participants in Latvia and Uzbekistan.
As a part of ESI program, organized by Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and partners, that focuses on promoting and supporting sustainable and innovative business development,
Riga TechGirls created an elective study course available for all students in Latvia. The course is designed to promote equal opportunities and women’s involvement in innovation and technology development.
Course period: 22./23. Spring semester; 20.02.-31.03.
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Improve your digital skills
The aim of this program is to provide participants with the digital skills and knowledge that is needed today so that they can fully continue their professional activities and improve their daily life using different modern technologies. Program was created for three specific audiences: teachers (done), creatives (done) and healthcare professionals (starts in March 2023).
4000 participants in 2022.
With the support from Google.org, during Q2 of 2023 we will launch a brand new digital skills program for NGOs. Similar to “Cilvēcīgi par Tehnoloģijām” programs for teachers, creatives and healthcare professionals, the program aims to teach the basic digital skills to anyone from NGOs free of charge.
Aim to recruit 2000 participants.