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<h1>YH4F: Coding is over!</h1>
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<h1>YH4F: Coding is over!</h1>
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<p>The second edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, the hacking
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<p>The second edition of Youth Hacking 4 Freedom, the hacking
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competition for young Europeans has just ended. For the last six
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competition for young Europeans, has just ended. For the last six
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months, the participants have worked on developing their own personal
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months, the participants have worked on developing their own personal
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Free Software projects.</p>
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Free Software projects.</p>
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teenagers to develop their coding skills and win great cash prizes.
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teenagers to develop their coding skills and win great cash prizes.
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<p>This second edition, <a href="/news/2023/news-20230220-01.html">which started last January</a>, was accompanied by
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<p>This second edition, <a
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a new activity: a monthly meeting where participants had the
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href="/news/2023/news-20230220-01.html">which started last January</a>,
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opportunity to discuss their technical problems and learn some tips
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was accompanied by a new activity: a monthly meeting where participants
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from different Free Software experts. These meetings have also been a
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had the opportunity to discuss their technical problems and learn some
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way to keep in touch during the last months, and a way to support each
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tips from different Free Software experts. These meetings have also
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other, promoting one of the principles of Free Software, the creation
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been a way to keep in touch, and a way to support each other, promoting
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of community. These open and voluntary meetings allowed those attending
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one of the principles of Free Software, the creation of community.
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to talk and connect with each other in smaller groups.</p>
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These open and voluntary meetings allowed those attending to talk and
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connect with each other in smaller groups.</p>
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<blockquote> <italic>"The monthly meetings provide an opportunity to talk and
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<blockquote> <italic>"The monthly meetings provide an opportunity to talk and
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connect with other participants and have helped to form friendships
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connect with other participants and have helped form friendships
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throughout the contest. It has been great to see how well these
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throughout the contest. It has been great to see how well these
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meetings have been received by the participants. And it is a really rewarding experience to be able to help young people
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meetings have been received by the participants. And it is a most rewarding experience to be able to help young people
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from all over Europe to meet other Free Software enthusiasts!"</italic>, <em> says Bonnie Mehring, YH4F project
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from all over Europe to find other Free Software enthusiasts!"</italic>, <em> says Bonnie Mehring, YH4F project
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manager.</em>
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manager.</em>
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<p>After six hard working months of coding, it is now the turn of <a href="/activities/yh4f/jury.html">the
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<p>After six hard working months of coding, it is now the turn of <a
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YH4F jury </a> to evaluate the participants’
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href="/activities/yh4f/jury.html">the YH4F jury </a> to evaluate the
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submitted projects. The jury is composed by Free Software professionals
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participants’ submitted projects. The jury is composed of Free Software
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with different background and technological skills, that will review
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professionals with different backgrounds and technological skills, who
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the projects within the next weeks taking into consideration different
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will review the projects within the next weeks taking into
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criteria such as the originality of the idea, the creativity of the
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consideration different criteria such as the originality of the idea,
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project or the quality of the code. </p>
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the creativity of the project, and the quality of the code.</p>
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<p>After the first round of voting the jury will decide which of the
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<p>In the first round of voting the jury will decide which of the
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submitted projects could be considered for one of the cash prizes.
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submitted projects could be considered for one of the cash prizes.
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Then, the owners of those projects will be invited to an online
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Then, the authors of those projects will be invited to an online
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interview to present it and answer the jury questions. Afterwards the
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interview to present them and answer the jury’s questions. Afterwards
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jury will decide on the prizes.</p>
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the jury will decide on the prizes.</p>
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<h3>Brussels is awaiting!</h3> <p>In the coming weeks, the winners will
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<h3>Brussels is awaiting!</h3>
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be announced based on the judges' scores, and prizes will be awarded at
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<p>The winners will be announced based
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the YH4F Awards ceremony in Brussels in mid October, to which all
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on the judges' scores, and prizes will be awarded at the YH4F Awards
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participants will be invited for an all-expenses-paid weekend.</p>
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ceremony in Brussels in mid-October, to which all participants will be
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invited for an all-expenses-paid weekend.</p>
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<p>Six winners will receive cash prizes ranging from €4,096 to €1,024 each, at
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<p>Six winners will receive cash prizes ranging from €4,096 to €1,024
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a ceremony featuring top Free Software speakers.</p>
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each, at a ceremony featuring top Free Software speakers.</p>
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<p><strong>Keep up to date to our next news to learn about this year amazing projects and the winners!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Keep up to date on our next news to learn about this year's amazing projects and the winners!</strong></p>
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