Impact Bond: Academia de Codigo Junior (Junior Code Academy)
Stage of development: Complete
Policy sector: Education
Intervention: This was a pilot intervention commissioned by Lisbon City Council aimed at improving primary education students educational attainments by teaching them computer coding. The programme consisted of weekly 2-hour programming classes, offered at primary schools and within school hours in the presence of the head teacher, for 56 weeks of training. 
Date outcomes contract signed: 2014-09
Start of service provision: 2015-02
Total investment commitment currency: EUR
Total investment commitment: 125000
Total investment commitment (USD): 138633.3473
Target population: Students enrolled on year 3 of primary education cycle, from 3 public schools in Lisbon.
Actual number of service users or beneficiaries engaged: 50
Notes: The 4 Portuguese SIBs Junior Code Academy, Family Project, Bootcamp Code Academy and Bring Yourself Forward were funded by Calouste Gulbenkian, a grant making Foundation headquartered in Lisbon.