The team
Karen Boers, Co-founder
Sarah Unger, CFO
Alexandre Plennevaux, Head of Coaches
BeCode and Simplon in Belgium
Simplon in Belguim
With 11.35 million inhabitants and a GDP of USD 495 billion, Belgium ranks 9th in the European Commission's 2020 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI).
Digital professionals represent 4.20% of the labour force.
There are 30.000 vacancies in Belgium by 2020 due to shortfall of e-skilled workers and 70% of employers blame inadequate training for the shortfall in skilled workers. 23% of Belgian youth are unemployed.
Key figures
24%
Women in our trainings
1057
People trained since opening in the country
5
Campuses in Belgium
Presentation
Founded in 2017 by Karen Boers, Rodolphe Verhaegen and Laurent Hublet, BeCode is an NGO whose aim is to tackle the high demand for digital skills and a high unemployment rate.
Exclusive partner of Simplon.co in Belgium, BeCode is active in 6 cities (Brussels, Charleroi, Genk, Liège, Antwerp and Ghent). BeCode's target audience is mainly composed of school drop-outs, NEETS, long-term unemployed, etc.
BeCode juniors are following intensive programmes in software development and data analyse / artificial intelligence.
On average, BeCode has a 80% job placement outcome six months after training.
