UNICEF Mongolia Seeks Organization to Run National Hybrid Coding and AI Skills Bootcamp

UNICEF Mongolia has issued a request for applications from a civil society organization to implement a nationwide hybrid coding and AI skills bootcamp for secondary-school students, with an application deadline of September 15, 2026. Building on the "Girls Code" summer bootcamp experience, the 2026 program expands to both girls and boys and includes online learning, mentorship, practical projects, and an in-person capstone showcase in Ulaanbaatar. The indicative budget is $15,000, and applicants must have experience in adolescent digital skills, coding and AI education, and nationwide hybrid delivery.

This is a UNICEF Mongolia procurement action that moves AI and coding education from a pilot toward national scale, directly shaping whether Mongolian secondary-school students can access foundational coding and AI learning and giving civil society organizations a funding entry point into AI education delivery. The impact falls on two groups: secondary-school students in rural and underserved communities, for whom online learning must accommodate different connectivity and technology conditions and rural students must be enabled to join the Ulaanbaatar showcase; and civil society organizations with digital skills experience, for whom the $15,000 budget and nationwide hybrid delivery requirement set a clear application threshold. The original text provides only the application requirements and budget, with no participant numbers, school counts, or outcome data from the earlier "Girls Code" program, so actual scale and results remain to be seen. Secondary-school students in Mongolia, especially in rural and underserved communities, gain access to foundational coding and AI online learning, mentorship, and project practice. Civil society organizations with adolescent digital skills experience gain UNICEF Mongolia implementation funding and a nationwide program delivery opportunity.