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Smartwork Academy

Targa Töö Ühing MTÜ

Tallinn, Estonia

Employment & SkillsEducationGender equality
NGOInternational reach
Profile last updated: October 14, 2026

About

Smartwork Academy is a non-governmental organisation based in Tallinn, Estonia working on employment & skills, education, gender equality.

Smartwork Academy is the training arm of Smartwork Association, an Estonian non-profit NGO active for about 15 years that promotes job market flexibility, diversity and inclusiveness. The academy offers free and flexible IT and digital skills courses, including reskilling programmes for women and girls, to help learners in Estonia, Finland and Latvia move into tech careers. Its programmes combine online learning, mentoring, soft-skills webinars and mandatory internships, and are funded through grants, public and EU sources, and corporate partners. Courses are delivered in Estonian, Finnish and English.

Location

Tallinn, Estonia

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

MTÜ

Legal name

Targa Töö Ühing MTÜ

Registration

80251762

Focus areas

IT trainingreskillingwomen in techfree coursesAI skills

Languages

ENETFI

Causes & programmes

Causes

Employment & SkillsEducationGender equality

Works for

Women & GirlsYouth

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & education

Programmes

SheCanAI

Employment & Skills · Estonia, Latvia

Free 12-month reskilling programme for women preparing for roles in AI implementation, run with Riga TechGirls.

WoTech

Employment & Skills · Estonia, Latvia

Free reskilling programme for women preparing for junior programming roles, run with Riga TechGirls.

Women in Tech

Employment & Skills · Estonia

Six-month club supporting women to build IT skills and a professional network through Coursera courses and monthly meetings.

LOVE IT

Education · Estonia

STEM interest-education pilot for girls aged 15 to 19, covering web development, AI and data, and virtual robotics.

Countries of operation

EstoniaFinlandLatvia

Funding & support

Funded by

GrantsEU fundingGovernment fundingCorporate partnershipsEarned income

Ways to support

Corporate partnershipSponsorship

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Women in Tech Telia special award

PARE (Estonian HR Association)Promoting gender equality

Partnerships

Accenture, Telia, Google.org, Interreg Central Baltic, Riga TechGirls, PragmatiqAI, Coursera, Riigikantselei, Latvian AI Center, AIRE, Robotex, Tallinn University of Technology

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