ASOCIAȚIAGrupul Verde

Direction A · Civic and legal education for young people Civic and legal education.

Constitutional rights, active citizenship, case law. A right you do not understand is a right you do not have.

  • Constitutional rights
  • Active citizenship
  • Law 544/2001
  • Case law
Citizens who defend nature with data. Civic & legal education, Civic & legal education · Asociația Grupul Verde.

Results & objectives · 2021 → 2040

The programme’s path to 2040.

Completed 2021–2026Goal 2030–2040

Civic and legal education

  1. 2021Completed2025 · EduHack, the first civic hackathon
  2. 2026CompletedSchool of Rights · launch
  3. 2030GoalCase-Law Observatory · annual report
  4. 2035GoalResilient Communities · participatory assemblies
  5. 2040GoalCivic model replicated in other counties*

Completed = 2021–2026, public figures. * 2040 goals proposed by the association, currently being validated.

100%
EduHack — the first civic hackathon in AdjudOctober–November 2025Objective achieved
100%
School of Rights launched2026Objective achieved
0%
Case-Law Observatory · first report2030 targetIn preparation

✓What we have achieved

  • EduHack Adjud — young people with prototypes for real problems (2025)
  • Launch of the School of Rights (2026)
  • Guides on access to public information (Law 544/2001)

→What remains to be done

  • Annual report of the Case-Law Observatory (2030)
  • Participatory assemblies through Resilient Communities (2035)
  • The civic model replicated in other counties (2040)*

The cause · why this programme exists

A right you do not understand is a right you do not have.

Almost half of 15-year-old pupils cannot understand a basic-level text. Without that, laws and rights remain only on paper.

48%

of Romanian 15-year-olds are below the baseline level in reading

OECD, PISA 2025, 2025 · [1]

15-year-olds below the baseline level in reading

Romania48%
OECD average31%
OECD, PISA 2025, 2025 · [1]
19.2%of young people aged 15–29 in Romania are neither in education nor in workEurostat, 2025 · [3]

From the field · 8 images

This is what civic and legal education looks like.

Real activities with real young people. Tap an image to see it full size, then share it — every share brings a new supporter.

EduHack · civic hackathon

Prototypes for local air quality

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Green Case-Law Observatory

The right to a healthy environment, explained through technology

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Resilient Communities

Young people proposing solutions for their community

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Citizenship & Rights

Data collected by robots for public decisions

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Citizenship & Rights

Rights can be learnt at any age

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Green Case-Law Observatory

Law and data, on nature’s side

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Resilient Communities

Strong communities, from children to grandparents

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EduHack · civic hackathon

A civic hackathon for real problems

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What we actually do

Pixels become rights. Rights become active citizens.

School of Rights / Living Constitution

Courses, webinars, e-books and interactive presentations on constitutional rights.

Living Citizenship Lab

Guides and tools for exercising your rights, including Law 544/2001.

Case-Law Observatory

Annual reports, a barometer of how rights are applied, and civic monitoring.

Resilient Communities

Civic participation and democratic leadership.

Our role · how we work

We translate the law into young people’s language.

Real cases, debates and practical tools for exercising your rights.

  1. Local diagnosisWe start from data: the schools, the villages and the real needs of young people in Vrancea.
  2. A programme built with expertsCurriculum and activities designed together with specialists and teachers.
  3. Training & equipmentWe bring kits, laptops and mentors wherever they are missing.
  4. Working in the communityFree, hands-on activities at school, in the village or out in the field.
  5. Measurement & public reportingWe count the results and publish them — verifiable figures, not promises.

Who we work with

The experts beside the children.

The specialist profiles we start and run the activities with. Their names appear in the project reports.

Volunteer lawyers and legal expertsExplain rights through real cases and check the materials.Involved from the start
Civic education teachersBring the School of Rights into the school curriculum.Involved from the start
Debate facilitatorsTeach young people to argue a case and propose solutions.Involved from the start
Transparency expertsGuide public information requests and civic monitoring.Involved from the start

Turning pixels into oxygen

“Pixels become rights. Rights become active citizens.”

Asociația Grupul VerdeCivic and legal education

Projects 2026–2035

Projects in this programme.

Citizenship & Rights

Knowing your rights through real cases.

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Green Case-Law Observatory

Legal monitoring and environmental advocacy.

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Resilient Communities

Civic participation and democratic leadership.

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Extended through the Social Innovation Lab

What we build next.

This programme feeds directly into the Social Innovation Lab initiatives, built on European models.

the Social Innovation LabMedia & DemocracyEuropean model: Journalists in the classroomDiscover →

What we hope for · how you can help

Active citizens are made, not born.

Support civic education for young people in Vrancea.

Donation

Support the School of Rights

Free materials, webinars and workshops for pupils.

Donate →
Partnership

Schools that want a civic hackathon

We bring the EduHack format to your school.

Invite us →
Partnership

Partner institutions and NGOs

For civic monitoring and open data.

Let’s talk →

Support the programme

Co-fund this strand.

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Sources and methodology

Where the figures come from.

Our own figures (young people trained, schools, localities) come from the association’s records and are published in the impact report. Context statistics come from official sources, with the year of the latest available edition.

  1. 15-year-olds below the baseline level in reading, RomaniaOECD, PISA 2025 · 2025. See source ↗
  2. 15-year-olds below the baseline level in reading, OECD averageOECD, PISA 2025 · 2025. See source ↗
  3. NEET young people (aged 15–29), Romania — the highest rate in the EUEurostat · edat_lfse_20 · 2025. See source ↗

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