Energy efficiency in villages
Energy efficiency in villages: young people learn to measure a home’s heat loss and what can be done about it.
CSR partnerships for companies in Ploiești
· education · environmentFrom Ploiești, for children in Vrancea.
Companies in Ploiești can support free digital and environmental education for children and young people in Vrancea, a county where two in three people live in a village. We prepare and coordinate everything; you choose the theme.
At a glance
The partnership, in one place.
- Who it is for
- Companies in Ploiești and Prahova County
- What you support
- Energy efficiency in villages, NEET young people and retraining, Environmental and climate education
- How
- Tax-deductible sponsorship, equipment, employee volunteering
- Where
- In schools and villages in Vrancea, about 160 km from Ploiești as the crow flies
- Reporting
- Interim and final report, with unique participants and results
- Organiser
- Asociația Grupul Verde, Vrancea, since 2021
For companies in Ploiești
We start from what your team knows.
The economy of Ploiești rests on energy and refining, manufacturing. We picked the programmes where your people can help most.
NEET young people and retraining
NEET young people and retraining for technical jobs.
Environmental and climate education
Environmental and climate education for pupils in Vrancea.
Ideas for Ploiești
Three concrete ways to start.
We adapt them to the size of your team and your budget.
Thermal cameras for villages
Fund the equipment young people use to measure heat loss in homes and suggest simple fixes.
Energy experts for a day
Your specialists explain to pupils where energy comes from and how to save it.
Retraining for technical jobs
NEET young people prepared for technical jobs, with mentors from your company.
Why Vrancea
Same country, different starting line.
In Prahova County, average net monthly earnings are RON 4,985, 20% more than in Vrancea (RON 4,139; INS, January 2026, via Economedia). In Vrancea, two in three people live in a village. All the data, with sources, is on the Green Innovation Hub page; the steps of a partnership are on the CSR partnerships page.
FAQ
What companies ask us.
Do we need to be in Vrancea to take part?
No. Sponsorship and donated equipment need no travel, and sessions with your staff can also take place online. For fieldwork, Vrancea is about 160 km from Ploiești as the crow flies.
Which programmes suit companies in Ploiești?
For an economy built on energy and refining, manufacturing, we suggest: Energy efficiency in villages, NEET young people and retraining, Environmental and climate education. You can also support any other programme of the association.
Is the sponsorship tax-deductible?
Yes, within the limits of the Romanian Fiscal Code: the association has been on ANAF’s register of eligible entities since 30 August 2023. For the exact calculation, we recommend speaking to your accountant.
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Portfolio 2026–2027
What we build next, with young people.
This page is part of the 2026–2027 portfolio of Asociația Grupul Verde: 43 programme lines in which young people build technology for nature, protected species, climate and democracy, with partners from Romania and the EU through Horizon Europe, LIFE, Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and CERV.
Technology, AI and resilience
AI for local climate resilience
AI models trained by young people on local data (temperature, rainfall, soil) that tell a community what to prepare before a heatwave summer.
Target programme: Horizon Europe · Adaptation Mission
Linked to: Agentic AI, Vrancea Ready
Open science and research
European Researchers’ Night + Researchers at Schools
Researchers in classrooms and an open evening where young people show their prototypes: robots, sensors, apps for nature.
Target programme: Horizon Europe · MSCA
Linked to: R&D Hub — Research & Innovation, Young Innovators Incubator
Living labs for nature and climate
Climate education and communities (Central and Eastern Europe)
Climate lessons that start in your own village, shared with schools across Central and Eastern Europe. Young people write the code that visualises them.
Target programme: EUKI (European Climate Initiative, Germany)
Linked to: Code & Climate, Environment & biodiversity
Democracy, memory and citizenship
Town twinning
Citizens’ meetings between twinned towns, where young people present the technical solutions they built for their own town.
Target programme: CERV
Linked to: Civic and legal education, Partners & UNESCO
Erasmus+ and mobility
Small-scale partnership: AI literacy, robotics, environmental education
A partnership with 2–3 organisations in which young people create an open lesson kit: AI, Marty the Robot and outdoor learning.
Target programme: Erasmus+
Linked to: Digital education & AI, Environment & biodiversity
European Solidarity Corps
International volunteering teams (waste, recycling, inclusion)
Mixed teams of young people from several countries who clean up, sort and measure waste with an app they built.
Target programme: European Solidarity Corps (EACEA)
Linked to: Environment & biodiversity, Inclusion for Every Child