ASOCIAȚIA Grupul Verde

Funding and partnerships

· Form 230 · 3.5%

Funding & partnerships.

For foundations and funders: our financial statements are filed annually with ANAF, and an independent auditor, a CECCAR chartered accountant, reviews our management. We send activity and impact reports on request.

  • CIF 44109108
  • 3.5% through Form 230
For funders: fact sheet and documents →

National and international recognition

Trust earned in Romania and worldwide.

All partners and recognition →

Form 230

Redirect 3.5% of your income tax.

It costs you nothing extra. You fill in Form 230, choose Asociația Grupul Verde (Tax ID/CIF 44109108), and 3.5% of your income tax goes to programmes for young people in Vrancea.

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Results 2021–2026

Five years in figures.

560+young people trained for free
360+in the largest cohort (2024)
38+partner schools & clubs
55%girls in tech cohorts
443direct beneficiaries in 2025
100sensors built by young people
3grants won in 2025
407UNESCO nomination ID

Where we are · where we want to go

From 2026 to 2040.

The figures on the left are public, verifiable results. Those on the right are targets: 2035 from the Centre’s Vision, 2040 proposed by the association.

Young people trained

2026 · 560+Target · 10,000+*

Partner schools & clubs

2026 · 38+Target · 100+*

Localities in Vrancea

2026 · 11Target · 73*

Young researchers in the R&D Hub

2026 · 0Target · 500+ (2035)

IoT sensors in nature

2026 · 100Target · 100+ in Natura 2000 (2035)

Girls in tech cohorts

2026 · 55%Target · 55%+ in all programmes

* Proposed 2040 goals, currently being validated.

Horizon · 2026–2035

We are building something that lasts.

A permanent place in Vrancea where young people who are out of school and out of work find courses, support and a second chance. We are building it step by step, to be ready by 2035.

Phase 01Active now
2026—27

European foundations

  • Erasmus+ & ESC accreditation · in preparation
  • ISJ Vrancea partnership
  • WECF GreenCode · ongoing
  • Launch of an online safety programme
  • UNESCO King Hamad Prize 2026
Phase 02Planned
2027—29

Groundwork & partnerships

  • Erasmus+ KA2 cooperation
  • EEA and Norway Grants
  • Rural expansion · 60+ schools
  • Digital inclusion programme for older people
  • LIFE environment programme
Phase 03Vision
2029—31

Research & scaling

  • Horizon Europe Cluster 5
  • Nationally replicable anti-dropout model
  • PNRR C15 + C6
  • UNICEF Innovation Fund
Phase 04Vision
2031—35

The permanent centre

  • ESF+ / PEO building funding
  • Regional NEETs hub for Vrancea
  • SDG 4 · 8 · 10 · 13 · 15
  • 1,000+ young people / year

Our projects · 2021–2026

Our projects, each with its status.

Completed, ongoing or submitted projects. The status is shown on each card, and we send contracts and reports on request.

Seniors discovering digital services — Digital Education & AI Training Hub
2024–2025 · Flagship

Digital Education & AI Training Hub

Fondation Orange · the largest cohort delivered — 360+ beneficiaries.

Fondation Orange360+ beneficiaries
Protecting nature through technology — Asociația Grupul Verde, All programmes
2026 · UNESCO

Green Futures

UNESCO King Hamad Prize nomination · ID 407 · via CNR-UNESCO (letter no. 848 / 25 May 2026).

CNR-UNESCOID 407
Climate justice, written in code — GreenCode for Fairer Futures
May 2026 – Apr 2027 · Ongoing

GreenCode for Fairer Futures

WECF / Feminist Climate Action Fund · 80 young people · at least 55% girls.

WECF · FCAF80 young people
A whole class learns to code for the environment — Youth Code Academy
2023–2025

Youth Code Academy

Scratch · Marty the Robot · Code.org · cohorts aged 7–14 from 38+ partner schools.

Code.orgMulti-year
Sensors built by kids for the air we breathe — Eco Tech Kids
2024

Eco Tech Kids

Arduino & Micro:bit · 100 young people building air, water and soil sensors in Vrancea — climate literacy through hands-on research, not textbooks.

ArduinoMicro:bit100 pupils
A civic hackathon for real problems — EduHack · civic hackathon
Oct–Nov 2025

EduHack

Our first local civic hackathon — young people built prototypes for real community problems: school dropout, food waste, local air quality.

Civic Tech2025
Girls coding a green future — TechWomen Empowerment Hub
2023–2026 · Strategic

TechWomen Empowerment Hub

A multi-year programme for girls in technology · target of 55% girls in every cohort — consistently achieved.

Strategic55% girls
Young climate activists with digital tools — GreenCode for Fairer Futures
2026 · Submitted

GreenCode Creative Lab

Application submitted to Creative Europe · digital creativity and community art — under evaluation.

Creative EuropeUnder evaluation

Ready for funding

The Green Innovation Hub: seven initiatives ready to launch.

Each starts from a model that has already worked in another European country. By our own criteria, they are 69% ready. We are looking for funders and first partners.

Illustration: Vrancea gets ready before the emergency — Vrancea Ready, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%Vrancea ReadyEuropean model: A digital twin of the locality.EnvironmentAll agesTechnology & AIIllustration: The forest has a voice. We listen with AI — Nature Restored, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%Nature RestoredEuropean model: Listen to the Forest — AI-powered acoustic stations.EnvironmentTechnology & AIIllustration: We see where heat escapes from the home — Clean Energy for Villages, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%Clean Energy for VillagesEuropean model: the thermographic walk.EnvironmentRuralIllustration: Check before you share — Media & Democracy, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%Media & DemocracyEuropean model: Journalists in the classroom.CivicAll agesTechnology & AIIllustration: Learn by doing real things — Second Chance, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%Second ChanceEuropean model: The production school.EducationYouth & genderTechnology & AIIllustration: One mentor, one year, a new path — Inclusion for Every Child, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%Inclusion for Every ChildEuropean model: One-to-one mentoring, for a whole year.EducationRuralAll agesIllustration: The first book, the first step — First Steps, Green Innovation HubGreen Innovation HubReadiness 69%First StepsEuropean model: The book suitcase for babies.EducationAll agesEnvironment

The Green Innovation Hub: methodology, selection criteria and the full portfolio.

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Partnership

Let’s build something together.

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The people beside us · 2021–2026

Together with those who believed in Vrancea’s children.

Foundations, companies, European networks and institutions that backed our programmes. Every logo is tied to a real activity.

01

Funders & sponsors

They put resources behind our programmes: grants, sponsorships, equipment.

4 partners
  • Fundația Orange
    Funder2024–2025

    Digital Education & AI Training Hub

    Fundația Orange

    A training hub for digital education and artificial intelligence for children and young people in Vrancea.

    Digital education & AI →
  • WECF
    Partner2026–2027

    GreenCode for Fairer Futures

    WECF

    Technology and climate justice for young people, with the international Women Engage for a Common Future network.

    Youth, gender & activism →
  • JYSK
    Sponsor2022–2023

    Generația Tech

    JYSK

    Sponsor of the programme that trained 100 young people from Vrancea in IT.

    Digital education & AI →
  • Luxoft
    Sponsor2022–2023

    Generația Tech

    Luxoft

    Sponsor of the programme that trained 100 young people from Vrancea in IT.

    Digital education & AI →
02

Education & technology

Partners who bring clubs, curriculum and robots into the classroom.

3 partners
  • Fundația Progress · CODE Kids
    Partnersince 2024

    CODE Kids coding club

    Fundația Progress · CODE Kids

    A coding club for children, part of Fundația Progress’s CODE Kids network.

    Digital education & AI →
  • Generația Tech
    Partner2022–2023

    IT training for 100 young people

    Generația Tech

    Digital and IT skills courses for young people starting out towards a career in tech.

    Digital education & AI →
  • Robotical · Marty the Robot
    Partnersince 2022

    Educational robotics with Marty the Robot

    Robotical · Marty the Robot

    Children learn coding and logical thinking by building and programming Marty the Robot.

    Digital education & AI →
03

European networks

They connect us to European education and conservation communities.

3 partners
  • BGCI
    Member

    Botanic Gardens Conservation International

    BGCI

    The global network of botanic gardens: plant conservation and education for biodiversity.

    Environment & biodiversity →
  • DigiEduHack 2025
    Organiser2025

    Official EduHack event

    DigiEduHack

    An education innovation hackathon, supported by the European Commission, where young people pitch digital solutions.

    Digital education & AI →
  • #SustainCityHack
    Partner2022

    The #SustainCityHack hackathon

    French Institute in Romania · French Embassy

    A 36-hour online hackathon for sustainable cities: urban mobility, regeneration and planning.

    Digital education & AI →
04

Recognition

Institutions that publicly recognised the association’s work.

2 partners

We only show organisations we have actually worked with. Logos are used with each partner’s agreement.

We build programmes for young people in Vrancea together — companies, foundations, schools and institutions.

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Portfolio 2026–2027

From Vrancea to Europe, and back.

Funding 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.

Living labs for nature and climate

LIFE — Standard Action Project: nature and governance

A LIFE project built on what the living labs have learned: habitat restoration, digital monitoring and decisions taken with the community.

Target programme: LIFE

Linked to: Nature Restored, For funders

Living labs for nature and climate

LIFE — climate adaptation and governance

Local adaptation plans for heat and drought, fed by data gathered by young people and debated in public before adoption.

Target programme: LIFE

Linked to: Vrancea Ready, Clean Energy for Villages

Erasmus+ and mobility

Youth exchanges, youth worker mobility and youth participation

Young people from Vrancea travel and host peers from across Europe; youth workers learn new ways of working with technology.

Target programme: Erasmus+

Linked to: Youth, gender & activism, Inclusion for Every Child

Erasmus+ and mobility

Erasmus+ autumn round

We prepare proposals for the autumn round early: partners, budget and activities designed together with young people.

Target programme: Erasmus+

Linked to: For funders, Partners & UNESCO

European Solidarity Corps

Solidarity projects — spring round

Youth groups that start a project for their village in spring, with a technical prototype at the end.

Target programme: European Solidarity Corps

Linked to: Rural communities, Young Innovators Incubator

European Solidarity Corps

Solidarity projects — autumn round

The second round of the year, for young people who started the summer with an idea and want to turn it into a project.

Target programme: European Solidarity Corps

Linked to: Youth, gender & activism, Civic and legal education

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New project · nationwide

Education for All: online tutoring for Romania’s national exams.

A volunteer teacher “adopts” a pupil in grades 5–12, from any county, and prepares them online for the National Assessment or Baccalaureate, at no cost to the family.

  • Pupils, grades 5–12
  • Volunteer teachers
  • CSR companies
  • Schools and councils
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