Phase 01Active now
2026—27European foundations
- Erasmus+ & ESC accreditation · in preparation
- ISJ Vrancea partnership
- WECF GreenCode · ongoing
- Launch of an online safety programme
- UNESCO King Hamad Prize 2026
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
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.
3.5%of your income tax — it costs you nothing extra
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 02Planned
2027—29Groundwork & partnerships
- Erasmus+ KA2 cooperation
- EEA and Norway Grants
- Rural expansion · 60+ schools
- Digital inclusion programme for older people
- LIFE environment programme
Phase 03Vision
2029—31Research & scaling
- Horizon Europe Cluster 5
- Nationally replicable anti-dropout model
- PNRR C15 + C6
- UNICEF Innovation Fund
Phase 04Vision
2031—35The 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.
2024–2025 · Flagship
Digital Education & AI Training Hub
Fondation Orange · Contract 2024-MD-INT-050 · the largest cohort delivered — 360+ beneficiaries.
2026 · UNESCO
Green Futures
UNESCO King Hamad Prize nomination · ID 407 · via CNR-UNESCO (letter no. 848 / 25 May 2026).
May 2026 – Apr 2027 · Ongoing
GreenCode for Fairer Futures
WECF / Feminist Climate Action Fund · 80 young people · at least 55% girls.
2023–2025
Youth Code Academy
Scratch · Marty the Robot · Code.org · cohorts aged 7–14 from 38+ partner schools.
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.
Oct–Nov 2025
EduHack
Our first local civic hackathon — young people built prototypes for real community problems: school dropout, food waste, local air quality.
2023–2026 · Strategic
TechWomen Empowerment Hub
A multi-year programme for girls in technology · target of 55% girls in every cohort — consistently achieved.
2026 · Submitted
GreenCode Creative Lab
Application submitted to Creative Europe · digital creativity and community art — under 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.
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%Vrancea ReadyEuropean model: A digital twin of the locality.EnvironmentAll agesTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%Nature RestoredEuropean model: Listen to the Forest — AI-powered acoustic stations.EnvironmentTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%Clean Energy for VillagesEuropean model: the thermographic walk.EnvironmentRural→
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%Media & DemocracyEuropean model: Journalists in the classroom.CivicAll agesTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%Second ChanceEuropean model: The production school.EducationYouth & genderTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%Inclusion for Every ChildEuropean model: One-to-one mentoring, for a whole year.EducationRuralAll ages→
Green Innovation HubReadiness 69%First StepsEuropean model: The book suitcase for babies.EducationAll agesEnvironment→The Green Innovation Hub: methodology, selection criteria and the full portfolio.
Partnership
Let’s build something together.
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