ASOCIAȚIAGrupul Verde

Impact report · 2023–2025

Impact measured, year by year.

The results of Asociația Grupul Verde, with the figures from our annual activity reports: how many young people learned with us, where we worked and what changed for them.

Activity map · 2023–2025

The work of Asociația Grupul Verde, on the map.

From our home base in Adjud to the Vrancea localities and our activities with young people from Bacău, Bucharest and Sinaia. Choose a year or a point on the map to see the programme, the participants and the source.

Map of Romania showing the Asociația Grupul Verde home base in Adjud and activities in Bacău (2024) and Bucharest (2025)

The map only shows localities for which we have attendance lists or reports. Outline: Natural Earth.

Key figures · 2021–2025

Our results, with the source next to them.

Every figure shows its source: attendance lists, volunteer contracts, partnership agreements and reports to funders.

560+young people have learned with us since 2021Cumulative · Activity report 2025
443direct beneficiaries in 2025Unique participants · Report 2025
38+partner schools and clubsPartnership agreements · Report 2025
11Vrancea localitiesActivity report 2025
55%girls in tech cohorts, target metInternal records · Report 2025
73%of participants come back for a second yearEnrolment records · Report 2025
52active volunteers, many of them former participantsVolunteer contracts · Report 2025
100young people built air, water and soil sensorsEco Tech Kids · Report 2024

Activities · 2023–2025

What we ran, year by year.

The programmes and projects of each year, with the figures from our activity reports.

20235 programmes

The first Youth Code Academy cohorts: Scratch, Code.org and Marty robots, in our partner schools.

Direct beneficiaries
293
Partner schools
15
Active volunteers
12
Grants won
1
  • Youth Code Academy
  • TechWomen Empowerment Hub
  • EcoGame (SuperCoders)
  • Marty robots & Arduino · BGCI
  • Letter to Santa
20246 programmes

Our year of greatest growth: the Digital Education & AI hub with Fondation Orange, the only Cisco academy in Vrancea, 100 young people building sensors and a Bacău–Adjud STEM weekend.

Direct beneficiaries
360++23%
Partner schools
30×2.0
Active volunteers
20+67%
Vrancea localities
8
  • Digital Education & AI Training Hub
  • Cisco Networking Academy
  • Eco Tech Kids
  • Digital inclusion for seniors
  • TechWomen Empowerment Hub
  • Eco Tech Creators #CodeKids
20257 programmes

Young people moved from learning technology to using it for their town: EduHack Adjud, Green Week, the Adjud–Bucharest Digital Weekend and the Europa FM Green Medal.

Direct beneficiaries
443+23%
Partner schools
38++27%
Active volunteers
52×2.6
Vrancea localities
11+38%
  • EduHack Adjud
  • Makeblock robotics
  • TechWomen Empowerment Hub
  • Cisco NetAcad & AI
  • Green Week
  • Digital Weekend
  • Warm hands. Warm hearts.

Source: activity reports 2023, 2024 and 2025 — beneficiaries from attendance lists and reports to funders, schools from partnership agreements, volunteers from volunteer contracts. Growth is compared with the previous year.

Theory of change · 2025

What we delivered and what changed.

From our resources to the change we are working towards by 2035. Every result shows its evidence, and we say openly what we have not measured yet.

  1. 01ResourcesVolunteers, the Orange Digital Center hub, Arduino and micro:bit kits, grants.
  2. 02ActivitiesCourses, workshops, hackathons, field measurements.
  3. 03Immediate resultsYoung people trained, sensors built, prototypes, certifications.
  4. 04ChangeDigital skills, more girls in tech, civic participation.
  5. 05Impact 2035Fewer NEET young people in Vrancea; communities that monitor their environment.
LevelIndicator · sourceResult 2025Verification
DeliveredDigital Weekend participantsZiarul de Vrancea, March 20252111 Adjud + 10 BucharestPublic source
DeliveredEduHack Adjud civic hackathondigieduhack.com1edition, DigiEduHack networkPublic source
ChangeParticipants returning for a second yearenrolment records73%Internal record
ChangePrototype reviewed by Adjud City HallEduHack Adjud 20251Public source
ChangeBeneficiaries in European programmesErasmus+, Sinaia1Public source
Not measuredSkills progress (pre and post test)tool introduced from 2026—From 2026

Goals for 2025: 6 out of 6 met.

  • EduHack Adjud, the town’s first civic hackathon
  • The SuperCoders 2025 grant from Fundația Orange
  • 55% girls in tech cohorts
  • The Green Medal, Europa FM
  • Adjud–Bucharest Digital Weekend, 21 participants
  • WECF funding for 2026

Source: Activity report 2025

Beneficiaries · age and gender

Children, young people and adults, in the same programmes.

The age groups in our 2025 programmes and one participant’s journey, as set out in the activity report.

Programme 2025Children8–14Young people15–25Adults25–60Seniors60+
EduHack Adjud 2025
Robotics workshop: Makeblock rovers
TechWomen Empowerment Hub
Cisco Networking Academy & AI in education

Source: Activity report 2025. Seniors took part in 2024, in the digital inclusion programme for seniors.

girls in tech cohorts. The 55% target was met consistently in the TechWomen Empowerment Hub.
“I came for the games. I stayed for who I became.”
  1. 2022 · Before. A lower-secondary pupil in Adjud with no programming experience.
  2. 2023 · First year. Youth Code Academy cohort: Scratch, Code.org and Marty robots.
  3. 2024–2025 · Result. Became a volunteer and teaches Scratch to younger children.
  4. 2026 · Today. A high-school pupil who runs Scratch workshops for children aged 8–10.
Andra M. · 2023 cohort · Activity report 2025

Our journey · 2021–2026

Six years, step by step.

  1. 2021
    The association is foundedNGO registered on 14 April 2021, in Adjud.
  2. 2022
    First partnersRobotics with Marty the Robot, 100 young people trained in IT through Generația Tech (2022–2023), partnership with Adjud City Hall.
  3. 2023
    First cohortsYouth Code Academy, 293 direct beneficiaries, entry in the ANAF Register of entities.
  4. 2024
    A year of growthThe Digital Education & AI hub with Fondation Orange (360+ beneficiaries), Cisco Networking Academy, Eco Tech Kids, the CODE Kids club.
  5. 2025
    Young people propose solutionsEduHack Adjud in the DigiEduHack network, Green Week, the Europa FM Green Medal, 443 beneficiaries.
  6. 2026
    RecognitionGreenCode for Fairer Futures with WECF (May 2026 – Apr 2027) and the UNESCO King Hamad Prize nomination, ID 407.

Recognition

Who has noticed our young people’s work.

7 February 2025The Green Medal, Europa FMOn the Misiunea Verde programme, for our technology and environment workshops with children aged 6–18.
2025Cisco Excellence Expert Level AwardFor the Cisco Networking Academy in Adjud, the only one in the county.
2026UNESCO King Hamad Prize nominationThe “Green Futures” file, ID 407, through CNR-UNESCO (letter no. 848 / 25 May 2026).
16 November 2025The European DigiEduHack networkEduHack Adjud, officially listed on digieduhack.com; one prototype reviewed by Adjud City Hall.

Projects · 2022–2026

The projects behind the figures.

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, Active ageing · Asociația Grupul Verde.
2024–2025 · Flagship

Digital Education & AI Training Hub

Fondation Orange · Contract 2024-MD-INT-050 · the largest cohort delivered — 360+ beneficiaries.

Fondation Orange360+ beneficiaries
We protect the environment through technology. Asociația Grupul Verde, All programmes · Asociația Grupul Verde.
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, Youth, gender & activism · Asociația Grupul Verde.
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, Digital education & AI · Asociația Grupul Verde.
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 children for the air we breathe. Eco Tech Kids, Environment & biodiversity · Asociația Grupul Verde.
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, Civic and legal education · Asociația Grupul Verde.
Oct–Nov 2025

EduHack Adjud

The first local civic hackathon in Adjud — 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, Youth, gender & activism · Asociația Grupul Verde.
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, Youth, gender & activism · Asociația Grupul Verde.
2026 · Submitted

GreenCode Creative Lab

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

Creative EuropeUnder evaluation

Progress · 2030 targets

How far we have come against our targets.

The association’s targets for 2030 (Phase 02 of Centre 2035), compared with our results at the end of 2025.

Young people trained, cumulative since 202156% of benchmark
560+of a 1,000 benchmark
Partner schools and clubs63% of target
38+of a 60+ target
Vrancea localities41% of target
11of a target of 27 by 2030
Girls in tech cohortsTarget met
55%target: 55%

Source: Activity report 2025. Our long-term vision is on the Centre 2035 page.

Measurement · from 2026

How we measure from now on.

From 2026 we track not only how many young people took part, but also what they learned and where they go next.

01Digital attendanceA named list at every session. We report unique participants, not estimates.
02Pre and post testDigital skills assessed on the European DigComp 2.2 framework, in every cohort.
033-month surveyConfidence, interest in technology and career intentions, broken down by gender.
0412-month follow-upSpecialist high school or university, certifications, volunteering, employment.

Eurostat · OECD · INS data

Every programme responds to a real figure.

We don’t build for reports. We build as a direct response to school dropout, the digital divide and unequal access to work affecting Romania and Vrancea today.

NEET young people (aged 15–29) — neither in education nor in work

Romania19.2%
EU average11%

People with at least basic digital skills (aged 16–74)

Romania32%
EU average60%
EU 2030 target80%

15-year-olds below baseline level in maths

Romania52%
OECD average35%

Sources: Eurostat, NEET 2025 · Eurostat, digital skills 2025 · OECD, PISA 2025

Strategic alignment

Five Sustainable Development Goals.

Every programme is aligned with the UN Goals and the European Green Deal.

SDG 4

Quality education

Digital skills for everyone, wherever they live

SDG 8

Decent work & growth

IT career guidance and internationally recognised Cisco certifications

SDG 10

Reduced inequalities

Rural, girls, disabilities — everyone included

SDG 13

Climate action

Sensors, biodiversity, BGCI, climate code

SDG 15

Life on land

Natura 2000 monitoring, BGCI network

Transparency

Governance you can verify.

The association’s legal and financial details can be checked publicly. We send the full documents on request.

  • NGO registered since 14 April 2021Tax ID (CIF) 44109108 · Adjud, Vrancea County.
  • In the ANAF Register of entities since 30.08.2023Sponsorship is tax-deductible for companies under the Romanian Fiscal Code.
  • Financial statements filed every year with ANAFPublic and verifiable online.
  • Independent auditorA CECCAR chartered accountant, independent of the Board (Statute, art. 28).
  • Unpaid Board of DirectorsA 4-year term, unpaid (Statute, art. 27).
  • Volunteering under contractVolunteer contracts under Law no. 78/2014.
  • Protecting children’s imagesWritten consent for photos; children’s faces are blurred.
  • Free for participantsFamilies pay nothing for our programmes.

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