European partners for education projects in Romania

· Erasmus+ · Vrancea

A local partner in rural Romania, for European projects.

We are an NGO in Vrancea, Romania, working on digital and environmental education for children and young people in villages. We are looking for European partners for joint projects.

Propose a project Partners by country

Our partners · 2021–2026

Who we have already worked with.

Funders, networks and education partners from Romania and Europe, each backed by a contract, an agreement or a written confirmation.

Funders and sponsorsFunder · Digital Education & AI Training Hub, 2024–2025
Funders and sponsorsPartner · GreenCode for Fairer Futures, 2026–2027
Funders and sponsorsSponsor · Generația Tech, 2022–2023
Funders and sponsorsSponsor · Generația Tech, 2022–2023
Education and technologyCODE Kids coding club, since 2024
Education and technologyIT training for 100 young people, 2022–2023
Education and technologyEducational robotics, since 2022
European networksBotanic Gardens Conservation International · member
European networksDigiEduHackOfficial EduHack 2025 event, supported by the European Commission
RecognitionUNESCO King Hamad Prize 2026 nomination · ID 407
Recognition“Green Medal”, 2025

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

European programmes · 2026–2027

Where we are applying.

The European funds our programme lines are built for. We apply as partner, coordinator or coach, depending on each call.

Horizon Europe
MSCA, the Soil and Adaptation Missions, Cluster 6, New European Bauhaus
LIFE
Nature and biodiversity, climate adaptation and governance
Erasmus+
Youth, adult education, partnerships, DiscoverEU, sport
European Solidarity Corps
Solidarity projects, volunteering, Quality Label
CERV
European remembrance, town twinning
Creative Europe
Culture
EEA and Norway Grants
Civil Society Fund
LEADER
Local Action Groups, CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027
Council of Europe
European Youth Foundation
EUKI
European Climate Initiative (Germany)
Black Sea Trust
German Marshall Fund

These are programmes we apply to, not partners. No project on this list has been approved yet. See the 43 programme lines.

By country

Where we already have links.

Fondation Orange · UNESCO

France

You may already know two of the organisations we work with: Fondation Orange and UNESCO.

WECF

Netherlands

Our partner WECF is headquartered in Utrecht, so Dutch organisations are one step away from a network we already work with.

WECF

Germany

Our partner WECF has an office in Munich, so German organisations are one step away from a network we already work with.

DigiEduHack

Belgium

We have already hosted an official DigiEduHack event in Vrancea, supported by the European Commission.

JYSK

Denmark

A Danish company, JYSK, has already supported our IT training for young people in Vrancea.

BGCI · Robotical

United Kingdom

Two of our long-standing links are British: BGCI in London and Robotical in Edinburgh.

What we can do together

Projects we are ready for.

Erasmus+

Cooperation partnerships

Small-scale and cooperation partnerships on digital skills, AI literacy, climate and biodiversity education.

Erasmus+

Youth exchanges and mobility

Young people and youth workers from rural Vrancea meeting peers from your country, here or there.

CERV · LIFE · Horizon Europe

Larger consortia

As a local partner with direct access to rural schools and communities. See our Green Innovation Hub pilots.

Why Vrancea

Where European funding makes the biggest difference.

The full data, with sources, is on the Green Innovation Hub page.

Eurostat, 2025

32% vs 60%

Adults in Romania with basic digital skills, against the EU average. Romania ranks last in the EU.

INS, 2021 Census

67.3% rural

Two in three people in Vrancea live in a village.

European Commission, 2025

26.3% vs 3.3%

Early school leaving in Romanian villages, against large cities.

FAQ

What partners ask us.

Do you have international experience?

Yes. We have worked with Fondation Orange (2024–2025), WECF on GreenCode for Fairer Futures, and ran EduHack 2025 as an official DigiEduHack event. We are a BGCI member and teach robotics with Robotical’s Marty the Robot.

Why are only some countries listed?

We list the countries where we already have a real partner, funder or network. We are glad to hear from organisations anywhere in Europe.

How do we start?

Write to us with the call, the topic and your timeline. We reply with our partnership file and a first idea for the project.

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