ASOCIAȚIA Grupul Verde

Your partner in Romania, for organisations in the United Kingdom

· Erasmus+ · Vrancea

From the United Kingdom to Vrancea, one project at a time.

Two of our long-standing links are British: BGCI in London and Robotical in Edinburgh. We are an NGO in Vrancea, Romania, working on digital and environmental education for children and young people in rural Vrancea.

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National and international recognition

Trust earned in Romania and worldwide.

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Ideas with the United Kingdom

Where we could start.

All project types we are ready for, and the data on Vrancea, are on the European partners page.

Idea

Botanic gardens and schools

With the BGCI network: bringing botanic garden education to village schools in Vrancea.

Idea

Robotics in the classroom

Sharing what we have learnt teaching with Marty the Robot since 2022 with UK schools and educators.

Idea

Ready for 2027

Preparing a first Erasmus+ project together for when the UK rejoins the programme in January 2027.

Your national agency

Erasmus+ in the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom will rejoin Erasmus+ from January 2027, under the agreement announced on 17 December 2025. The current agreement covers 2027; later years depend on the next programme. Source: House of Commons Library. The UK has also been associated to Horizon Europe since 1 January 2024.

FAQ

What partners ask us.

Have you worked with organisations from the United Kingdom?

Yes. We are a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the global network of botanic gardens based in London. Since 2022 we have taught robotics with Marty the Robot, made by Robotical in Edinburgh.

Can UK organisations partner with you under Erasmus+?

From January 2027, yes: the UK rejoins Erasmus+ under the agreement announced on 17 December 2025. Until then, we can plan a project together and prepare the application.

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.

Other countries

European partners by country.

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

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

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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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