The “Preparedness Union” Strategy
A culture of crisis preparedness, 72-hour reserves, preparedness lessons in schools and a European Preparedness Day.
Read the document ↗Social Innovation Lab · Resilience & first aid
Vrancea Ready.
We live in Romania’s most active seismic zone, amid droughts and landslides. We teach children, adults and older people to act correctly in the first minutes — when it matters most.
- First aid
- Earthquakes
- Climate adaptation
- All ages
The European model we are bringing to Vrancea
The town’s digital twin.
Model: EU Local Digital Twin Toolbox · European Commission (2023–2026)
Young people build a digital copy of Adjud, fed by their own sensors: heat, drought, floods, evacuation routes. Families and authorities see the risks before they become emergencies.
What makes us different: the digital twin is not bought from a company but built by young people, with sensors made in the robotics clubs.
✓What it has shown in Europe
- Open European tools, designed for small and rural communities too
- AI models for scenario simulation and local planning
- Built on open data and interoperability
The cause · why we are starting this programme
In Vrancea, preparedness is not optional.
Vrancea’s intermediate-depth earthquakes are the strongest in the country. And yet most people do not know what to do in the first minutes after an emergency.
7,4
magnitude of the Vrancea earthquake of 4 March 1977 — the most destructive in Romania’s history
INFP — National Institute for Earth Physics, 1977 · [1]82%of Romanians say they do not know how to give first aid correctlyGroupama national study, June 2026, 2026 · [2]
66%of Romanians consider climate change a very serious problemSpecial Eurobarometer 565, 2025 · [3]
European alignment
What Europe asks. What we do in Vrancea.
The programme responds directly to the policies the European Union asks of Member States — applied at the level of Vrancea County, for all ages.
EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
Communities more resilient to droughts, floods and heatwaves, using local data.
Read the document ↗Launch readiness
How ready we are before day one.
We are not waiting for funding to start thinking about the programme. Here, openly, is what is ready and what comes next.
69%
Readiness indexCalculated from 8 launch criteria- ✓European model analysed and documentedReady
- ✓Alignment with EU policies checkedReady
- ✓Context data from official sourcesReady
- ✓Expert profiles definedReady
- ✓Activities and objectives plannedReady
- ◐Own resources identified: space and equipmentPartial
- ○Implementation partners confirmedIn progress
- ○Funding securedIn progress
- Sept. 2026Analysis & European model
- Q4 2026Partners & funding applications
- 2027Pilot in Vrancea
- 2028+Expansion, under the new 2028–2034 EU financial framework
What we will do
One flagship model and three activities, one single goal.
The town’s digital twin
Young people build a digital copy of Adjud, fed by their own sensors: heat, drought, floods, evacuation routes.
The Golden Minute
First aid and CPR for pupils, teachers and parents — hands-on sessions, not just theory.
The 72-hour grab bag
Families prepare their emergency kit, following European preparedness recommendations.
Early-warning sensors
Prototypes for drought, floods and extreme temperatures, built in our clubs.
Project status
In preparation · launch 2027- 1ConceptAnalysis & partners
- 2PilotFirst activities
- 3OngoingActive in the community
- 4ExpansionRegional scale-up
✓What we already have
- “The Golden Minute” project (first aid in schools), in preparation
- Temperature and humidity sensors already built by young people
- Training space at Orange Digital Center Adjud
→Programme objectives
- First version of Adjud’s digital twin (2027)
- First first-aid cohorts in partner schools (2027)
- 72-hour kit in participating families
- Open risk map for partner communities
One ecosystem
How it connects to what we already do.
No programme stands alone: each one uses the equipment, people and data of the others.
Connected programmeR&D HubThis is where the digital twin is built.See →Connected programmeSensors in Protected AreasThe same sensors feed the risk map.See →Connected programmeAgentic AIThe models that simulate risk scenarios.See →Connected programmeMobile LabTakes the preparedness drills to the villages.See →
Our role · how we work
The programme starts with experts, not improvisation.
The same five steps as in all our programmes: data, experts, equipment, community, public results.
- Local diagnosisWe start from data: the schools, the villages and the real needs of young people in Vrancea.
- A programme built with expertsCurriculum and activities designed together with specialists and teachers.
- Training & equipmentWe bring kits, laptops and mentors wherever they are missing.
- Working in the communityFree, hands-on activities at school, in the village or out in the field.
- Measurement & public reportingWe count the results and publish them — verifiable figures, not promises.
Who we work with
The experts beside the children.
The specialist profiles we start and run the activities with. Their names appear in the project reports.
First-aid instructorsAccredited trainers in CPR and emergency response.Involved from the start
Civil protection specialistsExplain seismic risk and evacuation plans.Involved from the start
Earth scientistsTranslate seismic and climate data for the community.Involved from the start
Form tutorsTake the preparedness lessons into every class.Involved from the start
What we hope for · how you can help
Be among those who launch the programme.
The programme is ready. Your support turns it from a plan into action, ahead of any funding.
A CPR manikin for a school
The equipment that turns theory into reflex.
Donate →Doctors, nurses, rescuers
One hour a month for a class learning to save lives.
Become a volunteer instructor →Partner schools and town halls
Let’s prepare local drills and plans together.
Propose a partnership →First-aid kits
Complete kits for classrooms.
Donate kits →Sources and methodology
Where the figures come from.
Our own figures (young people trained, schools, localities) come from the association’s records and are published in the impact report. Context statistics come from official sources, with the year of the latest available edition.
- Magnitude (Mw) of the Vrancea earthquake of 4 March 1977, at a depth of 94 kmINFP — National Institute for Earth Physics · 1977. See source ↗
- Romanians who say they lack the knowledge to give first aid correctlyGroupama national study, June 2026 · 2026. See source ↗
- Romanians who consider climate change a very serious problemSpecial Eurobarometer 565 · 2025. View source ↗