ASOCIAȚIAGrupul Verde

Four pillars + three new strands

Programmes. The same roots.

STEM is the language a new generation uses to say: we care about the future and we have the tools to fix it. Digital, green and social, in one organisation, free of charge.

  • 4 pillars
  • 3 new strands
  • 100% free
We protect the environment through technology. Asociația Grupul Verde, All programmes · Asociația Grupul Verde.

Fourteen programmes, one ecosystemThe same child codes, measures the air and proposes solutions for their community.

The Social Innovation Lab

Solutions tested in Europe, brought to Vrancea.

Resilience, nature restoration, clean energy, media literacy, second chances, inclusion and early childhood education — seven initiatives built on models that have already worked in Europe, prepared ahead of funding.

The methodology, selection criteria and full portfolio.

Results & goals

What we have achieved and what comes next.

Completed 2021–2026Goal 2030–2040

Digital education & AI

  1. 2021CompletedFirst Scratch club
  2. 2026Completed560+ young people trained · the only Cisco Academy in Vrancea
  3. 2030Goal60+ schools with coding clubs
  4. 2035Goal1,000+ young people / year at Centre 2035
  5. 2040Goal10,000+ young people trained in total*

Environment & biodiversity

  1. 2021CompletedStarted in 2023 · BGCI
  2. 2026Completed100 young people built sensors · monthly expeditions
  3. 2030GoalSensors in protected areas · first stations
  4. 2035Goal100+ IoT sensors in Natura 2000 sites
  5. 2040GoalMonitoring in every Natura 2000 site in Vrancea*

Youth, gender & activism

  1. 2021CompletedStarted in 2023 · TechWomen
  2. 2026Completed55% girls in cohorts · 80 GreenCode young people
  3. 2030Goal55% girls, consistently, in every cohort
  4. 2035GoalErasmus+ KA2 · European youth network
  5. 2040GoalParity in all tech programmes*

Rural communities

  1. 2021Completed2022 · local co-funding
  2. 2026Completed38+ schools · 11 localities
  3. 2030Goal+27 localities through the Mobile Lab
  4. 2035GoalRegional NEETs hub for Vrancea
  5. 2040GoalAll 73 localities in Vrancea*

Civic and legal education

  1. 2021Completed2025 · EduHack, the first civic hackathon
  2. 2026CompletedSchool of Rights · launch
  3. 2030GoalCase-Law Observatory · annual report
  4. 2035GoalResilient Communities · participatory assemblies
  5. 2040GoalCivic model replicated in other counties*

Agentic AI

  1. 2021CompletedAI literacy in cohorts
  2. 2026CompletedAI in Romania · launch
  3. 2030GoalAI agent for citizens · pilot
  4. 2035GoalR&D Hub · 20+ prototypes, 500+ researchers
  5. 2040GoalRegional centre for ethical and civic AI*

Active ageing

  1. 2021Completed—
  2. 2026CompletedDirection C · early launch
  3. 2030GoalDigital inclusion programme for older people
  4. 2035GoalIntergenerational network in every partner locality
  5. 2040GoalDigital independence for every older person in our partner communities*

Completed = 2021–2026, public figures. * 2040 goals proposed by the association, currently being validated.

560+young people trained · 2021–2026
38+partner schools & clubs
55%girls in the tech cohorts
Cost 0for every family, since 2021 — free, always
3grants won in 2025 · 11 localities