Programmes. The same roots.
Technology, nature and people, in one place and free of charge. Our programmes help children and young people understand the world and fix it where it is broken.
Fourteen programmes, one ecosystemThe same child codes, measures the air and proposes solutions for their community.
The four pillars
Code.org, Marty robotics, AI literacy and technology built by young people.
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BGCI, iNaturalist, Natura 2000, expeditions in the Subcarpathians.
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55% girls in cohorts. WECF. Erasmus+. Climate justice.
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38+ schools · 11 localities. ISJ Vrancea partnership.
Explore the programme →Three new strands · 2026–2027
Constitutional rights, active citizenship, case law.
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AI assistants for citizens, care, ethical research.
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Digital tools and an intergenerational network.
Explore the programme →The Green Innovation Hub
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.
First aid, earthquake preparedness and climate resilience for every age.
Model: The town’s digital twinDiscover the programme →Hub · 2027Citizen monitoring and restoration of nature and water in Vrancea.
Model: Listen to the Forest — AI acoustic stationsDiscover the programme →Hub · 2027Energy education and support for vulnerable rural households.
Model: The thermographic walkDiscover the programme →Hub · 2027Media and AI literacy and resilience to disinformation, from pupils to older people.
Model: Journalists in the classroomDiscover the programme →Hub · 2027Digital and green skills for young NEETs and for adults who want to retrain.
Model: The production schoolDiscover the programme →Hub · 2027Digital and environmental education for vulnerable children, Roma children and children with disabilities.
Model: One-to-one mentoring for a whole yearDiscover the programme →Hub · 2027Nature, play and logical thinking for children aged 0–6, together with their parents.
Model: The baby book bagDiscover the programme →The methodology, selection criteria and full portfolio.
Results & goals
Completed = 2021–2026, public figures. * 2040 goals proposed by the association, currently being validated.
Want to help?
With a donation, a few hours of your time, or as a partner in a project. Choose what suits you: every kind of help reaches the children and young people of Vrancea.
A notebook, a biodiversity expedition or a Marty robot in a school. You choose what to support, and your donation goes to the programme you picked. You can see the results on the programme’s page and in our annual impact report.
Donate — choose the amount →02 · Volunteering 2h / weekCoding mentor, Arduino instructor, Natura 2000 expedition guide, translator, graphic designer. Tell us what you can do — we’ll find the right role.
Join the team →03 · PartnershipFunder, Erasmus+ organisation, school, European NGO, public institution, equipment sponsor — we have a proven track record and projects under way.
Funding & partnerships →Portfolio 2026–2027
Programmes 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.
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
Pupils learn to read a study, spot a misleading statistic and build their own experiment with low-cost sensors.
Target programme: Horizon Europe
Linked to: Media & Democracy, AI in Romania
A LIFE project built on what the living labs have learned: habitat restoration, digital monitoring and decisions taken with the community.
Target programme: LIFE
Linked to: Nature Restored, Funding
Lessons on the Green Deal and the Digital Decade taught by young people to other young people, with examples from their village and games they created.
Target programme: Erasmus+ (EACEA)
Linked to: Digital education & AI, Environment & biodiversity
Running and cycling trails in nature, mapped by young people, that bring village children together and clean the area on every outing.
Target programme: Erasmus+ (EACEA)
Linked to: Rural communities, Inclusion for Every Child
The same format in the autumn round: young people, fieldwork, data and a solution presented to the community.
Target programme: Council of Europe · European Youth Foundation
Linked to: Youth, gender & activism, Environment & biodiversity