Phase 01Active now
2026—27European foundations
- Erasmus+ & ESC accreditation · in preparation
- ISJ Vrancea partnership
- WECF GreenCode · ongoing
- Launch of an online safety programme
- UNESCO King Hamad Prize 2026
Education and environment projects
· 11 projects over 10 yearsProjects 2026–2035.
Eleven projects that take our programmes further: from understanding AI to sensors in nature and a research lab built by young people.
- 11 projects
- 2026–2035
The portfolio
Eleven projects, one path.
AI in Romania
Understanding AI, not just using it.
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Citizenship & Rights
Knowing your rights through real cases.
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Code & Climate
Young people writing code for the climate.
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Digital Inclusion
100% accessible coding, WCAG from the ground up.
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Young Innovators Incubator
From idea to product, with mentors.
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Green Case-Law Observatory
The law explained, on nature’s side.
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Mobile Lab
Tech in villages — without a 100 km journey.
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Intergenerational Network
Young and older people — mentoring each other.
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Sensors in Protected Areas
100+ IoT sensors in Natura 2000.
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R&D Hub — Research & Innovation
Young people build and test prototypes for their community.
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Resilient Communities
People deciding together.
See the project →The Green Innovation Hub
The portfolio grows with European models.
The eleven projects are complemented by the seven initiatives of the Green Innovation Hub, each brought to Vrancea from a model that has already worked in Europe.
Green Innovation HubHubVrancea ReadyEuropean model: A digital twin of the locality.EnvironmentAll agesTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubHubNature RestoredEuropean model: Listen to the Forest — AI-powered acoustic stations.EnvironmentTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubHubClean Energy for VillagesEuropean model: The thermal imaging walk.EnvironmentRural→
Green Innovation HubHubMedia & DemocracyEuropean model: Journalists in the classroom.CivicAll agesTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubHubSecond ChanceEuropean model: The production school.EducationYouth & genderTechnology & AI→
Green Innovation HubHubInclusion for Every ChildEuropean model: One-to-one mentoring, for a whole year.EducationRuralAll ages→
Green Innovation HubHubFirst StepsEuropean model: The book suitcase for babies.EducationAll agesEnvironment→The Green Innovation Hub: methodology, selection criteria and the full portfolio.
Horizon · 2026–2035
We are building something that lasts.
A permanent resource centre for NEETs in Vrancea — aligned with the EU Digital Agenda, the UN SDGs and the EU Missions. A physical space in Vrancea, operational by 2035.
Phase 02Planned
2027—29Groundwork & partnerships
- Erasmus+ KA2 cooperation
- EEA and Norway Grants
- Rural expansion · 60+ schools
- Digital inclusion programme for older people
- LIFE environment programme
Phase 03Vision
2029—31Research & scaling
- Horizon Europe Cluster 5
- Nationally replicable anti-dropout model
- PNRR C15 + C6
- UNICEF Innovation Fund
Phase 04Vision
2031—35The permanent centre
- ESF+ / PEO building funding
- Regional NEETs hub for Vrancea
- SDG 4 · 8 · 10 · 13 · 15
- 1,000+ young people / year
Vrancea · Europe · Since 2021
Turning pixels into oxygen.
Code, environment, rights and digital dignity — from a town of 16,000, free, for every child. Because the place you were born should not decide the future you build.
Portfolio 2026–2027
What we build next, with young people.
Projects 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
Local experimentation spaces for the EU Missions
Schools and villages become test sites for the EU Missions on climate, soil and cities: young people prototype, the community decides what stays.
Target programme: Horizon Europe · Missions
Linked to: About the Hub, R&D Hub — Research & Innovation
Open science and research
Youth, science and democracy (science literacy)
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
Living labs for nature and climate
Soil living labs — the full proposal
The consortium, methodology and work plan for the soil living labs, ready to discuss with universities, farmers and authorities.
Target programme: Horizon Europe · Soil Mission
Linked to: Nature Restored, For funders
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