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Transport, kits and trainers for one school.
Donate →Project 2026–2035 ·
Robotics and STEM in villages
Mobile Lab.
Technology comes to village children, instead of children travelling to town.
- 2026–2035
- Rural communities
Project sheet
The technology lab comes to the village.
Arduino kits, micro:bit robots and sensors go straight to rural schools — with no 100 km journey for pupils.
Project status
Ongoing- ✓ConceptAnalysis & partners
- ✓PilotFirst activities
- 3OngoingActive in the community
- 4ExpansionRegional scale-up
15.5%of young Romanians aged 18–24 left school earlyEurostat, 2025 · [2]
84.8%of rural households have internet at homeINS, 2025 · [3]
✓What we have achieved
- 10 villages already reached by the Mobile Lab
- Robot cars and sensors built by pupils
- 38+ partner schools and clubs in the programme
→Project objectives
- 27 more localities by 2030
- Equipment that stays in every school visited
- Local teachers trained to continue the activities
Mobile Lab · from the field
The project in pictures.
Photos from our workshops. Support the project so it can reach the next school too.
The technology lab comes to the village
Environmental sensors for rural schools
Robot cars built from scratch
micro:bit robots tested on the classroom floor
The Mobile Lab, from village to village
27communities targeted by 2030
10villages already reached
100 kmof travel avoided
Part of
The Rural communities programme.
Extended through the Green Innovation Hub
What we build next.
This programme feeds directly into the Green Innovation Hub initiatives, built on European models.
What we hope for · how you can help
The next village on the route is waiting for you.
Choose how you would like to contribute.
Invite the lab
Town halls and rural schools: we’ll put you on the route.
Invite us →Kits and laptops
Equipment that stays in the school.
Donate equipment →Project 2026–2035
This is a 10-year movement. Choose your role.
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.
- Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion, rural areas, RomaniaEurostat · ilc_peps13n · 2023. View source ↗
- Early leavers from education and training (18–24), Romania — the highest rate in the EUEurostat · edat_lfse_14 · 2025. See source ↗
- Households with internet access at home, rural areas (urban: 92.6%)INS · 2025. See source ↗
Portfolio 2026–2027
Technology built by young people, for resilient communities.
Mobile Lab 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.
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
Local and regional grants
LAG (LEADER) calls for social, educational and environmental projects
LEADER projects through Local Action Groups that bring equipment and activities straight to partner communes.
Target programme: LEADER (CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027)
Linked to: Rural communities, Funding
Technology, AI and resilience
Youth, digital innovation and disaster resilience
Secondary school students build flood, drought and earthquake sensors and a digital risk map that families and authorities can use.
Target programme: Horizon Europe
Linked to: Vrancea Ready, Resilient Communities
Local and regional grants
Small grant without co-financing (EEA / Norway Grants)
Small grants with no own contribution, to test a young people’s idea quickly before a larger project.
Target programme: EEA Grants · Civil Society Fund
Linked to: Funding, For funders
Erasmus+ and mobility
Youth exchanges, youth worker mobility and youth participation
Young people from Vrancea travel and host peers from across Europe; youth workers learn new ways of working with technology.
Target programme: Erasmus+
Linked to: Youth, gender & activism, Inclusion for Every Child
Technology, AI and resilience
AI in pre-school and primary education
Short activities, screen-free or with Marty the Robot, through which children aged 4–10 understand how a machine “thinks”. Young volunteers prepare them.
Target programme: Horizon Europe
Linked to: First Steps, Digital education & AI
Support Mobile Lab
Help this pilot get started.
Your donation goes straight into the activities of Mobile Lab in Vrancea — materials, kits, trainers and transport for children and young people. Every amount counts.
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