Deciding together
Citizens, young people, experts and local authorities, learning from one another and deciding together — turning local concerns into public policy and democratic leadership.
Project 2026–2035 ·
Civic participation and leadership
Resilient Communities.
People in the same community learn to decide together.
- 2026–2035
- Civic and legal education
Project sheet
Communities that decide together.
Citizens, young people, experts and local authorities learn from one another and turn local problems into solutions.
Project status
Concept · 2035 target- 1ConceptAnalysis & partners
- 2PilotFirst activities
- 3OngoingActive in the community
- 4ExpansionRegional scale-up
19,2%
of young people aged 15–29 in Romania are neither in education nor in employment
Eurostat, 2025 · [1]45.1%of village residents are at risk of poverty or exclusionEurostat, 2023 · [2]
✓What already exists
- Young people proposing solutions for their community
- EduHack format tested in 2025
→Project objectives
- Participatory assemblies in partner localities (2035)
- Democratic leadership training for young people
- Local plans built together with the authorities
Resilient Communities · from the field
The project in pictures.
Photos from our workshops. Support the project so it can reach the next school too.
Young people proposing solutions for their community
Strong communities, from children to grandparents
The approach
How we work.
Part of
The Civic and legal education 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
Strong communities are built from children to grandparents.
Choose how you would like to contribute.
Support a participatory assembly
Facilitation and materials for one community.
Donate →Partner town halls
We pilot the model in your locality.
Invite us →Facilitators
Help moderate the meetings.
Become a volunteer →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.
- NEET young people (aged 15–29), Romania — the highest rate in the EUEurostat · edat_lfse_20 · 2025. See source ↗
- Population at risk of poverty or social exclusion, rural areas, RomaniaEurostat · ilc_peps13n · 2023. View source ↗
Portfolio 2026–2027
Technology built by young people, for resilient communities.
Resilient Communities 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
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, Digital education & AI
Technology, AI and resilience
Resilience of rural communities to shocks
Villages learn to withstand drought, floods, price shocks and isolation. Young people map local resources and build simple alert tools.
Target programme: Horizon Europe
Linked to: Rural communities, Clean Energy for Villages
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
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 for local climate resilience
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
Support Resilient Communities
Help this pilot get started.
Your donation goes straight into the activities of Resilient Communities in Vrancea — materials, kits, trainers and transport for children and young people. Every amount counts.
Bank transfer with no fees · 3.5% of your tax · sponsorship with a contract