The first local civic hackathon
Young people built prototypes for real community problems: school dropout, food waste, local air quality. The City Hall reviewed one prototype.
Impact stories
· the faces behind the figures560 is a number. Andra is a story.
Parents, pupils, teachers. The people behind the 560+ young people trained free of charge in Vrancea.
Andra M. · 2023 cohort
“I came for the games. I stayed for who I became.”
Results 2021–2026
Five years in figures.
560+young people trained for free
360+in the largest cohort (2024)
38+partner schools & clubs
55%girls in tech cohorts
443direct beneficiaries in 2025
100sensors built by young people
3grants won in 2025
407UNESCO nomination ID
Voices from Vrancea
Change has names and faces.
Parents, pupils, teachers. Three of the 560+.
“My son built an air sensor and took it home to show his grandmother. The first time I’ve seen him proud of homework.”
“Nobody told me this wasn’t for me. I programmed robots and measured the air in a village where that’s something normal.”
“Our children no longer just use technology. They build it, like the children in Bucharest.”
EduHack · Oct–Nov 2025
Young people proposing solutions.
The stories, in pictures
From hackathon to community.
From the EduHack civic hackathon to communities reinventing themselves.
Prototypes for local air quality
Young people proposing solutions for their community
Strong communities, from children to grandparents
A civic hackathon for real problems
The next story
Fund the next story.
Portfolio 2026–2027
What we build next, with young people.
Impact stories 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, Resilient Communities
Open science and research
European Researchers’ Night + Researchers at Schools
Researchers in classrooms and an open evening where young people show their prototypes: robots, sensors, apps for nature.
Target programme: Horizon Europe · MSCA
Linked to: R&D Hub — Research & Innovation, Young Innovators Incubator
Living labs for nature and climate
LIFE — climate adaptation and governance
Local adaptation plans for heat and drought, fed by data gathered by young people and debated in public before adoption.
Target programme: LIFE
Linked to: Vrancea Ready, Clean Energy for Villages
Democracy, memory and citizenship
Pupils and families in civic education
Pupils attend workshops with their parents on rights, voting and public services and build a small digital guide for the community together.
Target programme: Horizon Europe
Linked to: Civic and legal education, Citizenship & Rights
Erasmus+ and mobility
Erasmus+ autumn round
We prepare proposals for the autumn round early: partners, budget and activities designed together with young people.
Target programme: Erasmus+
Linked to: Funding, For funders
European Solidarity Corps
International youth activity (climate, environment)
A week in which young people from several countries field-test environmental sensors and compare their data.
Target programme: Council of Europe · European Youth Foundation
Linked to: Environment & biodiversity, Sensors in Protected Areas