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With this project, we are developing a new generation of young people - as edu-preneurs - ready to face the challenges of today's labour market, through a community-based, scalable and sustainable educational process in the hyper-technologized era of the future.
At the center of this approach is ensuring the continuity of educational hubs that serve as meeting and learning spaces where 15+ year olds can develop essential personal, social and technical skills, with a particular focus on programming and code writing, including through the use of AI.
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The mission of PepinTEEN Hubs is to transform each edu-preneur into a trainer for future generations, thus creating a perpetual cycle of personal education, continuous development and community involvement through projects that promote school inclusion.
This cycle is sustained through the collaborative process between pupils, students, parents, educators, mentors and other public, private and social stakeholders, each of whom are essential contributors to the project.
PepinTEEN beneficiaries
Students from University Centers in Romania who can become edu-preneurs: Brasov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iasi.
High school students in the vicinity of the University Centers, curious about the university route they could follow, interested in the IT field and concerned about the evolution of the future occupations governed by AI.
By actively integrating the local community, PepinTEEN Hubs not only builds individual competences, but also strengthens social cohesion by directly involving residents in the development and implementation of contemporary educational initiatives.
The collaborative approach makes the project responsive to the specific needs of the community, stimulating active and continuous community participation, facilitating cross-generational and multidisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experiences.
We want PepinTEEN Hubs to become a model of community education that inspires and motivates the whole community to contribute to shaping a sustainable and prosperous future for all its members.
We provide both groups of young people with the resources, tools and practical experiences to reach their potential and contribute to the development of the community in which they live, grow and learn together.
Young people are encouraged to discover their passions, to think creatively, to seek innovative solutions to community problems and to be involved in the effort to increase their personal well-being and thus contribute to the community's prosperity.
PepinTEEN plays an important role in encouraging the initial training of edu-preneurs and facilitates continuous and collaborative learning for 15+ year olds.
With PepinTEEN Hubs, we aim...
To develop the skills and competences in edu-preneurship, necessary for the integration of students into the labor market, according to the constant changes it is going through.
To increase the awareness and involvement of teenagers in community coagulation, through initiative and action, utilizing the skills and competences developed through the project activities in which they will participate.
To build a network of experts and partners from corporations and technology-focused industries that support the development of young people who want to be actively involved in their communities, through guidance and mentoring.
We need financial support
I. The development program of edupreneurs
I. The development program of edupreneurs
Budget for the delivery of soft skills workshops and training of students in preparation for the hub commissioning.
Delivery of technical and hard skills workshops by company volunteers.
Support in judging the Hub's Business Development plans that candidate edu-preneurs will submit to us to qualify for the next stage of the program - work with teens.
Participation in Living Library type events - managers, mentors, company specialists - sharing real-life experiences and offering practical advice to edupreneurs.
II. Setting up and running the hub for a minimum of 2 years
II. Setting up and running the hub for a minimum of 2 years
Selection of 2 out of 10 edu-preneurs (according to criteria established and communicated at application)
Annual budget for the delivery of technology-focused workshops for 100 selected teenagers
Mentoring (company volunteers) for edu-preneurs and accompaniment in the delivery of technical and hard skills workshops in working with teenagers.
Classroom/classroom space, equipped with A/C, Internet connection, access to utilities
Equipment and facilities: 30 laptops, 1 Smart TV, desk, furniture for participants and trainers.
Edu-preneurs
Edu-preneurs
Profile: A group of 10 students, selected for their deep commitment and interest in educational and social entrepreneurship. These young people will be motivated to become community leaders and trainers. Students from our target will be selected from relevant fields such as education, psychology for soft skills and engineering, computer science for hard skills. It will be a plus, if they can provide a fresh perspective about their future activities and they are interested in looking for practical experiences in their field of study.
Needs: Improved communication, collaboration and leadership skills as well as practical experience in teaching and mentoring.
How the project responds: The project offers an intensive training program that includes soft and hard skills development workshops with a special focus on programming with AI. Students will be trained to become trainers, equipping them with the necessary skills to train and inspire high school youth.
Learners
Learners
Profile: Enthusiastic high school students from urban, functional urban and rural areas, preferably from grade XI, interested in developing technical and non-technical skills, and curious to explore new areas of knowledge, especially the areas that will be most rapidly transformed by technology.
Needs: Access to quality technical education that supplements traditional curriculum, interactive learning experiences, and age-appropriate role models.
How the project responds: Workshops led by edu-preneurs provide hands-on learning opportunities in coding and personal development while promoting a dynamic and collaborative learning culture. Young people are encouraged to actively participate and collaborate on projects, thereby improving their technical and social skills.
Local Community
Local Community
Profile: Parents, educators and other adults interested in improving educational opportunities in the community. Parents of students and other adults in the community who have experience or an interest in the areas covered in the workshops can be a valuable resource.
Community professionals and specialists: The involvement of community professionals working in relevant fields can add value to the workshops. They could share real-life experiences and practical advice with students. They can also provide support to edu-preneurs through mentoring where they are skilled and needed.
Needs: To support initiatives that contribute to the development of young people and raise the quality of local education.
How the project responds: PepinTEEN provides a platform for community involvement in education through volunteering, donations and participation in educational events. The project stimulates collaboration between different segments of the community, strengthening local ties and supporting the continuous development of young people.
Volunteers
Volunteers
Help prepare the teaching materials and resources needed for each workshop.
Deliver workshops on technical topics to edupreneurs and teenagers, as appropriate.
Provides support in managing small groups, facilitating discussions and accompanying participants to help them understand the material presented.
Collects feedback from participants at the end of each workshop and helps evaluate their success for continuous improvement.
Student applicants
Student applicants
Apply to be an edupreneur.
Participate in the training program.
They create and present the development plan of the educational hub to the jury.
Candidates selected as edupreneurs will assume their 2-year mandate.
Deliver the PepinTEEN program to the teenagers, accompanied by the School of Values trainers and the Partner mentors.
As edu-preneurs, students...
As edu-preneurs, students...
Participate in setting up and equipping the hub to prepare the space to welcome target teens.
Coagulates the community and enrolls the applying participants, motivates and keeps them close as volunteers.
Participates in the mentoring program to develop their digital soft skills, technical skills, as well as hard skills of programming and code writing with AI.
Organize and deliver soft skills (online), technical skills (online) and hard skills (offline - live) workshops, accompanied by the School of Values trainers and/or Partner mentors.
Engage local community members to support the education of teenagers.
Attract funding and apply for local and county grants in order to expand the type of educational interventions needed by contemporary adolescents.
Organize feedback sessions and conduct surveys to ensure relevance of workshops to learners.
Organizes events to showcase the hub's facilities for adolescent skills development and to encourage participation from community members interested in contributing.
Monitors project progress through regular feedback sessions and progress reports.
Recruit volunteers for various roles within the project and provide training to enable them to contribute.
Think the hub's leadership delivery strategy at the end of the 2 year term.
Edupreneurs Development Plan
Edupreneurs Development Plan
We will determine an optimal number of workshops, according to the training needs, in which edu-preneurs will be able to participate.
What skills edupreneurs develop
What skills edupreneurs develop
Participants acquire advanced digital skills essential for integration and success in the modern labor market.
They develop entrepreneurial skills in the social and educational spheres, learning to initiate and manage projects with community impact.
Exercise entrepreneurial skills in the educational sphere, becoming able to create and implement innovative solutions in education.
These skills will enable them to shape their own career path and actively contribute to the development of their communities.
Soft skills workshops
Soft skills workshops
Managing personal and community effectiveness: Communication, systemic, deductive and inductive thinking, parallel and lateral thinking, decision making and problem solving
Digital Skills: Digital transformation, how the future works, media literacy, ethical use of digital resources, understanding digital footprints, online protection, managing digital communication and cyberbullying.
Entrepreneurial and social skills: Entrepreneurial mindset, millennial business, business model canvas, evolution of the entrepreneur and CV of failures.
Technical skills workshops
Technical skills workshops
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence
SCRUM methodology
Cyber Security
Digital Citizenship
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Hard skills workshops
Hard skills workshops
IT Fundamentals
HTML
CSS
Java Script
JavaScript server
Mobile Computing
delivered by Școala de Valori trainers
delivered by the Școala de Valori trainers, or Partner employees
PepinTEEN workshops for teenagers
PepinTEEN workshops for teenagers
For teens who are attracted to technology, learning programming and coding skills with AI can open up many opportunities.
We will set an optimal number of workshops that young people will be able to attend depending on the choices they make from the options below, which we will present to them in advance.
Soft skills workshops
Soft skills workshops
Communication, systematic, deductive and inductive thinking, parallel and lateral thinking, decision making and problem solving
Digital transformation and how the future works, media literacy, ethical use of digital resources, understanding digital footprints, online protection, managing digital communication and cyberbullying
The successful man's mindset, the business of the millennial, the evolution of the entrepreneur, resume of failures.
Technical skills workshops
Technical skills workshops
Machine learning
Artificial Intelligence
SCRUM methodology
Cyber Security
Digital Citizenship
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Hard skills workshops
Hard skills workshops
IT Fundamentals
HTML
CSS
Java Script
JavaScript server
Mobile Computing
delivered by the edu-prenors, seconded by the Școala de Valori trainers
delivered by the Școala de Valori trainers or Partner employees
Coding is simply a way of communicating with a computer, using a language it understands based on instructions in order to perform specific functions. It can be used for a variety of different endeavors in the world of work - from creating websites to developing video games and applications. It is also useful for understanding and using artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Learning to code can also help teens improve their skills in other areas such as computer science and math.According to recent US research, it appears that young people who study computer science perform better in other subjects and excel at problem solving.
Deadlines, reporting and measuring project success
Main project milestones (quantitative) and timetable
Students enrolled | end of September 2025
Trainers allocated | end of September 2025
Partner mentors involved & volunteer hours offered | first call: October 2025
Students completing train the trainer module | end of March 2026
Adolescents enrolled | April 2026
Teenagers completing the program | December 2026
Online involvement (on the eLearning platform of the ȘdV) | throughout the project period
Measuring impact | we will use a balanced dashboard with three dimensions for the student, adolescent and mentor domains
For each dimension we will track specific indicators
Soft skills development rate
Digital competences
Engagement rate of beneficiaries
Retention rate of beneficiaries and volunteers
Social impact indicators
Adolescents feeling more confident in their abilities
Adolescents who feel better prepared to find a future job
IT engineers feel more confident in their transversal skills
Shared value in PepinTEEN
The project aims to create shared value by engaging the Partner's employees (e.g. by providing them with opportunities for skills development through volunteering such as mentoring).
The project enables people with a strong passion for positive change to set the right example.
The project intends to create shared value by activating other core elements of the Partner's work, such as IT/innovation capacity etc.
Since the inception of PepinTEEN, Partner employees have been the main resources that companies invest in this educational program.
As volunteers/mentors, Partner employees create IT curriculum from scratch, tailored to this vulnerable, atypical target audience.
The main goal of the technology-centered curriculum is to motivate teens to fall in love with science and engineering.
Once the curriculum is created, volunteers/mentors are trained by the School of Values trainers to organize the IT workshops. In addition, School of Values trainers will also be able to deliver cross-curricular skills workshops as needed!
The trainers of the School of Values will also be able to accompany the volunteers/mentors in delivering the technical workshops for teenagers.
Local Information Campaign
Local Information Campaign
Distribution of information materials: Placing leaflets, posters and brochures in well frequented public places such as schools, libraries, cafes and community centers. These materials will contain information about the purpose and benefits of the project, emphasizing the importance of community participation.
Use local media: Work with local radio stations and newspapers to air commercials and articles illustrating the positive impact of the project on the local community and how each member of the community can contribute to its success.
Launch the website https://pepinteen.ro: will include a calendar of events, resources, testimonials and an online sign-up system to make it easy for teens and the community to access and participate.
Online presence: Create a project page on social media - launch and manage a page on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to post regular updates, event information and project success stories. This will also serve as a platform for dialog and direct feedback from the community.
Organize a launch event: This will include interactive presentations, demonstration workshops and Q&A sessions. The event will be promoted through all communication channels and will serve as an excellent opportunity for the community to learn more about the project and engage directly.
Open Days: Regular planning of these days will allow people to visit the education hub, attend mini-workshops and understand the direct benefits of the project.
Working with schools and community leaders: Inform schools and communities about the hub, thus encouraging young people to participate
Prerequisites for hub operation | budget components
Running the workshops
Once the educational space (hub) is up and running and the necessary resources are in place, delivery of the workshops to the teenagers can begin.
The schedule of the workshops will be set and published in advance to allow young people to organize and actively participate.
Managing users and their needs
A project coordinator will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the hub, ensuring that the workshops are well organized and that resources are efficiently used.
A learning progress monitoring system will be in place.
A feedback system will be used to gather participants' impressions and suggestions for improvement so that the project remains relevant, attractive and offers transfer to the reality of young people.
Technical support and equipment maintenance
A technical team will be responsible for the maintenance of equipment and infrastructure. It will ensure regular maintenance and updates of the technology used in the hub.
An annual budget will be allocated for the management of the IT instances to ensure their optimal functioning.
Material and technical equipment costs
Computers and software licenses: Computers, laptops, tablets and software needed for IT workshops, focused on programming and code writing, with AI.
Furniture: Tables, chairs, interactive whiteboards, cabinets for storing teaching materials.
Workshop accessories: Teaching materials, sheets, markers, whiteboard and projector or smartboard.
Costs of location and arrangements for delivery
Taking over or renting the space to be used for the educational hub.
Utilities: Electricity, water, heating, high speed internet, easy toilet access.
Renovations and improvements: Any works necessary to adapt the space to the needs of the project, if necessary, such as painting the walls, installing IT equipment, adapting the space to provide access for disabled young people.
Operational costs for project implementation
Honoraria for the project team: project manager, IT technician, cleaning staff, security.
Fees for trainers, trainers and facilitators: Costs necessary to deliver the workshops.
Insurance: Location insurance, equipment and staff insurance.
Communication and promotion costs
Flyers and posters: Design and printing of promotional materials to inform and engage the community.
Digital materials: Creating digital content for website and social media channels.
Costs for volunteers and ambassadors at physical events
Meals: Per diem during long events or workshops.
Other necessary expenses
Launch events and open days: Costs of organizing special events, including catering, equipment rental and production of informational materials.
PepinTEEN is not only an investment in education but also an affirmation of community values of mutual support, innovation and social progress.
PepinTEEN is not only an investment in education but also an affirmation of community values of mutual support, innovation and social progress.
In previous editions, more than 1,000 teenagers participated in the 4 hubs that operated in the University Centers in Brașov, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Iași.
For 2 years, 20 students practiced the role of edu-preneur. Mainly, they practiced their people skills, developed their practical skills as well as highly skilled technical skills, learning software and code writing from involved mentors.
Link with existing initiatives/contributions
The requested funding complements an existing community investment partnership.
Active projects in PepinTEEN Hubs in 2025
Active projects in PepinTEEN Hubs in 2025
PepinTEEN Hub Brașov > CommuniTEEN project, with Erasmus+ funding
PepinTEEN Hub Iași > ACTeen project, with Amazon funding
PepinTEEN Hub Iași > 2025 Hub activity, with ING Tech funding
Testimonials from participants and edupreneurs
Testimonials from participants and edupreneurs
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