In early March, the VET Center, operating within StartUp HUB, organized the third edition of the “Erasmus+ in Education” professional conference in Sfântu Gheorghe. The event consisted of an intensive series of programs focused on professional exchange and cultural experiences, attended by a total of 25 educators and specialists from Hungary and Serbia.

Between March 11 and 16, Sfântu Gheorghe became the center of international youth work as StartUp HUB hosted the Erasmus+ training titled “Cultural Awareness and Social Inclusion Through Dramatic Arts.” Forty youth workers from ten countries – Romania, Hungary, the Netherlands, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Georgia – gathered to learn together about acceptance and breaking down cultural barriers.

On January 30th, at the joint event of StartUp HUB and VET Center Romania, we honored the partner companies with whom we collaborated throughout 2025 to support the development of young talents within the Erasmus+ program.

StartUp HUB participated as a partner in the Erasmus+ project Empowering the Future, whose closing event took place in Sfântu Gheorghe between 10–14 November 2025. During the final conference, the project team presented an online entrepreneurship platform developed jointly with teachers and students, specifically designed for young people aged 15–17.

In November 2024, a dynamic team of young people from the StartUp HUB Association represented Romania in the “Around Europe – Culture Swap” youth exchange held in Podhájska, Slovakia, organized by ADEL Slovakia. The project brought together 30 young people from 6 countries – Portugal, Italy, Germany, Slovakia, Estonia, and Romania – to discover and celebrate the cultural diversity of Europe together.

With the strong involvement of Puskás Tivadar Vocational School from Sfântu Gheorghe and the active contribution of StartUp HUB and Budapest Mobility, the third professional meeting of the Erasmus+ project “Empowering the Future: A Game-Changing Entrepreneurship Program for VET Students” was held between March 18–22, 2025, in Lőrinci, Hungary.

InnoEdu, operating within the StartUp HUB, is engaged in a new Erasmus+ project dedicated to advancing sustainable agriculture knowledge and digital innovation in adult education. The project launched with a kickoff meeting on January 30-31, 2025, in Kastamonu, Turkey, where our team collaborated with Turkish and Italian partners to establish priorities and mapped out the next steps for implementation.

The international Erasmus+ project “Unity Against Hate”, organised by StartUp HUB, took place from 2 to 8 December at the European Studies Centre in Arcuș. The event was attended by 42 young people from 10 different countries – Italy, Romania, Portugal, Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Slovakia, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Poland.