West University of Timişoara, in partnership with Timiș County School Inspectorate and funded by Timiș County Council through the TimCultura 2025 program, marks three months since the start of the project "Education for sustainability in the Timișoara community: Green Month @ UVT and the Green Schools Network", launched on September 2, 2025. The partner institutions coordinated a joint effort of 12 pre-university education institutions to promote a sustainable educational model, based on principles of living laboratoriesThe project is funded by the Timiș County Council through the TimCultura 2025 Program.
During this period, the project strengthened the collaboration between UVT and the 12 member schools of the Green Schools Network, continuing the efforts started through the traditional project, Green Month @UVT, and expanding the actions dedicated to education for sustainability in school communities in Timiș County.
Evaluation and exchange of good practices session – the last event of the fall
On Monday, November 24, 2025, the Green Schools Network Evaluation and Exchange Session took place, a key moment for the partners involved. The representative teams of the 12 partner institutions – Sânandrei General School, Banatul Timișoara High School with Sports Program, Buziaș Theoretical High School and Gymnasium School no. 24 Timișoara, National College “Ana Aslan” Timișoara, Theoretical High School “Jean Louis Calderon” Timișoara, Gymnasium School no. 7 “Sf. Maria” Timișoara, National College Banățean, Gymnasium School no. 30 Timișoara, Săcălaz Gymnasium School, Theoretical High School “William Shakespeare” Timișoara and Gymnasium School no. 27 Timișoara – presented their sustainability activities carried out in recent months in a joint exchange of good practices. The activities presented consisted of concrete ways to integrate sustainability principles and living labs into the educational process of the partner schools, as well as actions leading up to/carrying out Sustainability Day. This was a pilot initiative implemented in 6 of the schools in the network during October–November of this year.
The activities were part of the co-created action plans for green schools in Timiș County, with mentoring from UVT specialists and specialized inspectors from ISJ Timiș.
The project does not end here, but marks the debut of the Network as a functional body. The main priorities for 2026 include: expanding the Green Schools Network, periodically organizing joint events and training programs dedicated to sustainable innovation and exchanges of good practices, strengthening learning spaces that integrate the principles of a living educational laboratory, integrating the principles of Citizen Science for the development of participatory citizenship at the student level and for increasing the attractiveness of the research career.
The West University of Timisoara will continue to support the development of the Green Schools Network and contribute to building a sustainable educational path, based on collaboration, innovation and civic involvement, for a united and responsible community.
