The ENNEPlus Eco-Digithon is an educational marathon primarily targeting Vocational Education and Training (VET) centers, focused on creating and prototyping innovative digital and technological solutions to real societal and local problems.
It involves a competition within and among VET centers and/or VET teams on environmental and sustainability challenges. Indeed, the solutions developed are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring a global perspective on local challenges.
It also promotes grassroots innovation through a participatory and multidisciplinary approach as it engages not only VET centers but also stakeholders, policy-makers, companies, members of the academia and experts coming together for social hacking.
A Methodology for Transformation
The Eco-Digithon methodology integrates three of the four priorities of the Erasmus+ programme and aligns with major EU strategies, such as:
The European Green Deal,
which aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by promoting clean energy, sustainable industry, and the protection of biodiversity.
The Digital Agenda for Europe,
focused on strengthening digital skills, connectivity, and innovation to ensure that citizens and businesses can fully benefit from the digital age.
And the European Innovation Agenda.
which supports breakthrough innovation and aims to position Europe as a global leader in the development and scaling of emerging technologies.
Next Stop: 2026 Edition
The second edition of the Eco-Digithon will be held in 2026, and this time it will be open not only to ENNEPlus countries, but also to teams from other EU and non-EU countries.
Stay tuned — applications will open soon!
Don’t miss your chance to be part of a European movement of young innovators building solutions for a green and digital world.
