Eco-Digithon

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.

The Process

The process starts with the selection of one or more challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030

Participants collaborate and start to prototype a digital eco-innovation solution for a real societal problem. This phase foresees capacity building activities of VET students.

The Eco-Digithon competition is the final phase of the educational experience of all those involved in the co-design of the digital solutions.

Get Involved

Following the great success of the first Eco-Digithon, the call for participation in the next edition, scheduled for 2026, is now open. Click here to apply.

Eco-Digithon 2026, challenge the future, create the change: 
call for participation from 15 September 2025! 
The 2nd edition will be open to participants from across the EU and beyond!

CHECK THE INFORMATION BELOW TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED!

Each call includes country-specific guidance – make sure you’re reading the right one before applying! 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE

  • Vocational Education and Training (VET) centre, public or private;
  • High schools actively build students’ digital, green, or tech skills.
 
How many people?
  • At least 20 students;
  • 2 teachers or trainers from different subject areas.

3 REASONS TO GET INVOLVED

  • A unique opportunity to strengthen and scale up curricular and extracurricular projects in the field of eco-innovation. 
  • Tackle real-life environmental and social challenges of your community, turning ideas into action, from classroom projects to real-world solutions;
  • Contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030).

5 THINGS YOU GAIN

  • Exclusive access to the ENNEPlus Community of Practice on eco-innovation;
  • Peer learning with schools from across Europe;
  • Expert mentoring and customised resources on 10 key global environmental topics;
  • Job-shadowing and mobility opportunities for teachers/trainers;
  • A chance to win awards and recognition at the final Eco-Digithon showcase!