📅 Implementation: Mar 2025 – Mar 2026 (12 months)
💶 Total Budget: €248,360.00 | ERDF Contribution: €198,688.00
🤝 Partners: 2 NGOs
🎯 Type: People-to-people | P2P | ISO6.3

Summary

Safety for Teens (S4T) promotes road safety awareness among at least 9,000 young people in Bihor (Romania) and Hajdú-Bihar (Hungary) through interactive prevention workshops and cross-border cooperation.

The project helps teenagers understand the real risks of alcohol, drug use, and unsafe driving by using innovative, hands-on tools that simulate real-life traffic situations. Students experience the effects of impaired driving in a safe, guided environment, gaining experience-based awareness that saves lives.

Alongside practical workshops in schools, the two project partners organise joint road safety sessions and create a five-year action plan to sustain cross-border cooperation in prevention and education.

S4T also addresses the digital challenges affecting today’s youth, integrating technology-based learning tools and promoting safe, responsible behaviour in both real and digital spaces.

Project Aim

To increase road safety awareness and prevent risky behaviour among teenagers in Romania and Hungary, while creating a lasting framework for cross-border cooperation in youth education and prevention.

Objectives

✅ Raise awareness about the consequences of unsafe driving, alcohol, and drug use
✅ Engage 9,000 teens in interactive, experience-based road safety education
✅ Promote safe cycling, responsible driving, and the use of safety equipment
✅ Develop a five-year joint action plan for cross-border prevention activities
✅ Strengthen institutional capacity in road safety education

Key Activities & Results

🔹 Road Safety Workshops – Series of interactive sessions in schools across Bihor and Hajdú-Bihar counties, targeting students aged 14–20 (grades VII–XII).
🔹 Joint Workshops – Mixed groups of Romanian and Hungarian students take part in cross-border safety sessions, fostering shared learning and cooperation.
🔹 Experience-Based Learning – Use of specialised simulation equipment to demonstrate the dangers of alcohol (Romanian workshops) and drug use (Hungarian workshops).
🔹 Five-Year Action Plan – A strategic plan outlining future joint activities to maintain and expand cooperation in road safety.
🔹 Youth Engagement through Technology – Integration of digital tools to address new challenges in behaviour, awareness, and online safety.
🔹 Direct Participation – 750 students take part in the joint workshops (500 in Romania, 250 in Hungary).

Partnership

Lead Partner: Keep Hope Alive Association (RO)
Project Partner: Foundation for Generation Z (HU)

By making learning interactive and relatable, Safety for Teens transforms road safety from a rule into a value. Through technology, teamwork, and hands-on experience, thousands of young people learn that safe choices protect not only themselves, but everyone on the road, building a generation of responsible, aware drivers and citizens across borders.

For more details, consult the project fact sheet available in English and  check out the project's Facebook page. 

Disclaimer: The banner image was taken during a project event and is owned by the project partners.