Let's learn about europe

“LET’S LEARN ABOUT EUROPE”

On Thursday March 31, an informative seminar

took place in our school, regarding the

“Structure, organizations and policies of the

European Parliament”

The aim of the seminar was

to further inform and increase awareness

among students and teachers about active citizenship

and values of European

parliamentary democracy

Keynote speaker of the event was Mr. Haris Kountouros

Assistant Office Manager, Head of Public Relations,

Communication and Networks of the European Parliament

Information Office in Greece

After the opening speech, made by school’s

headmaster Mr.

Dimopoulos Paraskevas

there were the introductory

presentations of the two Erasmus+

projects held in our school

this year

Ms. Koundouraki Eftyhia and Ms. Pantazelou Eleni,

contact persons of the two projects,

presented the rational and the aims of our work as well as the activities completed by that time

During his speech, Mr. Kountouros presented the structure of the European

Parliament, its institutional role in the European Union

and its priorities

The audience was encouraged to ask questions

so afterwards there was

an interesting discussion mainly about Greece’s role

in the European Union as well as

in the criticism leveled at EU’s policies

The educational activity attended about 100 students

as well as many teachers and headmasters of schools of our region.

Printed material regarding the European parliament as well as

leaflets of the two Erasmus+ programs were shared to all the participants

Considering students’ interest and their demand

to repeat such an activity we can say that the

seminar was

a great success

We kindly thank the European Parliament

Office in Greece for their valuable help

and we hope to cooperate again

in the future