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"What does a country have to do to join the European
Union?"
"When will Kosovo be in the EU?"
Alison Weston, EUSR: “All Governments of EU countries believe
that the future of Kosovo is in the EU”
Alison Weston, EUSR: “The EU is not solving all our problems
but it gives us a framework to deal with them together”
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Latest news
9 July – ’28 Nentori’ Elementary school in Raushiq
“We count on you to bring Kosovo to
this club of countries that agreed to do things together”
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Students at the elementary
in Raushiq near Peja/Pec greeted Khaldoun Sinno, Head of the
Political, Economic and European Integration Section
at the European Commission Liaison Office, with flowers and
the full classroom was eager to learn more about the EU. Mr.
Sinno was impressed with the warm welcome and the advanced
level of English of the young students – the accompanying
interpreter was hardly needed.
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08 June – EU teach a day in elementary school Abdyl Frasheri
in Prizren
“Kosovo is wanted and will make it
to the EU; there are only some rules in between”
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Aemilia Maniataki, the Deputy Head of Greek Liaison Office
in Prishtina lectured to schoolchildren of the elementary
school Avdyl Frashėri in Prizren today. She started the
lecture by asking children whether they know what
the European Union is
all about. The response she got from children was:
“European Union is about peace and cooperation, and it is a
Union of developed states”. Then she asked children: “Do you
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02 June – Secondary school Ruzhdi Berisha in Dragash/Dragas
“Hard work and strong commitment
are necessary for Kosovo to prepare for European
integration, but EU is here to help”
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Sabine Erkens, Legal Advisor from ICO gave a lecture in
secondary school Ruzhdi Berisha in Dragash/Dragas, in the
presence of Deputy Minister for Education Usmen Baldzi. She
started her lecture by sharing her personal experience with
the European Union - studying and working in different
countries of the European Union had led her to understand
the importance of the Union but also its diversity. More... |
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1 June – Elementary school Muharrem Bekteshi in Mitrovicė/Mitrovica
“Things can always improve if
people are willing to change”
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Andy Sparkes, Ambassador for the United Kingdom in Kosovo,
gave a lecture today at elementary school Muharrem Bekteshi
in Mitrovicė/Mitrovica. He started by stressing his
happiness for being able to share his knowledge over EU
related matters and Kosovo’s European future with the
students.Mr.
Sparkes first explained the main characteristics of the
European Union integration process. He also reminded the
students of the history of the EU More... |
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31 may – Elementary School Musa Zajmi in Gjilan/Gnjilane
“Kosovo is on the right path but
needs to work hard”
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Hanns-Christian Klasing and Blerim Krasniqi from EULEX were
today’s EU Teach a day speakers in Elementary school Musa
Zajmi in Gjilan/Gnjilane. Mr. Klasing started his
presentation by mentioning the long lasting war between
Germany and France followed by the realization people from
different countries and different ethnicities had to start
working towards living together peacefully.Everything
started with French Minister for Foreign Affairs Robert
Schuman who helped in uniting the More... |
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28 May – ‘Dr. Ali Sokoli’ medical professional secondary
school in Prishtinė/Priština
“You are part of the process”
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In the framework of ‘EU teach a day’ programme, on Friday,
May 28 2010, Ingrid Johanssen, the head of Swedish office in
Kosovo delivered a presentation on the European Union at
‘Dr. Ali Sokoli’ medical professional secondary school in
Pristina. Upon arrival she received an enthusiastic welcome
by the Headmaster, Hilmi Retkoceri, teaching staff and
around fifty students. More... |
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27 May – Faculty of Economy in Prishtinė/Priština
“Kosovo needs to define its
priorities before it can move towards European integration”
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Renzo Daviddi, Head of European Commission Liaison Office (ECLO),
gave today’s EU Teach a day lecture at the Faculty of
Economy in Prishtinė/Priština a good match as Mr Daviddi
himself is a macro economist by academic career. He stressed
that for economists it is of great importance to speak
English as nowadays everything is written in English
starting from the internet and manuals that students will be
using in the future. More... |
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26 May – EU Teach a day in secondary school ‘Arberia’ in
Gjilan/Gnjilane
“You will be the ones deciding
Kosovo’s future”
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The EUSR representative Mattias Hallstrom gave today a
lecture in secondary school Arberia in Gjilan/Gnjilane.
Mattias Hallstrom started by stressing that it is important
to meet with students as well and not only with government
representatives as the EU is not only about decisions but
mostly about helping people.
The history of the EU started right after the 2nd
World War when people had a rough time. People wanted peace
and a future with a perspective. More... |
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21 May – Secondary school Luciano Matroni in Prizren
“Kosovo can learn from EU how to
move on from the past”
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Alison Weston, the ICO Chief of Staff gave a lecture today
at the secondary school Luciano Matroni in Prizren. She
explained to the children the origins of the European Union
and what the idea behind it was. War was a means of solving
problems among old European countries for a very long time,
she said, but 65 years ago they saw the economic interest of
working together and it helped them think about solving
their problems with peaceful means.
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24 May – Gjon Buzuku in Prizren
“The key of success is to know each
other and learn how to get along with our neighbors”
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The third week
of “EU Teach a day” talks started with EUSR political
advisor Alberto de la Calle visiting secondary school Gjon
Buzuku in Prizren. He started by asking the students what
the EU meant for them and explained how the European Union
concerns each individual and therefore means something
different to everyone.The European Union is an ongoing
process and the integration of the Western Balkans will be
the next step in building the Union. The origin of the EU
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20 May – EU Teach a Day in primary school Ndre Mjeda in Viti/Vitina
- Binqė/Binqe - Kabash
“The EU judicial system doesn’t
dictate your system it pushes it to produce better results”
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The director of
the primary school, Ndre Mjeda / Mladen Markovic in Binqe,
Nadire Ymeri welcomed the Czech Ambassador to Kosovo, Janina
Hrebickova who said she was happy to be here and aware that
Muslims, Catholics and orthodox coexist together in Binqė/Binqe.
“I saw many things in the past 16 years and even though some
people did not believe that Kosovo would have a very good
and peaceful future, I always had no doubts about that.” More... |
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19 May – Naim Frasheri in Prishtinė/Priština
“Strong will and hard work will get
Kosovo closer to the EU”
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Eckhart Blaurock, Deputy Head of Mission from the German
embassy, gave a lecture today at elementary school Naim
Frahseri in Prishtinė/Priština. He started by explaining the
position of the German embassy in Kosovo and what is their
role in helping Kosovo becoming part of the EU. Mr. Blaurock
explained the main characteristics of the European Union and
insisted on the recently adopted Lisbon Treaty which now
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12 May – Elena Gjika in Prishtinė/Priština
“What does Europe mean to you?”
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Robert Wilton, Political Advisor from the ICO, gave a
lecture today at elementary school Elena Gjika in Prishtinė/Priština.
He first asked the students what they knew about Europe and
the European Union, and together they tried to make the list
of all member states.Then,
with the help of the students, Robert Wilton explained the
main characteristics of the European Union. He first
insisted on the importance of diversity and richness of the
EU, as there are 27 member states and more than 150 regional
languages. Then explained what the core values More... |
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11 May – EU Teach a day in secondary school Sami Frasheri in
Prishtinė/Priština
“Kosovo’s integration in the EU
starts in this class”
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The first lecture of the 2010 “EU Teach a day” was given by
Kjartan Bjornsson,
Head of Operations Section at the European Commission
Liaison Office to Kosovo, together with Deputy Minister for
Education Agim Hyseni, at the secondary school Sami Frasheri
in Prishtinė/Priština. During his talk, Kjartan
Bjornsson explained the mechanisms of the European Union
internal market and the importance of common standards
between all member states
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"EU-teach-a-day " 2010
Children discuss Kosovo’s
European future with EU diplomats
11 May – 11 June
The EU-teach-a-day project is an initiative of the office of the EU
Special Representative and Kosovo’s Ministry of Education, Science
and Technology. It aims to give school children around Kosovo the
opportunity to meet with EU diplomats and representatives from EU
institutions and learn about Europe and Kosovo’s opportunities and
challenges in the European integration process.
In the course of one month, at the end of the school year, diplomats
from EU member states and EU representatives in Kosovo will visit
elementary, secondary and higher education schools throughout
Kosovo. They will share EU integration experiences of their own
countries with the students , will discuss what values and rules are
part of being a member of the Union and will explain what Kosovo’s
European perspective means to students personally.
Pieter Feith, EU
Special Representative, said:
“It’s the
energy of the young people of Kosovo that is crucial to realizing
Kosovo’s European perspective. At the same time it is the youth that
will be cherishing the freedoms and opportunities entailed in this
perspective. This is why we want to encourage them to become
partners in the European future right now. In the coming weeks EU
ambassadors and representatives will engage in discussions with
schoolchildren and explore ways in which children themselves can be
already today actively part of the common goal.”
Enver
Hoxhaj, Minister for Education, said:
“The
Government of Kosovo is very committed to create a better future for
young generations. One of the main objectives is to link education
with the needs of economy and to create a society based on
competitive knowledge and growth by creating new possibilities for
employment. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is
building a European oriented system of education through compliance
with the European practises and standards, where the education is
economy and economy is Europe.
Media is invited to attend the first lecture
Please note:
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The “EU-teach-a-day” visits are
aimed towards school children. The public can follow the main
development through the EU-teach-a-day
website in the coming days.
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Media alerts:
will be sent prior to “EU-teach-day” visit when the presence of
media is welcome. For questions, please refer to Betim Nimani,
Press assistant: Betim Nimani: Landline: 038 2044 336; mobile
phone: 044 57 071
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