09 June – EU Teach a Day
in Pejė/Pec primary school in Raushic village
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The German Ambassador to Kosovo, Hans–Dieter Steinbach gave
the last lecture of the project EU Teach a Day to the
primary school “28 Nėntori” in Raushic village in Pejė/Pec.
He first asked the students about the number of the EU
member states and continued explaining to them how European
Union started and how it works now. “Inside the EU there are
no borders, I travelled around and have seen that there are
no borders for citizens of EU member states” said Steinbach.
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05
June – Abdyl Frasheri Elementary School Prizren
EU is a club that you are invited
to join |
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“It started off as a very loose economic union, expanding
from the six founding countries up to today with 27 member
states”, explains to the elementary school students William
Doig of EULEX.About 40 Kosovo Albanian, Turkish and Bosnian
students of the “Abdyl Frasheri” elementary school in
Prizren attended the “EU Teach a Day” lecture whose aim is
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04 June - "Eqrem Qabej" high school in Pristina
Europe will not be made at once |
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“Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a
single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements
which first create a de facto solidarity…” Robert Schuman
declared on 9th May 1950. Twice Michael Giffoni
repeated this to a captive audience of students
of Eqrem Qabej secondary school on the outskirts of
Pristina.Eqrem Qabej secondary school is located a few
kilometers outside Pristina, not far from Germia park, in
one of the quieter areas of Pristina. There is a sense of
calm
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04 June - 'Ruzhdi Berisha' high
school in Dragas
Kosovo students already study in
the EU |
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"I was born in Italy. I
lived longer in other European countries than in Italy
itself. I worked in different European countries, France,
Belgium, Netherlands, etc. The EU is this; the possibility
of moving around Europe, working or studying in another
country…" said Mr. Renzo Daviddi, Head of the European
Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo. In his visit to a high
school 'Ruzhdi Berisha' in Dragash/Dragaš, around 100
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03 June- Elementary
school in Janjevo/Viti
"It will be in your hands to
elect people who represent you… |
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The Czech Ambassador to Kosovo, Janina Hrebickova on behalf of the
Czech Presidency of the European Union, visited the Janjevo/Viti
elementary school over 100 pupils from different communities
in Kosovo waited for her arrival full of expectation.
Czech Ambassador to Kosovo, Janina Hrebickova mentioned that
after the Czech Republic Sweden will take the presidency of
the EU and she gave the students of primary school in
Janjevo a descriptive explanation to say that Kosovo still
has a long road to go towards EU integration. Democracy
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02 June- Xhevdet
Doda high-school in Pristina
"I am here to spend the money" |
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"Every single Euro is spent for the people of Kosovo," is
what Kjartan Björnsson, Head of Operations Section at the
European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo, explained to
45 pupils at Xhevdet Doda high-school in Pristina. He was
referring to the money that was pledged at July 2008 Donor's
Conference for Kosovo. "We don't have money in boxes; we
only spend it for clear priorities. Every day we are getting
new proposals on what Kosovo needs. When we agree on these
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01 June- Secondary school “Musa
Zajmi” in Gjilan
A Union to overcome wars |
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The idea to create European Union came after the Second
World War, with the aim to leave behind wars and extreme
nationalism, told the schoolchildren in Gjilan/Gnjilane the
Finnish Ambassador Tarja Fernandez. She lectured to over 40
students of the elementary school Musa Zajmi in Gjilan, as a
part of the EU Teach a Day project, in which different EU
ambassadors and representatives “teach a day” in Kosovo
schools.
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29 May - Primary school
“Muharrem Bekteshi” in Mitrovica
Peace and Prosperity – EU’s
founding ideas |
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“Economy was one reason why the European Union was created”,
told EULEX’s
Antti Haikio
to students of the primary school
in Mitrovica. About 40 students attending the 8th
grade at the primary school “Muharrem Bekteshi” participated
in the presentation on the European Union.This presentation
is part of the EU Teach a Day project, in which different
representatives of the European Union countries and
organisations do meet with students in Kosovo and explain
what EU is about.
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28 May - "Dr. Ali Sokoli"
medical high school Gjilan
“You are the young Europeans with a
massive contribution to make to Europe” |
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Remembering how boring guest lecturers in high schools can
be from his own experience, British Ambassador Andy Sparkes
decided to engage the students of “Dr. Ali Sokoli” medical
high school right from the start. The forty 16 and 17 year
old students in their white doctors’ overalls were ready to
answer his questions at the beginning just as he answered
their questions at the end. “When did the European Union
begin?” One student in the front row rises to answer quickly
and directly: “9 May 1951”.
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28 May - University of Pristina-
Faculty of Philosophy
“Work in Progress” |
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The Head of the Swedish Liaison Office, Ingrid Johansson,
and the Ambassador for the Greek Liaison Office, Dimitris
Moschopoulos, gave a talk at the Faculty of Philosophy for
the University of Pristina to illustrate how two of the
possibly most diverse countries in the European Union can
work together for Kosovo European integration despite their
different stances regarding Kosovo’s independence.
Ingrid Johansson: “Swedish people are Eurosceptics and ask a
lot of critical questions: ‘Is it democratic?’, ‘Is it too
bureaucratic?’, ‘does it take away of Swedishness
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27 May - High School for
Medicine “Dr. Asllan Elezi” in Gjilan/Gnjilane
“What do you think about the youth
in Kosovo?” |
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"Young
people in Kosovo are friendly and full of energy” was the
answer of Rainer Kuehn, EULEX Head of Police Component when
he visited High School for Medicine “Dr. Asllan Elezi” in
Gjilan/Gnjilane and explain the role of the European Union (EU)
and how it all started.Rainer Kuehn explained what European
Union is and how was it formed, while mentioning the idea of
Robert Schuman in 1950 who proposed that initially France
and Germany should work together so there will be no war
between the two
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26 May - Economic High School
Ymer Prizreni in Prizren
Will
Kosovo get into the EU in my lifetime? |
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Deputy Czech Ambassador Jan Plesinger visited the Economic
High School Ymer Prizreni in Prizren. The school educates
nearly 2,000 students from Albanian, Bosniak and Turkish
communities in 2. The school's facilities are designed for
600 students and average class size is 45. We had a warm
welcome from the principal who gave us a short briefing on
the school, its students and its programs. Despite ongoing
end of year tests, the school had gathered a group of around
35 students to follow the talk.
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25 May - Secondary School, Gjon
Buzuku in Prizren
“Knowledge is Power” |
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Alessandro Rotta, Policy Advisor from the EULEX rule of law
mission, talked to the students of the Gjon Buzuku school in
Prizren about the processes that created European Union. “It
worked as a peace building process, it worked economically
and it became extremely attractive”, said Mr. Rotta,
explaining the Schuman’s idea on creating a European Coal
and Steel Community.He
underlined that the European Union then also had a big role
in the individual life of all EU citizens
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22 May - Medical school Prizren
Why is the EU helping Kosovo?
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The Medical School “Luciano Matroni”
in Prizren is the biggest secondary medical school in Kosovo
with over 1600 students from a diverse ethnic background.
Luciano Matroni has been a an Italian Doctor who had served
and lived in Prizren since after the second world war.
Khaldoun Sinno, Head of Political Section ECLO visited the
“Luciano Matroni” in Prizren to explain what to EU does and
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21 May - Elementary school
Binqe/Binac
Education for all communities in
the village in Binqe/Binac |
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Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen are all made from Germany.
They play football quite well there too. Do you know what
food do they like to make in Italy? “Pizza” was the joint
answer of primary school Ndre Mjeda/Mladen Markovic school
pupils in Binqe/Binac.Ms. Maria Fihl, the Special Advisor to
the EU Special Representative, had many more questions to
ask the 6 to 8 year old children about the EU. She also
took her time to explain what the EU meant and providing
practical examples why this is the future for Kosovo and a
promising one.
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20 May-Frang Bardhi
school in Mitrovica
“EU integration is like eating an
elephant … |
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… you
have to do it in small pieces in order to get to the end.”
Mattias Hallstrom, Political Advisor for the EUSR in Kosovo,
gave the students of the Frang Bardhi secondary school in
Mitrovica a descriptive explanation to say that Kosovo still
has a long road to go towards EU integration. He also
underlined that only hard work and commitment of the
people of Kosovo can move things forward. “You should know
that the EU integration is not a competition, it is a road
where people should get together and enjoy their rights and
live in peace.
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19 May- Naim Frasheri school
Pristina
How can we pupils help Kosovo to
join the EU? |
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Friederike
Wuenschmann, Policy Officer for European Integration at the
European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo, had a clear
answer to this question: “you can give a good example
yourself and show for example that it is possible to live
together with other communities and act responsible with
regard to the environment”.Ms
Wuenschmann visited the Naim Frasheri elementary school to
talk about the tasks and the objectives of the European
Commission: “The European Commission
helps
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18 May- Zenel Hajdini school
Gjilan
“To make a long story short – the
future of Kosovo is in the EU” |
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The EU is like a club and members of a club have to accept
certain rules and standards that make them part of that club
but membership brings also along certain responsibilities
but also privileges, explained Henk Voskamp, Ambassador of
The Netherlands in Kosovo. “The EU gives advantages that you
do not read about in the newspapers but you feel for
yourself you can travel without passport all over Europe,
study everywhere in Europe and open a business anywhere in
the EU. There are real tangible signs of these joint rules,
one of them you have in your pocket: our joint currency
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15 May - Elena Gjika school in
Pristina
Are countries that use the Euro
less unique? |
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Delphine Borione, French Ambassador in
Kosovo visited today the Elena Gjika primary school in
Pristina. Thirty students between 11 and 13 years old
awaited her talk with curiosity and enthusiasm. Ms Borione
explained to the students how the EU integration process
started with the pooling of coal resources of France and
Germany and how it continued step by step with more
countries joining in and deciding to integrate even more
aspects of their economy by creating a joint monetary union
among some of the member, opening the borders.
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14 May - Sami Frasheri
school in Pristina
“When will Kosovo join the
EU?” |
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A difficult question to start the “EU teach a day” programme by a
pupil of the Sami Frasheri school in Pristina.
Alison Weston, the chief of staff of the EU Special
Representative office, gave the first lecture in the
course of the programme that will continue until the
end of this school year and give children at schools
all over Kosovo the possibility to learn more about
the EU and to discuss Kosovo’s European future.
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