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YEAR 2011 NEWS

24.05.2011 Lublin 11th Congress of the European School Clubs ended Europe Direct Lublin, RCIE Lublin

Congress of the European School Clubs was this year dedicated to the European Year of Volunteering. It took place in the Blue Hall of the Provincial Office in Lublin.

This years` Congress gathered around 250 pupils from schools of all levels from Lubelskie Region. The members of European School Clubs were welcomed by Henryka Strojnowska, Deputy Governor and Krzysztof Babisz, Superintendent of Education in Lubelskie Region, who took the patronage of the Congress.

The aim of the Congress this year was to present the idea of volunteering. The guests (such as representatives of local associations, NGOS as well as European volunteers from Germany and Ukraine) where encouraging young people to active involve in voluntary service. They were also relating about the projects, in which volunteers are involved. Moreover they showed that the work for the others is useful not only for the recipients of the help but also for the volunteers.

During the Congress we gave prizes for the winners of the competition „United in diversity – my region in the European Union”. The participants of the competition had to show the specificity of Lubelskie Region in the European Union. We received 86 contributions. Among the winners there were pupils from following schools:

• Primary School im. Żeromskiego in Poniatowa
• Primary School nr 34 in Lublin
• Primary School nr 3 in Biała Podlaska

In the Congress we also organized some knowledge competitions about the European Union and the coming Presidency.