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75th Anniversary of Schuman Declaration- Europe and eTwinning Day
The two teachers – Ciolpan and Opačak – are also responsible for continuing a Europe-Day-celebration tradition started the previous year. Together with the Secondary School Konjščina from Croatia, the Pontus Euxinus General High School from Lumina, Romania, and the Avellaneda Secondary School from Miguel de Cervantes’ s hometown of Alcalá de Henares, Spain, they organized a hybrid event: the MarEUforum Festival, held in celebration of Europe Day and eTwinning Day on May 8 – 9, 2025.
Representatives of the five organizing schools participated in person at the twoday Festival in Năvodari, Romania. Spain was represented by one teacher, Croatia was represented by three students and two teachers from Konjščina and Slavonski Brod. On the second day( Europe Day), partner schools from Spain, Romania and Greece joined the event
online via Microsoft Teams. In total, the festival gathered around 150 participants from four countries.
On May 9, 2025, the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration( which laid the foundation for the creation of the European Union that we know today) was celebrated across Europe. The Festival participants also celebrated the EU’ s 75th birthday – through work, but also with a birthday cake and song, performing the collaborative project anthem Shining Together: The EPAS Anthem. The anthem was created in April 2025 using the Suno AI tool, based on a verse from the collaborative lyric poem eTwas( eTwinning / EPAS) Unites Us, available here. It was selected as the project anthem through a democratic method— by e-voting involving all project partners.
That same day also marked the 20th anniversary of the eTwinning programme. Since the international EPASsionates project connects eTwinning schools that are also European Parliament Ambassador Schools, both anniversaries were celebrated with a variety of events and activities. The programme included thematic presentations aimed at disseminating final project outputs and marking the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education. Three students from Croatia represented their schools and country excellently, delivering a presentation / workshop titled Eurolesson together with their teachers. As part of their session, they presented materials from the European Parliament Liaison Office in Croatia on the topic of disinformation, with the message: Scroll Smartly!
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