The Green Flag Award Ceremony for schools that have successfully completed three consecutive years in the Eco-Schools Programme took place today, 21 June 2022 at the Paschalis Paschalidis Hall in the Hellenic Bank Administration Building.
The Eco-Schools Programme is organised by the non-profit organisation CYMEPA with the cooperation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth and the support of the Hellenic Bank, while the event was held under the auspices of the Commissioner for the Environment, Mrs. Celia Vassiliou.
The ceremony was attended by children from a Kindergarten, and teachers from other Kindergartens, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Special and Private Schools, representing the 69 schools that were awarded.
The participants were welcomed on behalf of the Hellenic Bank by Mrs. Maria Pilidou and on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science by the Inspector of Secondary Education Mrs. Giota Mylonas and the Inspector of Special Education Mrs. Andri Kontou. On behalf of the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Kyriakos Syakallis gave a welcome address. They all expressed their warm support to the programme and congratulated all the participants.
The aim of the international "Eco-Schools" programme is to raise awareness, educate and change the mindset of students on issues related to sustainability. Through participatory processes in decision making, planning and implementation of activities, schools become communities of sustainable living together on a pedagogical and practical level
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