Project on promoting EU in Moldovan schools launched in Chisinau

Chisinau, 20 January /MOLDPRES/ - Moldovan children and young people will be informed about the European Union’s institutions, mission, values and academic mobility programmes. This will be possible due to a project titled: “Promoting EU in Moldovan schools”, launched in Chisinau today.

The project will be implemented in over 1,200 Moldovan schools, in several steps. Programme manager Galina Petcu said a guide for teachers would be launched within the project. Under the guide, local managers, in charge of project’s implementation at district level, will be trained.

At the same time, Weeks of the European Union will be organised in schools on 9-27 March. These will be dedicated to activities focused on promoting the EU values, states and accession benefits for Moldova. The project will end with EU Fairs, due to be staged both in schools and at district level in next May.

The above-mentioned project was launched by the National Youth Council of Moldova, in partnership with the Education Ministry, Youth and Sports Ministry and Foreign and European Integration Ministry. The project’s budget is of 1 million lei.