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Educational Package for Primary Schools in Cyprus

The Delegation of the European Commission to Cyprus in collaboration with the Department of Primary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture has prepared a set of materials in Greek for primary schools in Cyprus on the European Union.

These materials aim to raise awareness of the European Union in view of the entry of Cyprus to the European Union on 1 May 2004.

In these materials, reference is made to the history of the European Union, the various characteristics of the current and new Member States and the need to protect the environment, focusing on Cyprus.

The package for the schools will also include leaflets about the European Union itself, a calendar for the year 2004 with drawings that Cypriot children made during Europe Day (9 May), a brochure from the Delegation of the European Commission to Cyprus and a flag of the European Union.

The Minister of Education and Culture Mr Pefkios Georgiades expressed the great appreciation that the Republic of Cyprus fosters for the work of the Delegation of the European Commission to Cyprus and personally the Head of Delegation Mr van der Meer. He pointed out the importance that the wider domain of education has to facilitate the smooth integration of the Cypriot society in the big European family. The Ministry of Education and Culture with the dispatch of the particular educational packages to all primary schools initiates an awareness plan of the educational community (teachers, pupils, parents) regarding the European Union, with emphasis on the advantages and opportunities that the accession of Cyprus will offer.

The Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Cyprus, Mr. Adriaan van der Meer, stated that "The activities included in this package for primary schools are a source of information for the teachers, the children and their families on the European Union. It is a first step towards further raising awareness about how the EU works and the characteristics of the European family that Cyprus will join very soon".

For further information, contacts can be made with Ms. Beatriz Parrilla from the Delegation of the European Commission to Cyprus, Tel. 22 81 77 70 or Mr. Andreas Tsiakkiros, from the Department of Primary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture, tel. 22 80 06 65.

List of games (in Greek) included in the Educational Package :