European Parliament Ambassador School

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This space was created within the scope of the pedagogical project European Parliament Ambassador School (EPAS) and aims to be a virtual space where you can find publications, curiosities, news and diverse and up-to-date information about the European space, as well as the dissemination of local, national or international activities that may interest you.

Internationalization

PROJECT PRESENTATION

ECP implements and participates in several local, national and international school projects, which ultimately are all intended to aid its students in becoming integral and active citizens. In a clear commitment to this stance, we joined the European Parliament Ambassador School [EPAS] Pedagogical Project.

This is a pedagogical program developed in the 27 Member States of the European Union that involves continuous work, by teachers and students in the role of senior and junior ambassadors, entailing a set of activities with the following objectives:

- disseminate knowledge about the European Union and European parliamentary democracy among young people, especially among pupils attending regular secondary education and vocational education;

- raise awareness among young people about the possibilities offered by their European citizenship, as well as the role that the European Parliament plays in the European decision-making process and therefore in our daily lives.

In each participating school, the EPAS program is led by Senior Ambassadors [teachers] who, together with the Junior Ambassadors [students], will decide on the most appropriate and attractive action plan, bearing in mind the aforementioned objectives.

Currently, our Junior Ambassadors are the Marketing Course 11th year class, and the Senior Ambassadors are Joana Freitas and Dora Rodrigues, from the Department of International Relations. They rely also on the active participation of all teachers assigned to that class, making this a truly cooperative and multidisciplinary project.

In the 2019/2020 school year, the work developed by the Junior Ambassadors from the Tourism Operations Course – 10th and 11th year – and Senior Ambassadors, Joana Freitas, Diana Monteiro and Fernanda Pinto, Ana Azevedo, Hugo Malta, Dora Rodrigues and Alexandra Tinoco, obtained official recognition from the European Parliament Portuguese Office, that awarded ECP the board of distinguished schools across Europe, certifying our integration into the network, and also an invitation to be one of the 5 Portuguese schools participating in the Euroschool 2021 session.

More information is available at:

EPAS official page: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portugal/pt/juventude_formacao/projeto-pedagogico-escola-embaixadora-do-parlamento-europeu.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EPAmbassadorSchools/

Internationalization

ACTIVITIES

Activities programmed within the scope of the Pedagogical Project European Parliament Ambassador School (EPAS) in the school year of 2019/2020 (link here)

To learn about all the activities carried out by Junior and Senior Ambassadors and the rest of the educational community within the scope of EPAS, see the Activities Report (link here)

In 2020/2021, a comprehensive set of activities was planned throughout the school year. The Junior Ambassadors activity began with a debate with MEP Marisa Matias. Moreover, with the support of Senior Ambassadors and teachers, in January of 2021, they carried out a campaign for Human Rights defence as part of the Amnesty International Letters Marathon. And in the same month, 4 Ambassadors represented ECP at the Porto City Council´s #YouthUPPorto Youth Dialogue, directly contributing to the future youth policies of their city.

In the second and third periods, the EPAS project continued to move in a multidisciplinary way, involving several teachers, seeking both curricular integration and diversification of activities, with integrative proposals and participation by our Junior Ambassadors! Including, of course, the celebration of Europe Day. Follow everything in our news!