With the participation of 217 students from all over the country and 157 projects in total, the National Student Contest "Leaders of Integrity for Tomorrow", announced by the National Transparency Authority in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and the Institute of Educational Policy, was completed.
A total of 37 schools from all over the country were represented (Attica, Thessaloniki, Patras, Patras, Sparta, Thebes, Corfu, Corfu, Serres, Lamia, Mytilene, Kavala, Pella, Corinth, Ioannina, Astros, Rhodes and Katerini), whose students had the opportunity to express themselves through creative ways (e.g. The students had the opportunity to express themselves through art forms (e.g. painting, collage, poster, video, written text, poem) and to reflect in an original way the values of respect, justice, integrity and solidarity. The aim of the action was to gradually familiarise the student community with the concepts of ethics, transparency and accountability, as well as with the benefits for society as a whole of strengthening the mechanisms for preventing and deterring phenomena of opacity, corruption and maladministration.
The winners, depending on the age category, will receive special training materials developed by the National Transparency Authority and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and will travel to Vienna, Austria (health conditions permitting) to visit the UNODC headquarters, where they will present their projects. Finally, all of the students' creations will be the material for an exhibition to be hosted in the main building of the National Transparency Authority. This action is part of a series of educational initiatives that the Authority is gradually implementing in order to raise awareness and inform students, tomorrow's citizens, on issues of transparency, integrity and accountability.
Here are the winners of the Student Competition:
CATEGORY 1 (Students of grades 1, 2 and 3 of primary school - Three works will be awarded)
- Alexandra Sotiropoulou, 28th Primary School of Piraeus, Painting
- Akrivi Papadimitriou, 5th Primary School of Sparta, Painting
- Ioannis Kakaroundas and Filippos Bolovinis, 16th Primary School of Lamia, Video
CATEGORY 2 (Students in grades 2, 3 and 4 of primary school - Five projects will be awarded)
- Maria Anna Markaki, 28th Primary School of Piraeus, Painting
- Anastasios Paliokostas and Georgios Labiris, 3rd Primary School of Alimos, Video
- Chrysa Karamitrou, 3rd Primary School of Alimos, Video
- Nikoleta Argyraki, 3rd Primary School of Alimos, Painting
- Ioanna-Maria Michalopoulou, 5th Primary School of Sparta, Painting
CATEGORY 3 (Secondary school students - one project awarded)
CATEGORY 4 (High school students - one work awarded)