{"id":158566,"date":"2026-03-20T14:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/?p=158566"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:45:36","slug":"participation-of-mandoulides-schools-in-the-european-program-eu-childocracy-sofia-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/participation-of-mandoulides-schools-in-the-european-program-eu-childocracy-sofia-bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Participation of\u00a0Mandoulides\u00a0Schools in the European Program \u201cEU\u00a0Childocracy\u201d,\u00a0Sofia \u2013 Bulgaria\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-158561 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330_110343-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330_110343-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330_110343-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330_110343-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330_110343-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260330_110343.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the European program\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEU\u00a0Childocracy\u201d<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0Mandoulides\u00a0Schools took part in the\u00a0twoday\u00a0Summit held in\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sofia, Bulgaria<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, from March 18 to 20. Ten students from Grades 10 and 11 participated, alongside two\u00a0additional\u00a0schools from Italy and Bulgaria.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the first day, a\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">photography competition<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was held. Students from all three schools\u00a0submitted\u00a0photos depicting\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">European Union values<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and ways in which they themselves\u00a0express social and political engagement. In this competition,\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I.\u00a0Tsiris<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(Grade 11) won\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2nd prize<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for his photograph on the theme of the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Climate Crisis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0currently affecting Europe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the second day, students attended talks by experts on topics such as the role of\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Artificial Intelligence<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in today\u2019s society, the influence of companies,\u00a0entrepreneurs, and\u00a0influencers\u00a0on shaping the political awareness of the younger generation, and the future that young people envision for Europe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The participation of\u00a0Mandoulides\u00a0Schools in the \u201cEU\u00a0Childocracy\u201d program will conclude with the school\u2019s representation at the corresponding Summit to be held in\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Palermo, Italy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, from April 20 to 22.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the European program\u00a0\u201cEU\u00a0Childocracy\u201d,\u00a0Mandoulides\u00a0Schools took part in the\u00a0twoday\u00a0Summit held in\u00a0Sofia, Bulgaria, from March 18 to 20. Ten students from Grades 10 and 11 participated, alongside two\u00a0additional\u00a0schools from Italy and Bulgaria.\u00a0 On the first day, a\u00a0photography competition\u00a0was held. Students from all three schools\u00a0submitted\u00a0photos depicting\u00a0European Union values\u00a0and ways in which they themselves\u00a0express social and political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":158563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-junior-high-school-high-school-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160112,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158566\/revisions\/160112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandoulides.edu.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}