The “Europe and Me” competition for high school students in Serbia, which was presented in the Jubilee Tenth edition of the Europa Diary, and this time attracted a lot of interest and a lot of creative work came.

The competition opened on November 20th and lasted until February 8th. It featured 253 works in 5 categories (two individual and three team categories): photography, design of the Europa Diary 2020/2021, comic/cartoon, video, and multimedia, from each of which the three best works were selected. Categories have been changed from previous years to encourage participants’ creativity. Although the task was challenging, high school students across Serbia proved to be at their best.

The topics of the competition were: EU and Serbia, EU in your daily life, Myths about the EU, Human rights, Environment, and climate change, Prevention of violence, Europe – united in diversity.

The organizers congratulate the best, and those who are not awarded this time wish a lot of luck a second time. The prize trip to the EU countries is temporarily canceled due to the COVID 19 pandemic and will be held when the competent authorities of the Republic of Serbia decide that the safety and health conditions have been met.

“Dear high school students and professors,  I wish to congratulate the winners and all participants that took part in the 10th Jubilee contest of the Europa Diary titled “Europa and me”. This year we received over 250 works in which more than 700 creative young people and teachers took part from all over the country.Once again you have shown us the wealth of talents and great ideas that Serbia boasts. The winners of our contest will visit some European cities. However, we will have to be patient while we work together to overcome the difficulties we are all experiencing because of Covid 19.Stay healthy and safe. Keep working on developing your own skills and creativity, as acquiring new knowledge is a sure path to a more fulfilling life! I look forward to meeting you and getting to know your works. Congratulations again and take care!” says Ambassador Sem Fabrizi, Head of the European Union Delegation to Serbia.

The European Diary is a publication that aims to inform you as much as possible about the European Union, its values ​​, and the opportunities it offers. This kind of informative guide, in addition to the students, can also serve as a teaching aid to professors. More on the Europa Diary.

The winning works can be viewed on the website europskidnevnik.rs. According to the five-member jury, made up of communications experts, the best by category are: 

Photography

  1. Aleksandra Terzić, Tehnička škola „Mileva Marić Ajnštajn“, Novi Sad – Srcem protiv diskriminacije – Menthor: Tatjana Isakov
  2. Lenka Stojanov, Prva beogradska gimnazija, Beograd – Buđenje – Menthor: Marina Čudov
  3. Angelina Stojanović, Škola za tekstil i dizajn, Leskovac – Nisam žrtva – Menthor: Ivan Ranđelović

Design of the Europa Diary

  1. Škola za mašinstvo i umetničke zanate „Tehnoart“, Beograd (Tomo Repanović, Ljubica Novakov, Stefan Gledić) – Predlog dizajna Evropskog dnevnika 2020/2021 – Menthor: Radoman Durković
  2. Prva niška gimnazija Stevan Sremac, Niš (Milica Radivojević, Teodora Radonjić, Natalija Stević) – Predlog dizajna Evropskog dnevnika 2020/2021 – Menthor: Sanja Jovanović
  3. Tehnička škola „Mileva Marić Ajnštajn“, Novi Sad (Jovana Pušić, Nina Šupica, Dario Monar) – Predlog dizajna Evropskog dnevnika 2020/2021 – Menthor: Tijana Pješčić

Comic/Caricature

  1. Strahinja Simonovic, Gimnazija ” Bora Stanković”, Niš – Priroda je čovekov raj na Zemlji – ne pretvaraj je u pakao – Menthor: Sandra Stojanović
  2. Ljubomir Ćeranić, Francuska škola, Beograd – Greedy Human – Menthor: Olivera Potić
  3. Lejla Abdula, Škola za mašinstvo i umetničke zanate „Tehnoart“, Beograd – Da li i ti ćutiš? – Menthor: Bojan Debenak

Multimedia

  1. ESTŠ Nikola Tesla, Kraljevo (Strahinja Pantić, Strahinja Milićević, Vojkan Marković) – Reciklirko – Menthor: Miodrag Vučinić
  2. Gimnazija u Lazarevcu (Ivana Vučićević, Teodora Stakić, Stefan Marinković) – Teen Eco Calc – Menthor: Stjepan Heldrih
  3. Elektrotehnička škola “Zemun” (Veljko Lazarević, Miloš Ljubičić, Muharem Murselji) – Životna sredina i klimatske promene – Menthor: Eva Farbaš-Šarenac

Video

  1. Gimnazija Kraljevo (Aleksa Milovanović, Marina Milošević, Jana Milić) – Unutrašnje senke – Menthor: Aleksandra Popović
  2. Srednja škola „Ušće“, Beograd (Milica Markuš, Miloš Burmazović, Vuk Laketa) – Reci Ne MHE – Menthor: Daniela Kuzmanović
  3. Gimnazija ,,Bora Stanković”, Bor (Nemanja Stefanović, Đurđina Stanujkić, Natalija Milinković) – Bila jednom jedna EU – Menthor: Jelena Buhinger