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Sierra Leone: European Commission Celebrates Europe Day
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Concord Times (Freetown)
12 May 2008
Posted to the web 12 May 2008
Bhoyy Jalloh
On the occasion of the Europe Day, which is celebrated each May 9, the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) in Sierra Leone kicked-off the anniversary with a visit by students and teachers of the American International School of Freetown (AISF) to its Delegation at Hill station on May 7.
During the visit, Head of Delegation EC, Hans Allden gave an overview of the history of the creation of the EU and its gains for the people of Europe and other parts of the World. In a question and answer session, the students raised some further issues, which underlined the importance of such kind of event to bring Europe closer to the people benefiting from the EC support in Sierra Leone.
The pupils then competed in various contests, which included the puzzling of the Europe Map and a game where they had to identify and assign the correct flags to the twenty-seven member states of the EU.
Prizes were later distributed to the winners of each game.
The event was coordinated by Wiebke Braun from the Administration Section and Matthias Reusing, Head of the Rural Development Section of the EC Delegation, who also gave a Power Point presentation on the EC's cooperation with Sierra Leone.
The EC supports the country in the fields of infrastructure and good governance to agriculture, fishery, environment, trade as well as in budget support.
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As a continuation of the Europe Day anniversary, there was also a panel discussion on the United Nations (UN) radio on the topic "Europe and African Partnership" by four panellists, among them the Hans Allden, followed by a public lecture of Allden at the Fourah Bay College, Mary Kingsley auditorium, sealed by a reception at the residence of the HoD.
A Ballanta recital concert of European songs also took place at the EC's head residence on Saturday May 10.
On May 9 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal for the creation of an organized Europe. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union (EU).
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