Students4Cooperation – High school competition
Student4Cooperation is an initiative that aims at actively engaging young people in European Territorial Cooperation - Interreg through an educational and fun activity, while highlighting the significance of their contribution to the development of their local communities.
The competition was developed by our IVYs under the supervision of staff members of the Managing Authority and in collaboration with the Directorate general for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission (DG REGIO).
The competition was launched on the 26thAugust 2024 and was open to high schools within the Italy-Slovenia Programme area.
News on application to Students4Cooperation competition
Students were tasked with forming a team and preparing their own Interreg project in written form, choosing between one of the themes proposed in the Guidelines:
Information and communication technologies
Circular economy/Nature
Sustainable tourism
Better cooperation between schools or youth associations
By the deadline for submitting project proposals (December 1, 2024), 7 proposals were received from 6 different schools:
First phase of selection
The jury met on the 11th of December 2024 and following the procedure described in the competition Guidelines agreed on the ranking list, found in the Italian and Slovenian translations.
Second phase of selection
With the online meeting on 7th March 2025, the second evaluation phase of the STUDENTS4COOPERATION high school competition came to an end. The teams were asked to present their project idea with a video or PowerPoint presentation. After listening carefully to the presentations of all teams, the jury decided on the winners of the competition:
FIRST PRIZE: the team from 4th class ESABAC of the Liceo linguistico Scipio Slataper of the Istituto superiore Dante Alighieri in Gorizia with the project LET'S JOIN - I.S.Y. Italian and Slovenian youth
SECOND PRIZE: the team from 4th class of the Znanstveni licej Simon Gregorčič from Gorizia with the project DOSLA - Dobrodelni slavček
THIRD PRIZE: the team from I.S.I.S. Nautico ‘Tomaso di Savoia Duca di Genova - L. Galvani’ from Trieste with the project INSIEME - Iniziamo Noi Scuola Isola Ecologica Modello Ecosostenibilità
Awards
The winning team fromthe Liceo linguistico Scipio Slataper (Gorizia) took part in the awarding ceremony on the 27th March at the Teatro Verdi in Gorizia, during the first day of the main event “Interreg GO!”.
The Director of the Directorate general for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission (DG REGIO) Slawomir Tokarski and the Managing Authority of the Interreg Italy-Slovenia Programme Laura Comelli awarded the students with a study trip to Brussels, which took place from May 5 to 8, 2025. During their stay, they had the opportunity to explore the places where European policy is shaped. The experience allowed them to understand that the European Union is not a distant entity, but a tangible reality that directly affects the daily lives of its citizens.
The teams that ranked second and third had the opportunity to visit the Programme Area and some projects funded by the Programme. The excursions were organized and financed as part of the project Kohezija za vse / Coesione per tutti: Brez meja / Senza confini (a project organized by the PiNA Association for Culture and Education and funded by the Directorate-general for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission under the call Information Measures fo the EU Cohesion Policy - IMREG).
Photo and video
Take a look at the photos and videos form the excursions and study visits of the top three teams in the first edition of the Students4Cooperation competition!