Second edition | Italy-Slovenia

Following the success of the first edition of the Students4Cooperation competition, the second edition was launched during the 2025/2026 school year. Students were invited to form teams and submit a written proposal for a potential cross-border cooperation project on one of the following topics:

Environmental education and joint actions for territorial protection
Sustainable and accessible mobility for young people in cross-border areas
Strengthening civic participation and the active role of youth
Intercultural dialogue and social inclusion
Enhancement of the shared cultural heritage between Italy and Slovenia

As in the first edition, students took part in the competition fo the chance to win a study visit to Brussels and visit the main institutions of the European Union. The study visit was sponsored by the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia.

JURY 2025/2026

RANKING OF THE FIRST AND SECOND EVALUATION PHASE

By the deadline for submitting project ideas, 19 December 2025, we received 13 submissions from 7 schools within the Programme Area. Following a thorough evaluation of all project proposals, the jury established the ranking for the first evaluation phase. As outlined in Section 5 of the competition guidelines, the top 10 teams advanced to the second evaluation phase, which took place in March 2026. The second evaluation phase concluded with the online meeting held on 9 March 2026, during which the teams presented their project ideas. After carefully reviewing all presentations, the jury announced the winners of the second edition of the Students4Cooperation competition:

FIRST PRIZE: ISIS/DIZ Jožef Stefan - MERITO
SECOND PRIZE: ISIS/DIZ Jožef Stefan - SAC (Searching Around the Country)
THIRD PRIZE: ISIS/DIZ Simon Gregorčič - BRIDGES (Building Regional Integration and Development through Governance and Exchange of Solution)

FINAL RANKING LIST

Ranking of the FIRST EVALUATION PHASE

AWARDING CEREMONY

On the occasion of the Annual Event of the “Interreg Italy–Slovenia OSI:  Synergies and Complementarities  bridging Europe” Programme, held in Grado on 16–17 April, the second day was dedicated to young people and to a particularly meaningful moment: the award ceremony of the second edition of Students4Cooperation.

Within this context, the winning students with the project MERITO from class 4KB of ISIS Jožef Stefan in Trieste had the opportunity to present their work and receive the awarded prize: a voucher for a study trip to Brussels.

The event represented an exciting and highly valuable opportunity for the students, who were able to present their project in front of the Managing Authority and Joint Secretariat, Programme beneficiaries, representatives of the European Commission, and other Interreg programmes.

Congratulations to the winners and to the students of the second and third ranked teams, who had the opportunity to take part in the event!