2024-03-28 21:29:50
An open event on the subject of “Smog: A threat to the basin and the city of Ioannina” is co-organized by the 4th GEL Ioannina “Academy” and the European Information Center of Epirus on Wednesday, March 27, at 6 pm, in the “Archbishop Spyridon” Hall of Zosimaia Pedagogical Academy.
The event is organized within the framework of the program “Ambassador Schools of the European Parliament” and experts in health and environment, as well as representatives of local authorities and MEPs, participate as guest speakers.
At the beginning of the event, the director of the 4th GEL Ioannina, Anastasia Giannakou, the head of the European Information Center will address a greeting
Epirus – Europe Direct Epirus Dimitrios Golas, the regional governor of Epirus Alexandros Kahrimanis, the mayor of Ioannina Thomas Begas and the director of Secondary Education of Ioannina Prefecture Stamatia Logothetis.
After a musical introduction with the composition “On the Waves of the Danube” by Johann Strauss and a music and dance act, the presentation of the program “Schools – Ambassadors of the European Parliament” will follow by the candidate Junior Ambassador, student of the 2nd Lyceum Ypapantis – Natalia Papageorgiou.
The program of presentations and speeches is as follows:
19:10 “Smog: A threat to the city and the basin of Ioannina” – Tziakos Ilias – Rita Dimitra, students – candidates for Junior Ambassadors (class A’).
19:30 “The institutional role of the European Parliament for the environment – Filippos Kamaris, Office of the European Parliament in Greece, Community Manager – mazi eu Volunteer Network.
19:40 “Community Legislation on Pollution in the European Union” – Maria Spyrakis, MEP. Group of the European People’s Party.
19:50 “Atmospheric pollution: The problem of smog in the Ioannina basin” – Ioannis Lykotrafitis, Deputy Head of the Department of Environment and Spatial Planning of the Region of Epirus.
20:00 “Environmental pollution and health effects” – Konstantinos Kostikas, Professor of Pulmonology, University of Ioannina. Director of the Pulmonology Clinic of the PGN of Ioannina.
20:10 “Proposals for dealing with the problem of smog and atmospheric pollution in the Ioannina Basin – Giorgos Antoniou, Special Associate of the Municipality of Ioannina, Environmentalist.
20:20 Online intervention: “Air pollution and Europe” – Petros Kokkalis, MEP, Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance.
20:30 Online Intervention: “EU policies to tackle smog and improve air quality” – Elena Kountoura, MEP. Group of the Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL.
The event will conclude with another dance act and a song by the students about the European elections.