Mondialogo International School Contest: Fifty High Schools Chosen as Finalists to...

Mondialogo International School Contest: Fifty High Schools Chosen as
Finalists to Compete in Beijing
- Fifty high schools, including three from the United States, will participate
in the final competition of the Mondialogo School Contest in Beijing

PARIS and STUTTGART, Germany, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
finalists for the 2007/2008 international Mondialogo School Contest have been
decided. Daimler and UNESCO announced the 50 schools at the UNESCO
headquarters in Paris. Participants from a total of 36 countries will be
represented at the final, among them three schools from the USA. The A. W.
Beattie Career Center, in Allison Park, PA, the Greenbrier East High School in
Lewisburg, WV, and the Conserve School in Land O' Lakes, WI (see list of
finalists attached) have made it to the final with their respective partner
schools from Cairo, Egypt, Porto-Novo, Benin, and Yabroud, Syrian Arab
Republic.
The teams with American involvement have been working on projects dealing
with the topics of cultural diversity and war & peace. In each team, students
from two schools in different countries have been working together.
Key criteria for the nomination were the intensity of the intercultural
dialogue between the partner teams and the creative implementation of the
projects. Areas of special focus in the current competition are "sport and
fair play," "sustainable future," and "cultural identity." The 50 nominated
teams are invited to Beijing from September 25-28, 2008 where they will meet
in person for the first time and present their projects to an international
jury. The jury will select the best three and announce the winners at a
festive Award Ceremony.
This year 2,740 school teams with a total of 36,000 school students
between the ages of 14 and 18 from 144 countries took part. More than one
third of the project groups come from Europe (980 schools, 35%) followed by
596 teams from the Asia and Pacific region (22%), 524 schools from Latin
America and the Caribbean (19%), 356 schools from Africa (13%) as well as 237
schools from the Arab states (8%) and 47 schools from North America (2%).
The contest, initiated by Daimler and UNESCO in 2003, is the largest
global contest on intercultural dialogue. The aim of this global contest is to
encourage dialogue between school students of different cultural origins, who
work together across continents on a joint project: examples include musical
works, plays, collages, photographic documentation, sculptures or Internet
pages. Through the intercultural project work, school students are intended to
develop understanding, tolerance and respect for people with different
cultures, religions, languages and origins.
The Mondialogo School Contest takes place this year for the third time.
Since 2003, a total of 60,000 school students around the world have
participated. Ambassadors of the initiative include the Brazilian author Paulo
Coelho and Swedish writer Henning Mankell. In addition to the school contest,
the Mondialogo initiative includes the Mondialogo Engineering Award to
encourage intercultural dialogue among engineering students and promote
knowledge transfer between industrialized and developing countries. For
more information: www.mondialogo.org

The 25 partner teams invited to the Mondialogo School Contest Symposium in
Beijing, China from September 25th to 28th 2008
Country: Argentina Country: Russian Federation
City: Moron City: Volzhsky
Team: maristas Team: Starkids
School: Instituto San Jose School: School 'RESULT'

Country: Azerbaijan Country: Pakistan
City: Baku City: Rawalpindi
Team: Zangi Team: Roots@71Harley
School: Zangi school School: Roots School System

Country: Benin Country: United States of America
City: Porto-Novo City: Lewisburg
Team: psyche Team: Kinder Surprise
School: csp champollion School: Greenbrier East High School

Country: Canada Country: Croatia
City: Hafford City: Oroslavje
Team: Students All For the Earth Team: Breath-taking
School: Hafford Central School School: Secondary school Oroslavje

Country: China Country: Spain
City: Fuzhou City: Siguenza
Team: San Mu Team: GETTING CLOSER
School: Fuzhou No.1 Middle School School: IES MARTIN VAZQUEZ DE ARCE

Country: Colombia Country: Malaysia
City: Bogota City: Subang Jaya
Team: BACHUE Team: Dashyat
School: CAMILO TORRES School: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan
USJ 13

Country: Dominican Republic Country: Romania
City: Santo Domingo City: Suceava
Team: Areito Team Team: The Lucky Ones
School: Colegio Santa Rosa de Lima School: Ion Creanga

Country: Egypt Country: United States of America
City: Cairo City: Allison Park
Team: The Pharaohs Team: Beattie
School: El-Marg Experimental School: A.W. Beattie Career Center
Language School

Country: France Country: Philippines
City: Lille City: Malate, Manila
Team: Peace Spirit Team: Alone Together
School: Lycee Fenelon School: Jose Abad Santos Memorial
School, Manila - Philippine
Women's University

Country: Germany Country: Mauritius
City: Speyer City: Vacoas
Team: rainbow night Team: Saddul Team
School: Gymnasium am Kaiserdom School: Nunkeeshore Saddul College

Country: Germany Country: Mexico
City: Berlin City: Mexico City
Team: 11a/b Team: Mounier
School: Nelson-Mandela-School School: Centro Educativo Emmanuel
Mounier

Country: India Country: Turkey
City: New Delhi City: Istanbul
Team: SPRINGDALIANS Team: THE DICE
School: SPRINGDALES SCHOOL, School: Eyuboglu High School
PUSA ROAD

Country: Indonesia Country: Portugal
City: Padang City: Santarem
Team: Youth For Action Team: Os solidarios
School: SMA Negeri 1 Padang School: Escola Secundaria
Ginestal Machado

Country: Indonesia Country: Ukraine
City: Jakarta City: Khmelnytskyi
Team: BIS Merdeka Team: Youth Leaders
School: British International School: Gymnasium n 2
School Jakarta

Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Country: Switzerland
City: Kerman City: Leysin
Team: effort Team: Kumondialogo
School: Shahid Mahdavi Educational School: Kumon Leysin Academy of
Complex (kerman) Switzerland

Country: Japan Country: Uganda
City: Okayama City: Kabale
Team: G-Style Team: KATRICO .A
School: Okayama Gakugeikan High School: KABALE TRINITY COLLEGE
School

Country: Japan Country: United Kingdom of Great
City: Kobe Britain and Northern Ireland
Team: Nadeshiko City: Dundee
School: Kobe Municipal Team: Grove Academy Juniors
Fukiai High School School: Grove Academy

Country: Lebanon Country: Serbia
City: Beirut City: Belgrade
Team: BESGB Team: uts
School: Beirut Evangelical School School: Ugostiteljsko-turisticka skola
for Girls and Boys - Rabiya

Country: Malaysia Country: Romania
City: KLANG City: Buzau
Team: KISAS1 Team: School 7 Stars
School: SULTAN ALAM SHAH School: Scoala generala cu clasele
ISLAMIC COLLEGE I-VIII nr 7 Buzau

Country: Mexico Country: Romania
City: Puebla City: Cluj-Napoca
Team: QUETZALCOATL Team: TRANSYLVANIA
School: CENTRO ESCOLAR'JOSE School: AVRAM IANCU HIGHSCHOOL
MARIA MORELOS Y PAVON'

Country: Philippines Country: Poland
City: Valenzuela city City: Bilgoraj
Team: Team EHDZ Team: CRAZY WORMS
School: Valenzuela City Science School: LO im. ONZ
High School

Country: Russian Federation Country: Turkey
City: Saint-Petersburg City: Izmir
Team: IFG Team: Izmir Fatih High School
School: School001 School: Izmir Private Fatih
High School

Country: Russian Federation Country: Uruguay
City: Saint-Petersburg City: Young
Team: White Nights Team: Explorers from Uruguay
School: Saint-Petersburg School: Young Day School
Pedagogical College No. 2

Country: Sri Lanka Country: Turkey
City: Bibile City: Istanbul
Team: Pearl Team: AESKO
School: Mo/Senapathiya School: THE VKV KOC SCHOOL
Maha Vidyalaya

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Country: United States of America
City: Yabroud City: Land O' Lakes
Team: The Golden Team Team: Internation Conservation
School: Al Enawi secondary school School: Conserve School

SOURCE Daimler AG

Susann Rohr of Daimler AG, +49 (0)711/17-40622, fax +49 (0)711/17-24847,
susann.rohr@daimler.com; or Sue Williams of UNESCO, +33 (0)1 45 68 17 06, fax
+33 (0)1 45 68 56 59, s.williams@unesco.org; or Andre Paris of Mondialogo, +49
(0)69/74 34 88 309, fax +49 (0)69/74 34 88 809, presse@mondialogo.org