Presidency Drawing Contest: Children Awarded Prizes by Alexandr Vondra

Today children from all over the Czech Republic headed for the Straka Academy to meet the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs. Mr Vondra awarded prizes to them for their success in the ‘Best Presidency Postcard’ contest.

‘The idea behind this contest was to arouse the interest of the youngest citizens, but we were also curious. We wondered how the children would grasp this complex theme. The result is, in my view, a pleasant surprise,’ says Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs. Altogether, the children, divided into two age categories, drew 645 original pictures on the following themes: ‘For six months, the Czech Republic becomes captain of the European team’ and ‘The Czech lion cub as king of the European safari’. The contest involved 73 primary schools from all over the Czech Republic, as well as a dozen individuals. The Czech EU Presidency Section of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic launched the ‘Best Czech Presidency Postcard’ contest in May 2008.

The winning pictures were selected by a committee composed of officials from the Office of the Government and experts. Having carefully evaluated and compared all pictures, the committee chose 21 winning postcards, 13 of which will be available for download and sending on the Presidency website – www.eu2009.cz – in the ‘Children on the Presidency’ section.


Winners of the Contest for the Best Czech EU Presidency Postcard
Category I (pupils aged 6–11):
Marie Horvathová, Ostrava-Poruba Primary School Veronika Petříková, Ostrava-Poruba Primary School Tomáš Očenášek, Ostrava-Poruba Primary School Barbora Žaludová, Ostrava-Poruba Primary School Denisa Čermáková, Ohrada Primary School, Vsetín Daniel Preisler, Ohrada Primary School, Vsetín Michal Obr, Ohrada Primary School, Vsetín Jitka Šlinzová, Ohrada Primary School, Vsetín Kristýna Bajerová, Křižanov Primary School and Kindergarten Veronika Melicherová, Opava-Vrchní Primary School and Kindergarten Jan Kala, Svitavy Primary School Filip Kroček, Ostrava-Poruba Primary School David Sladký, Karel Svolinský Primary School, Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem Klárka Toflová, Karel Svolinský Primary School, Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem
Category II (pupils aged 12–15):
Lukáš Novák, Dobřichovice Children’s Home and Primary School Lucie Exnerová, Dobřichovice Children’s Home and Primary School Jaroslava Loušová, Dobřichovice Children’s Home and Primary School Filip Hanák, Vítkov Primary School Eliška Volková, Ohrada Primary School, Vsetín Karolína Holečková, V Domcích Primary School, Trutnov Ondřej Doležal, Ždírec nad Doubravou Primary School and Kindergarten