Panathlon participated, through Patrick Van Camphenhout, International Board Member, and Paul Standaert, President of the Belgian District, in the EWOS 2020 (# BEACTIVE) awards ceremony which was held in digital.
About 200 delegations and many personalities were present:
Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.
Tomasz Frankowski, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the Sports Group.
The EU received 95 projects from 26 different European countries. Finally, 3 categories were awarded :
- BEACTIVE- Education Award: Petra Preradovića Primary school, Croatia.
- BEACTIVE- Workplace Award: House of Code, Denmark
- # BEACTIVE- Local Hero Award: Tomás Slavata, Czech Republic
In addition to some testimonials from the 2019 winners and their other accomplishments, participants attended a beautiful performance by a dancer and a contemporary bicycle acrobat.
The event was led by Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.