The International Meeting “PARTHENON: The Integrity of a Symbolic Monument -The Role of Citizens-An International Campaign” was organized by the “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation” in cooperation with “Melina Mercouri Foundation”, at the Acropolis Museum on 26th of June, 2014. This meeting is the first step of the new international campaign for the Reunification of Parthenon Sculptures, called “Return-Restore-Restart”.
UNESCOs Good Will Ambassador, Ms. Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, in a press conference held on June 24th, 2014, in the Acropolis Museum, announced the launch of the new International Campaign for the Reunification of Parthenon Marbles, titled RETURN (the marbles), RESTORE (Parthenon), RESTART (history).
More than 1200 delegates, including representatives of international organisations, politicians, eminent professors from international universities, business executives, as well as governmental and non-governmental organisations from 100 countries worldwide, participated in the WISE -World Innovation Summit for Education* on the topic ”Reinventing Education for Life”, which took place in Qatar from 29 to 31 October.
The optimistic message that childhood cancer can be defeated was sent by the distinguished Greek and foreign clinicians and medical researchers who took part in a medical symposium entitled CHILDHOOD CANCER HAEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION, which was held on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Greece.
Hundreds of friends of the ELPIDA Association, people who believed in its vision and have helped in the struggle for a better world, were present at the anniversary event to celebrate 20 years of operation for the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, which took place on 16 October 2013 in the “Christos Lambrakis Hall” at the MEGARON Athens Concert Hall, in the presence of the HE President of the Hellenic Republic Dr Karolos Papoulias.