This afternoon, the Space for Young Creation hosted the awards ceremony for the competitions organized by Europe Direct Cáceres under the motto “The future of Europe”, an initiative that seeks to encourage reflection, creativity and citizen participation around the values and challenges of the European Union.
The event was attended by the Councillor for Human Resources, Business and E-Administration, Emilio Borrega; the Councillor for Public Services and Strategic Funds, Pedro Muriel; the Councillor for Culture, Jorge Suárez; and the Councillor for Youth, Jaime Jabato, in a meeting that brought together participants, family members and institutional representatives.
During his speech, Emilio Borrega highlighted the importance of the European Union in the development of the city, underlining that “large projects that have been developed in the city of Cáceres have the seal of the European Union” and that “Cáceres would not be what it is today without those 40 years that we have been in Europe.”
Borrega has also stressed the need to continue strengthening the link between the city and Europe, pointing out that “Europe also has to understand what we are like and what Cáceres is like”, and has shown his confidence in the cultural horizon of the city: “we hope that in the year 2031 we will be that European Capital of Culture that projects us more to Europe and that we know Europe much better.”
Awards
This year’s awards were given in the categories of short story, photography and comics, consolidating competitions that now total eighteen editions in short story, seventeen in photography and fifteen in comics.
In the XVIII Short Story Contest, the first prize, worth 1,000 euros, went to Alexis López Vidal, from Valencia, for the work “Vert-de-gris (in reality, the lady is French)”. The second prize, of 800 euros, went to David Muñoz Sánchez, from Badajoz, for “The Last Man with Blue Eyes”, while the third prize, of 500 euros, went to Ricardo Ojalvo Rebollo, from Cáceres.
In the XVII Photography Contest, the first prize, also worth 1,000 euros, went to Luis Cid Cabeza, from Cáceres, for “Escena Digital”. The second prize went to José Antonio García Recuero, for “Different Cultures”, and the third to Pedro Javier Reig Delgado, for “Vía libre”.
As for the XV Comic Contest, in the senior category, the first prize went to Jesús García Plata, from Malpartida de Cáceres, for “Josefa”, while in the junior category the first prize went to Fernando Gómez González, from Cáceres, for “Schumann’s Dream”.
With this initiative, Europe Direct Cáceres reaffirms its commitment to promoting culture, creativity and the construction of an active European citizenship, especially among the young population.
The ceremony featured the presentation by Sergio Márquez Fernández, the interpretation of the European Anthem by the group “Funkin V” and the initial intervention by the director of Europe Direct Cáceres, Rebeca Domínguez Cidoncha. The event concluded with a family photograph and the inauguration of the photographic exhibition with the winning and finalist works of the photography contest.
