World Ozone Day 2023 – Awareness campaign and literary competition with children and young people of “ABC TIRANA CLUB”

On the 18th of September 2023, the representatives of the National Ozone Unit and “ABC TIRANA CLUB” carried out the awareness campaign “Montreal Protocol: Fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change” devoted to World Ozone Day, September 16, 2023.  The main purpose of this campaign was to attract the attention of the children toward the information about protecting the ozone layer. This activity was organized in cooperation with “Petro Nini” High School in Tirana under the special care of the literature teacher Ms. Ariana Osmani. About 20 students of “Petro Nini” high school in Tirana participated in this activity. During the opening speech, the NOU coordinator unfolded a general overview of the role, goals, and function of this institution and activities devoted to World Ozone Day 2023. In the first part of this event, several awareness activities were held, such as an information session regarding World Ozone Day, 16 September 2023, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the importance of ozone layer protection. The NOU representatives in cooperation with the teachers of the “Petro Nini” high school explained to the children what the ozone layer is and why it should be protected. In the second part the artistic event “Listen to my Essay” took place as the third edition of the “Friends of the Climate” youth project organized by ABC Tirana Club and National Ozone Unit of Albania. The student had prepared essays on climate change and the protection of the ozone layer, as well as the challenges faced by humanity in the face of these global phenomena. The student’s essays will be published in a booklet, to be distributed among students, teachers, parents, civil society representatives, etc. In the end, an award ceremony took place. Mr. Johan Muka, Executive Director of “ABC TIRANA CLUB”, emphasized that the activities organized in collaboration with NOU, apart from the information that the students acquired on the Ozone Layer, Vienna Convention, and Montreal Protocol, an inspiring atmosphere was created for the youth, which made them happy by becoming a part of the world-wide effort on the protection of the Ozone layer.