Blooming Schools wins European Innovative Teaching Award 2025

January 12, 2026 10:00 am

BirdLife Malta is proud to have received the European Innovative Teaching Award 2025 in School Education at a special ceremony in Brussels for our Erasmus+ project Blooming Schools!

This project brings biodiversity into schools, creating wildlife-friendly gardens and empowering students to learn by doing and become active environmental citizens.

A big thank you to our partners across Europe: Friends of the Earth Malta, St Nicholas College Dingli Secondary, SPEA – BirdLife Portugal, Agrupamento de Escolas de Portela e Moscavide (Portugal), Hellenic Ornithological Society, and Station Europe (Romania).

We were honoured to be part of the ceremony, hearing inspiring words from Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Director-General of DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, and European Commission Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu, who presented the awards.

This award celebrates collaboration for nature-based learning, showing how schools can make a real difference for nature.

The award was received by Stefania Papadopol on behalf of BirdLife Malta.