The 1000 and 1 Values Contest, organized by BBVA to foster financial literacy in Spanish schools, has named as winner the 1st Year of Secondary Education class from the CPR Galen school in Lugo; this class was chosen from among the sixteen finalists in its Secondary Education category. Moreover, the judges granted an honorable mention to the 2nd Year of Secondary Education class of the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús school in Zamora for the originality and creativity of the video presented.

In the Secondary Education category, with the participation of 92 classes from 49 schools in the sixteen autonomous communities of Spain in the 1000 and 1 Values Contest, classes had to create a video presenting the three characters from the story The Businessman and the Fisherman, which they had discussed in group debates. For the Primary Education level, in which 301 classes from 127 schools from the different autonomous communities of Spain participated, the project consisted of creating a poster reflecting the class's values scale.

At the 1000 and 1 Values Meeting held on June 4th in Madrid, two students from each of the Secondary Education finalist classes defended their projects and the jury chose a national winner. The members of the jury presented the final award: a week at the "Valores de futuro" Camp in Vilanova de Sau (Barcelona), an initiative launched by BBVA and United World Colleges. Beforehand, the 1000 and 1 football game was played at the Academia de Cracks in Las Rozas; special guests included former players Enzo Francescoli and Germán Burgos.

The jury responsible for selecting the winning Secondary class from among the sixteen finalists was made up of Vicente Hernández, General Manager of P. A. U. Education, Antoni Ballabriga, Director of Corporate Responsibility at BBVA, Diego Cruz Sánchez, from the BBVA Volunteer office, Juan López, from the Ministry of Education, José María Lamamié, from the Bank of Spain, Carmen Maestro, from the Spanish School Council and Milagros Asenjo, from the newspaper ABC.

The CPR Galen school of Lugo wins the 1000 and 1 Values Contest

The 1st Year of Secondary Education class of the CPR Galen school in Lugo was named national champion in the first 1000 and 1 Values Contest, organized by BBVA under the "Valores de futuro" educational program. The jury selected the video presented by this class because of its “its ability to reinterpret the script of the story The Businessman and the Fisherman and adapt it to the local situation, while incorporating future values and environmental sustainability”. Also, the jury highlighted "the value of balance and possibility of co-existing with different views to benefit society".
Ángela de Miguel, the class’s Mathematics teacher, was grateful for the award and stated that the best part of the video was “the teamwork, outstanding student participation and the conclusions reached, which all link to the Valores de Futuro program”.

The "Valores de Futuro" Camp and United World Colleges

The BBVA "Valores de futuro" educational program, in collaboration with the Spanish Committee for the United World Colleges Foundation, has organized the Future Values Camp for the students of the winning class from the 1000 and 1 Values Contest.

United World Colleges (www.colegiosmundounido.es) is an international non-profit organization present in more than 125 countries that fosters a society of peace through multicultural education. Founded in 1962 and headed by Nelson Mandela and Queen Noor of Jordan, it currently has 13 centers for academic excellence in the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa. Approximately 200 students from 80 countries, ages 16 to 19, study their International Baccalaureate at each of these colleges. This organization is responsible for planning three-week summer courses in which the selected students will have the opportunity to live and work together to foster international understanding in a fun environment.

The Valores de Futuro Camp, held in Vilanova de Sau (Barcelona) from June 25th to 30th, has been designed so that students, ages 12 to 14, experience values such as responsibility, solidarity and social awareness and work under the Future Values educational program. The dynamics of the camp combine training and learning with fun using a methodology in which participants become the protagonists of their own knowledge, and thus, of their own personal development. Every day, the children will live new experiences combining adventure, social and artistic activities with debate groups, workshops and simulations.