On 14-21 August 2013 was held Youth exchange “Genetically modified organisms and healthy youth” in Sevan, Armenia. The GMO YE was a 8-day non formal educational youth exchange in Armenia, it includes participants from 8 countries. The youth exchange realized in the frame of EU programme “Youth in Action”. The GMO YE aims to bring participants to environmental life, without city life.
This project was financed with the support
of the European Commission.
This youth exchange is organized by “Serund
Pan-Armenian Youth Center", a youth organization where people develop
their leadership and organizational capacity through team work and exchange of
experience. 
This
YE aims to broaden and foster the knowledge and information of the youth on
GMO, its dissemination and its labeling, also to provide solid grounds for
choosing healthy food and running a healthy lifestyle. Share their experience on
GMO, Bio food and junk food and found out about quality and safety of food.
Cultural evenings gave the participants chance to cook their
national dished using healthy food and learn how to cook national dishes of different nations.
During the YE the participants from 8 countries- Armenia, Cyprus, Bulgaria,
Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ukraine discovered the wide range of opportunities provided by healthy lifestyle and caring
society. “GMO youth” opened new
perspectives in knowledge of Youth
in Action programme for developing policies and opportunities.
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