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Team POCKit received the Impact Prize acknowledgement of the MEPs at Global Impact Camp in Brussels. Read more »
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Team POCKit received the Impact Prize acknowledgement of the MEPs at Global Impact Camp in Brussels. Read more »
In September, the finalist teams of Helsinki Challenge took their solutions to Brussels to meet decision-makers, mentors and possible collaborators at Global Impact Camp. Read what MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen had to say just before the Camp. Read more »
Who did the finalists meet in September in Brussels? The Global Impact Camp offered Helsinki Challenge teams an opportunity to impress and co-create with high-level international experts. Read more »
Large amounts of medicines end up in nature through sewage. The drug residues cause interferences to the ecosystem, such as the deaths and mutations of fish. The team aims to influence legislation by informing decision makers. Member of the European Parliament Sirpa Pietikäinen became interested in Generation Green’s work, and has invited the team to Brussels as part of a larger delegation, which has tightening the environmental regulations of the pharmaceutical industry as its goal. At present, the team is preparing a draft for the meeting. Read more »
Generation Green jatkaa aktiivisesti toimintaansa ympäristön lääkejäämäkuorman vähentämiseksi. Tiimi pyrkii vaikuttamaan päätöksentekoon informoimalla poliittisia vaikuttajia. Euroopan parlamentin jäsen Sirpa Pietikäinen kiinnostui Generation Green -tiimin työstä ja on kutsunut tiimin Brysseliin osana suurempaa delegaatiota, jonka tavoitteena on minimoida lääkejäämien ympäristövaikutuksia. Tällä hetkellä tiimi valmistelee pohjapaperia tapaamiseen yhteistyössä Lääketeollisuus ry:n kanssa. Read more »
Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament, mentored Helsinki Challenge teams in April. She is now firmly convinced that one can find fresh ideas from Finland. Read more »