back to menuThe 2000-2001 European Young Consumer Competition has just been launched. It is aimed at pupils attending secondary school and pupils in the last two years of primary school, in all the Member States of the European Union. The theme is "Nutrition - How to Promote a Balanced Diet". The rules, which include full information on the subject matter, prizes to be won (the First European Prize is a surprise trip), entry conditions and registration procedures, are now available from the Internet address below.
1999-2000 was a record year for the Competition, with 1,213 teams taking part, as opposed to 1,160 in 1998-1999 and 222 in 19931994, the year of its inception. With an average of 15 participants per team, over 18,000 youngsters have been directly involved in the activity. Since the majority of the teams presented their projects to their entire school, it is in fact hundreds of thousands of young consumers that have been exposed to the Competition, on the topic which was: "The Consumer in the 21st Century".
Teams from Greece, Germany and Finland received the first, second and third prize respectively, while a team from Denmark was awarded the young jury prize.
The Greek team won a trip to a surprise destination, which turned out to be Berlin. There, they met the winners of the second prize at a magnificent ceremony organised at the Commission Representation, where the Greek ambassador and consul honoured them with their presence. The German, Finnish and Danish teams received 2,000, 1,500 and 1,000 euros respectively.
The "Health and Consumer Protection" Directorate-General is counting on the help of everyone to ensure that the 2000-2001 edition will be an even greater success
A document detailing the background of the competition is to be found on the Internet at the following address: http://europa.eu.int/comm.dgs/health_consumer/events/index_en.htmlThis competition seems to be little known in this country, spread the news around. |
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