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Our team educated society during various events, as we described. But that is not the only thing we did to help the situation in Lithuania. After some visits to ministries and conversations with politicians, we decided to visit the Ministry of Environment. Therefore, on 17<sup>th</sup> of September Ingrida had a meeting with Odeta Pivorienė (a department of environment protection) and Neringa Šarkauskienė (a department of GMOs). This meeting was dedicated to share some insights from society, offer some suggestions for the new amendment for the law of GMOs control in Lithuania and make a partnership between Vilnius iGEM team and the Ministry of Environment. | Our team educated society during various events, as we described. But that is not the only thing we did to help the situation in Lithuania. After some visits to ministries and conversations with politicians, we decided to visit the Ministry of Environment. Therefore, on 17<sup>th</sup> of September Ingrida had a meeting with Odeta Pivorienė (a department of environment protection) and Neringa Šarkauskienė (a department of GMOs). This meeting was dedicated to share some insights from society, offer some suggestions for the new amendment for the law of GMOs control in Lithuania and make a partnership between Vilnius iGEM team and the Ministry of Environment. | ||
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<p class="text-justify">In Lithuania, the law for the GMO control was released in 2002 and it has only been changed once in 2006. Now our government is going to re-new this law.</p> | <p class="text-justify">In Lithuania, the law for the GMO control was released in 2002 and it has only been changed once in 2006. Now our government is going to re-new this law.</p> | ||
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<p class="text-justify">Therefore we analyzed the existing one and arranged a meeting with a department of environmental protection at the Ministry of Environment. This department prepares proposal for the changes in the law and we agreed on further co-operation. On our proposal we agreed that there must be some place for education in synthetic biology technologies between all these documents. We agreed to establish a voluntarily based group of life science students, who can make visits to the certain groups and committees at the Parlament of Lithuania. We thought of the idea for students to join the monthly meetings at the Ministry of Environment and arrange encounters with the ministers. This kind of activity is really required for our society. Therefore, as our (Vilnius iGEM team) and Ministry's of Environment missions overlap, we will definately continue this partnership. | <p class="text-justify">Therefore we analyzed the existing one and arranged a meeting with a department of environmental protection at the Ministry of Environment. This department prepares proposal for the changes in the law and we agreed on further co-operation. On our proposal we agreed that there must be some place for education in synthetic biology technologies between all these documents. We agreed to establish a voluntarily based group of life science students, who can make visits to the certain groups and committees at the Parlament of Lithuania. We thought of the idea for students to join the monthly meetings at the Ministry of Environment and arrange encounters with the ministers. This kind of activity is really required for our society. Therefore, as our (Vilnius iGEM team) and Ministry's of Environment missions overlap, we will definately continue this partnership. | ||
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<p class="text-justify">On 5<sup>th</sup>-6<sup>th</sup> of November there will be meeting of Baltic Countries held by this ministry to introduce the development and achievements of Lithuania in a field of environment. In that case, a department mentioned above, wants to draw an attention to synthetic biology. We are invited to participate in this meeting and we are asked to prepare a speech about our project: the biotechnology and iGEM as well. </p> | <p class="text-justify">On 5<sup>th</sup>-6<sup>th</sup> of November there will be meeting of Baltic Countries held by this ministry to introduce the development and achievements of Lithuania in a field of environment. In that case, a department mentioned above, wants to draw an attention to synthetic biology. We are invited to participate in this meeting and we are asked to prepare a speech about our project: the biotechnology and iGEM as well. </p> |
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