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National Ethics Councils met students in Nicosia

The Cyprus National Bioethics Committee hosted this year’s “NEC Forum” that took place in Nicosia from 4 to 5 October. The Forum is an annual meeting for National Ethics Councils (NECs) in Europe which is supported and coarranged by the European Commission.

This year students from schools in Cyprus and Greece had been invited to participate in group discussions on the subject “Ethics and Education“.  Another main subject of the meeting was “Responsible Research and Innovation”. The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics was represented by members of the secretariat.