From 13 to 19 May, representatives of schools in the framework of the EU4Youth project: “School Garden” for Agricultural Entrepreneurship from Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine took part in an educational tour to Italy. Italian partners in accordance with the purpose of the trip prepared the tour program. They aimed to acquaint participants of the educational tour with Italian experience in rural development through a visit to Agro-College, a local rural school, an agricultural cooperative, a trade agricultural fair.

49 educational institutions take part in the 2nd open competition among the rural schools of Vitebsk, Gomel and Minsk regions of the Republic of Belarus, the «School Garden» as an educational platform for modern safe agricultural technologies».

From March to September 2019, the public organization “Green Cross Belarus” will implement a pilot initiative of the “School Garden” project, called “Watermelon and His Friends”.

At the end of November 2018, representatives of the John Paul II Foundation - Italian partners of the EU4Youth project: “School Garden” for Agricultural Entrepreneurship, funded by the European Union, visited Belarus with a working visit. During working meetings with representatives of the Belarussian side - employees of the public organization Green Cross Belarus - discussed issues of cooperation, difficulties in the implementation of the latest agricultural technologies and current trends in agricultural entrepreneurship.

The educational tour of partners from Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova under the “School Garden” project to Italy took place from 12 to 20 November. During this time, the trip participants were able to visit Grosseto Export, OL.MA, CORTONA- LE CAPEZZINE, FICO, John Paul II Foundation (JPIIF).

The first place where the project partners went was Grosseto Export, a non-profit consortium, operating since 1974 in the province of Grosseto. It performs advertising services and various events for associated companies in the food and non-food sectors.

The first stage of the open competition «School Garden» as an educational platform for modern safe agricultural technologies», in which rural schools from Vitebsk, Gomel and Minsk regions took part, was completed.

Schools in Vitebsk, Gomel and Minsk regions that have school gardens or plan to create them are invited to participate in the competition, which is held within the framework of the project «School Garden».

On 28 and 29 August, on the basis of the educational center of Green Cross Belarus, there was a presentation of the International Technical Assistance project «School Garden» Network of Business Incubators for the development of modern agricultural entrepreneurship, professional and social growth of young people in poor and suffering rural communities».