The first part of the General Assembly of the SwitchtoHealthy project took place on November 12-13, 2024 in Istanbul, Turkey. The event was organized by Bursa Uludağ University, with support from KOCAHAN Food Company, the industrial Turkish partner. The meeting brought together 27 participants from Turkey, Lebanon, Greece, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and Tunisia, and successfully evaluated all project activities up to the 32nd month.
The second part of the Assembly was conducted on November 14, 2024, at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Bursa Uludağ University in the city of Bursa. The morning session featured an evaluation and country-focused meeting with teams from CERTH (Greece), CREDA (Spain) and EURECAT (Spain), emphasizing family intervention studies conducted in Turkish schools as part of the project. Additionally, the project team toured the Bursa Uludağ University Central Research Laboratory and received an overview of its activities.
The series of meetings concluded with the SWITCHtoHEALTHY project team celebrating another harmonious, successful, and productive milestone in their collaborative efforts for the promotion of the Mediterranean Diet.