Current Projects - ACT Phase III

Economic Interdependence


Through a partnership between the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce, this project focuses on demonstrating the benefits economic interdependence between the two communities.

  


Project Partners: Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & industry (Tel: +357 228 89800  /  Web: 
www.ccci.org.cy) & Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (Tel: +90 392 228 3760  /  Web: www.ktto.net
Duration: 2012 - 2013
For more information: 
www.cpnnet.net


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ENGAGE: Civic Engagement for Reconciliation

Led by the Management Centre and the NGO Support Centre, the Engage, Do Your Part for Peace project works in partnership with civil society across the island to provide a platform for dialogue and increased citizen involvement in reconciliation efforts.   
 
Project Partners: The Management Centre (Tel: + 90 392 227 7234  /  Web: www.mc-med.eu) & NGO Support Centre (Tel: + 357 228 75099  /  Web: www.ngo-sc.org)
Duration: 2012 - 2013
For more information: 
www.engage4peace.org 

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Future Together in Potamia

This participatory democracy project is aimed at demonstrating the benefits of involving past and present residents of formerly mixed villages in an inclusive process to imagine new shared spaces together, starting with a small project to build a Library/Museum in the village of Potamia, and then sharing this model with other communities.

Project Partners: Potamia community council
Duration: 2012 - 2013
For more information: Suna Evran (sunaevran@futuretogether.net) and Charalambos Pericleous (cpericleous@futuretogether.net)
Website: http://potamiaheritage.com/

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MultiCommMedia

CCMC supports community media in Cyprus in an effort to diversify the media landscape by empowering a media-literate and active society. CCMC helps to build the capacity of civil society organisations in communicating their work to the public.


Project Partner:
Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC)
Duration: 2012 - 2013
For more information: Beran Djemal (beran@cypruscommunitymedia.org) & Michalis
Simopoulos (michalis@cypruscommunitymedia.org) / Website:
www.cypruscommunitymedia.org

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Multiperspectivity & Intercultural Dialogue in Education (MIDE)

The MIDE project promotes the importance of multiperspectivity, historical understanding and critical thinking in education.

Project Partners: Association for Historical Dialogue & Research (AHDR)
Duration: 2012 - 2013
For more information: 
www.ahdr.info

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Participatory Peacemaking


Implemented by ENGI, this project focuses on involving civic and political leaders to discuss models of inclusive peace-making with their peers from South Africa, Northern Ireland and the Balkans.


Project Partners:
ENGI
Duration: January to June 2013
For more information: http://www.engi.org.uk/ Yeshim Harris (Director) (yharris@engi.org.uk)

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Social Cohesion and Reconciliation Index - SCORE

This project aims at informing the peace-building debate through the creation of an innovative tool to measure indicators of social cohesion and reconciliation in post-conflict situations.

Project Partner: SeeD
Duration: 2013
For more information: Spyros Christou (
christou@interpeace.org) & Meltem Ikinci
(meltemikinci@interpeace.org
) / Website: www.cyprus2015.org

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Support to Confidence-Building Measures


In collaboration with the UN family in Cyprus, UNDP-ACT provides support that helps to build a conducive environment for the island’s peace process. 

Project Partners:
 These initiatives are implemented by UNDP-ACT in collaboration with the Technical Committees and the UN Family in Cyprus.
Duration: 2012-2013

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Youth Power

 

 

Youth Power, formerly known as the Cyprus Network for Youth Development, inspires and energises Cypriot youth to actively participate in efforts to support reconciliation between the two communities.


Project Partners: PeacePlayers Cyprus
Duration: 2012 - 2013
For more information: 
Sezis Thompson (sezis@youthpowercyprus.org) & Katerina Antoniou
(katerina@youthpowercyprus.org/ Website: http://youthpowercyprus.org)

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