Civil Society & Reconciliation - Cypriot Civil Society Strengthening Programme

 

 

Dialoguing Events for Civil Society and Non-CSO Actors

In the context of the Cypriot Civil Society Strengthening Programme a range of events will be convened, including workshops, conferences and roundtables. The overall aim of these events will be to promote the exchange of ideas and of knowledge on a range of critical issues facing Cypriot civil society. Events will draw together actors from within civil society and from other sectors to increase debate and informed decision-making.

Forthcoming events:

  • The role of media in the development of Civil Society Organisations

  • Legal Frameworks for NGOs: exploring the options

  • Case Study Based Workshop: Benefits of Multiple Sector Partnerships workshop

International Forum/CSO awards ceremony: Role of Civil Society in Contributing to Decision Making, May 2008
This event will aim to bring together a local and international audience to participate in knowledge sharing on the role of Civil Society in contributing to decision making.

Past events have included the following:

1- Presentation for Funding Opportunities for NGOs - December 2007

In the context of the Cypriot Civil Society Strengthening Programme, the NGO Support Centre has organized a presentation on “Funding Opportunities for Non-Governmental Organizations" on 19 December 2007. Invited guests included speakers from the European Institute of Cyprus, representatives of the EU, as well as representatives of NGOs.

The aim of the presentation was to give participants an overview of funding opportunities for NGOs from the European Union, as well as to present examples of funded projects that are currently being implemented by Cypriot NGOs. The presentation took place in Greek and was open to everyone.

Please click here to view presentation by Lise Pate, Task Manager- Civil Society,
European Commission, Task Force - Turkish Cypriot community.

2- Participation in the Civil Society Fair "Open voices - Active citizens" May 2007

3- Democratization and Harmonization of the Associations Law with EU Norms Panel,

28 April 2008

 

4- International Civil Society Forum and Award Ceremony, 7 June 2008