Youth Power Party! - celebrating a new chapter for youth activism

CCMC podcast on CyBC Radio 2 tonight!

Cypriot athletes addressing racism and discrimination in sport

Improving the Impact of Civil Society - seminar

CYINDEP recruiting for Cypriot EU Presidency 2012

The Cyprus Islandwide NGO Development Platform - CYINDEP, serves as an umbrella platform for development NGOs across Cyprus and strives to strengthen communication, the exchange of best practices and collaboration among all NGDOS, and thus contribute to a more equal and fair world, based on cooperation, trust, effectiveness, community building, and respect for human rights. CYINDEP is currently implementing an EU Presidency Project for the Cypriot EU Presidency 2012 with the aim to build the capacity of its members to advocate more effectively on issues related to development, and to participate in the policymaking process; the project will also work to raise awareness amongst the general public in both communities in Cyprus on issues related to international development and global social justice as well as to connect Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot organisations more effectively in coordinating their actions and thus contribute to the peace building efforts of civil society in the island. CYINDEP is looking to recruit for a duration of one year the following the following team members:

• Project Director (full time)
• Policy Officer (part time)
• Events Coordinator (full time)
• Communication Officer (part time- Turkish speaker)
• Communication Officer (part time- Greek speaker)

For the job description and criteria for each post please click on the links above. If you are interested, please submit your CV and a cover letter to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 31 January 2012.

Multicultural tour to Larnaca - apply by 20 January 2012.

Stories from No-Man's Land: exhibition 16-29 January 2012

A new exhibition by Panicos Chrysanthou of CCMC's member the Cyprus Film Archives, will be launching on 16 January at the Peace Room space, end of Ledra Street, Nicosia. The exhibition is entitled 'Stories from No-Man's Land' and is a photographic and cinematic excursion through our recent history. It begins in 1976 and runs till the present day, looking at life through the lens of 'our other side, the part of us left behind, the forbidden, of the people we are not allowed to see, of the secrets we carry within us, and of the wounds in the body of our island, ruins and remains of life which changed violently and suddenly.' Panicos Chrysanthou began taking photographs in 1976 in what he describes as a 'different Cyprus, when the wounds of conflict were still open'. The exhibition will run from the 16-29 January 2012 and the opening hours are 09:00-19:00 eery day. Furthermore, there will be a series of film screenings at the space on the 18, 23 and 25 of January. The opening night of the exhibition (Monday 16 January at 19:30), will feature introductions and reflections from Takis Hadjidemetriou, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Niyazi Kizilyurek, Yiannis Papadakis and Christos Stylianides. 

Cyprus National Media Encounter 25-28 January 2012

On behalf of the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), the Council of Europe, and the Community Media Forum in Europe (CMFE), we invite you to join us for the Cyprus National Media Encounter - Cross Production for Inclusive Media Coverage, from 25-28 January 2012, at the Cyprus Community Media Centre in Nicosia's Buffer Zone. This Encounter, organised by CCMC and CMFE in collaboration with the Council of Europe, is held within the framework of the activities of the European Union/Council of Europe MARS programme. The MARS - Media against Racism in Sport joint programme aims at the inclusion of non-discrimination and the expression of diversity as an ongoing angle of media coverage.

Through this approach applied to coverage of sports-related issues, MARS aims to encourage innovative and inclusive media production across the Council of Europe area. Within the context of the MARS activities, the programme offers media professionals (journalists, media managers, journalism trainers, media and communications students, civil society activists, bloggers) the opportunity to participate in various activities (http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/mars/default_en.asp).