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

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Youth Power, the Cyprus-wide network of youth organisations, is launching its new identity and project, the Youth Power Small Grants, with a Youth Power Party on Monday 30 January, 2012 at 18:00, at the Home for Cooperation, in Nicosia's buffer zone. There will be snacks and drinks, string music (guitar and violin) as well as a treasure hunt for a great prize. The party is open to everyone and entrance is free. Youth Power is a network of 12 diverse, Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot organisations that promote or affiliate with youth activism. Its mission is to inspire, energise and strengthen the youth’s efforts to shape a peaceful and sustainable future, for a multicultural Cyprus. The Youth Power Party aims to present its new, dynamic identity, its Small Grants Initiative to help organisations as well as independent groups gain financial support for their own peace-building initiatives – and celebrate this new chapter of their work, together with friends and supporters, new and old.
   

CCMC podcast on CyBC Radio 2 tonight!

CCMC's third podcast on CyBC2 Radio will be aired tonight around 18:25pm local time. Listen out to hear about media against racism, the Youth Power party and more! CyBC Radio 2 can be heard on FM: 91.1 MHz and 97.9 MHz. Or listen live online with Real Player by clicking here.
   

Cypriot athletes addressing racism and discrimination in sport

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(Nicosia, 23/01/12): Paralympian Gold Medallist Karolina Pelendritou and footballer Coskun Ulusoy are involved in a four-day seminar at the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC) in Nicosia’s Buffer Zone. The event, which starts on Wednesday 25 January, is organised in partnership with the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE). The aim of the programme is to promote the inclusion of the principles of non-discrimination and diversity as an ongoing angle of media coverage. Organised within the framework of the joint CoE / European Union MARS - Media Against Racism in Sport - programme, this encounter will focus on sport related issues. The issue of racism in sport has made headlines across Europe in recent months following incidents involving high-profile football players in England’s Barclays Premier League.
   

Improving the Impact of Civil Society - seminar

The NGO Support Centre, in cooperation with the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness, is organising a 2-day seminar for NGOs entitled "Understanding Busan: Improving the impact of Civil Society in Cyprus". The seminar is taking place on 26-27 January 2012, at Home for Cooperation, in Nicosia. The purpose of this workshop is to present the ongoing aid effectiveness and development effectiveness discussions at the global level, understand how the outcomes from Busan affect these discussions for civil society as a whole, examine the state of civil society effectiveness in Cyprus, and start a dialogue on working together to improve collective effectiveness efforts.You can download the seminar agenda here and the registration form here. Should you wish to participate in the seminar, please fill in the registration form and return by Tuesday 24 January 2012.
   

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:

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.

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CCMC's member the POST Research Institute, is organising a tour to Larnaca for the first time with the aim of introducing participants with our multicultural past and important historical sites of the area. Don’t miss the chance to explore Larnaca and its surroundings together with POST RI's experienced guide and a multicultural group of friendly people! The tour will take place on Saturday 28 January from 09:15 to 17:30 and will start at the Ledra Palace southern checkpoint from 09:00. The coach will depart promptly at 09:15. Visits include the Pierides Museum, St Lazarus Church, artists' workshops in the old Turkish quarter, lunch in Kiti, the church of Angeloktisti in Kiti, and Hala Sultan Tekke. Lunch and admission to the sites is free of charge. Places are limited so register by 20 January 2012. For further information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Invitations available in English here, Greek here and Turkish here.
   

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

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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

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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).

   

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Upcoming Events

Jan
28
Multicultural tour to Larnaca
Larnaca - depart from Nicosia at 09:00 @ 00:00hrs
Jan
25
Cross-Production Media Encounter
Cyprus Community Media Centre, Nicosia buffer zone, opposite Ledra Palace @ 09:00hrs
Jan
16
Stories of the No-Man's Land - exhibition
Peace Room, end of Ledra Street, Nicosia @ 09:00hrs
Jan
30
Learning to Teach for a Globalised and Sustainable World
EU House, 30 Byron Ave, Nicosia @ 09:00hrs
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25-28 January 2012, Nicosia Cyprus
Join the Cyprus National Media Encounter - Cross Production for Inclusive Media Coverage, at the Cyprus Community Media Centre in Nicosia's Buffer Zone. 
Register now! More info here.
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