DARE CYPRUS - Day One for Civil Society in Cyprus

Project facts

Project promoter:
SEAL CYPRUS- Cyprus Organisation for Sustainable Education & Active Learning(CY)
Project Number:
CY-ACTIVECITIZENS-0005
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€99,903
Donor Project Partners:
Capital Youth Association (CYA) e.V.(LI)
Other Project Partners
The Management Centre of the Mediterranean(CY)
Programme:

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Description

DARE project is aiming at two Outcomes, namely (a) Increased Citizen Participation in Civic Activities and (b) Enhanced Capacity and Sustainability of Civil Society in Cyprus. The project targets Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and individuals in both the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities. The project targets all CSO but it will focus on the Civil Society Organisations in the fields of Youth, Gender Equality, Environment, and Health. 

The project consortium comprised of 3 partners. SEAL CYPRUS is coordinating the project DARE CYPRUS. They are based in the Republic of Cyprus. They are working on social issues, and they provide opportunities for competence development to individual learners such as Educators, Youth Workers, Human Resource Professionals etc. and for capacity building to organisations. Project Partner 1, The Management Centre of the Mediterranean is representing the Turkish Cypriot community. Project Partner 2, Capital Youth Association from Liechtenstein is implementing projects at national level in one of the Donor Countries. The two partners in Cyprus will jointly work towards the project outcomes with the support of the partner in Liechtenstein. 

The project Activities include training and consulting in topics such as (indicatively):  Human Resource Management in Voluntary Projects when implementing (European) Citizens’ Initiatives; Online Campaigns and Petitions;  Validation of non-formal Learning with Open Badges; Stakeholder Dialogue in four steps; (1) Exploring and Engaging, (2) Building and formalising, (3) Implementing and evaluating, (4) Developing further, replicating or institutionalising. A combination of communication methods will support the visibility of the project, the partners, and the Donors.  

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