After a two-year interruption, the ‘Up to You(th)’ Festival is making a strong comeback on the 24th of September at 17:00 at Acropolis Park in Nicosia. The 6th edition of the festival with the slogan ‘Up to You(th)’, invites the public to a celebration of youth, powered by youth, to state emphatically that the present and future is in the hands of...
Peer Review of Training Kit for RCOs – 08/04/2022
Last week we concluded Peer Review of the draft Training Kit for Empowering Refugee-Led Community Organisations (RCOs), organised within the framework of Erasmus+ funded project, with the same title. The draft version of the Training Kit was developed following extensive research activities. Its main purpose is to support the efficiency and impact of refugee-led groups, and...
COALESCE Women’s Groups
In the upcoming weeks we will facilitate a series of Women’s Groups focusing on psychoeducation, health and integration-related subjects. The groups will be hosted twice per week at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral at 2 Grigori Afxentiou Street, 1096, Nicosia, Cyprus. The groups were divided by topic in the following dates and times: Mental Health Introduction,...
Training Kit for Empowering Refugee-Led Community Organisations – Transnational Meeting in Cyprus
On the 3rd of February 2022, we welcomed partner representatives from 5 different countries (Malta, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy and Greece), as part of the Erasmus + Project ‘Training Kit for Empowering Refugee-Led Community Organisations’. It was the first time that we had the opportunity to meet again since the spread of the COVID pandemic. Led...
#YouthCast: World Refugee Day – Building Hope
On the occassion of World Refugee Day (20th June), Youth Board of Cyprus and the Cyprus Refugee Council with the support of the UNHCR Office in Cyprus, are organising a virtual discussion entitled “World Refugee Day: Building Hope” (Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Προσφύγων: Χτίζοντας την Ελπίδα), on Thursday 17th of June 2021, at 20:30. The 5th episode...
In their own voices: Celebrating togetherness and inclusion through music #WithRefugees
This World Refugee Day, the Cyprus Refugee Council and UNHCR Cyprus together with Cloud 10 Music Agency, are organizing a virtual Music event to celebrate togetherness and inclusion. The event will be streamed online via YouTube on Sunday 20th of June 2021, from 6pm to 9pm, and featured on our Youtube Channel. The event will...
“Setting up and Managing an Organisation” – Online Workshops for Refugee-led initiatives, groups and organisations
Cyprus Regugee Council and Civil Society Advocates are organising a series of 3 workshops aiming to support initiatives of refugee-led community organizations, unofficial refugee-led groups and NGOs working with refugees. The Online Workshops will be cover three main topics: Workshop 1 (02/06/2021, from 3-6pm): The legal aspects of registering a legal entity/NGO Workshop 2 (09/06/2021,...