Category: <span>EVENTS</span>

The ‘Up to You(th)’ Festival is back!
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The ‘Up to You(th)’ Festival is back!

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
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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
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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
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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
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#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...

“Setting up and Managing an Organisation” – Online Workshops for Refugee-led initiatives, groups and organisations
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“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,...