Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute JOB OPENING - Financial Officer/Accountant

Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute 

JOB OPENING - Financial Officer/Accountant

Duties and Responsibilities

•  Daily financial/payroll related activities

•  Organize and control accounting, bookkeeping and reporting including Year End procedure and preparation of Financial Statement

•  Preparation of financial reports and budget for EU-funded projects

•  Financial managements of EU-funded projects

•  Preparation of EC audits

•  Maintain and supervise the Time & Attendance system of the organization

•  Create budget for EU applications

•  Communication with EU representatives

Qualifications

•  BSc in Finance or other related field (Economics, Controlling etc.)

•  Knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices and principles

•  Experience in multicultural working environment

•  Previous working experience minimum 3 years

•  Fluency in spoken and written English

Preferred Qualifications

•  Experience in financial management of EU-funded project considered as an advantage

•  Experience in Pastel Partner accounting system considered as an advantage

•  Working experience in non-profit field considered as an advantage

•   ACCA qualifications considered as an advantage

Prospective candidates will be evaluated against general criteria representing the Center’s culture namely:

→    Ethics, fairness and respect for diversity

→    Credibility & resourcefulness

→    International orientation

→    Ambition & continuous improvement

→    Leadership; team player; multi-tasking

→    Innovative thinking and attitude

Please send your cover letter and CV at: veronika@futureworldscenter.org

Applications are open until the 10th of January 2013

Young Minds from Europe Get Together to Reinvent Democracy in the Digital Era

In an effort to reconstruct the concept of democracy in the digital era, 24 young people from various European countries came together in a 2-day interactive co-laboratory which took place on the 14^th -15^th September. Through the Structured Democratic Dialogue Process, participants were given the opportunity to re-imagine the characteristics that an ideal system of governance should have, one that would make full use of innovative emerging technologies.

During the co-laboratory that was facilitated by the head of the non-governmental organisation «Future Worlds Center», Dr. Yiannis Laouris, and Dr. Afonso Ferreira, currently seconded as expert to the European Commission, DG INFSO, working at the Future & Emerging Technologies unit, participants invested over 500 man-hours to think, discuss, analyse, and ultimately vote in order to determine which are the most fundamental features that when implemented, could bring about the most grounding change for an ideal system of governance.

The co-laboratory made continuous use of the latest technology, as ideas were electronically recorded, compiled and processed so as to finally produce a map with all the data collected. The map that was gradually produced shows the manner in which if certain of the characteristics suggested were to be implemented, certain others could be immediately facilitated, as the key characteristics branch out and lead us to derivatives.

While ideas developed around the key question of "what are the features of an ideal future system of governance that fully utilises innovative emerging technologies?”, participants concluded that the most influential of all the characteristics were firstly the End of Political Parties as Institutions, the use of Technology for Time Management of Active Participation, the Re-definition of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and finally the Continuous Passive and Active Participation of citizens in the Political Process via an Online Platform.  

By the end of the process, participants had collectively developed a vision and a shared commitment on how to propose and promote their suggested ideas with the vision to achieve reform, each starting in their own ideal socio-politico-economic systems of governance.

The results of the co-laboratory will be widely disseminated on-line with the support of the Cyprus Community Media Center, using video clips and modern digital technologies. The aim is to circulate these amongst other youth initiatives across the world and inspire further innovative suggestions for reform.

The co-laboratory took place back-to-back with the Cyprus EU Youth Conference, which built on the priority of the Cypriot Presidency to address the topic of Youth Participation in democratic life in Europe, as one of the main priorities of the trio PL-DK-CY adopted by the Ministers' meeting at the Council of Education, Youth, Culture and Sport.

The co-laboratory was the result of a joint initiative between the Future Worlds Center and the Digital Futures Task Force. It was implemented under the patronage of the Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, and was under the auspices of the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, the Mayor of Nicosia, Mr. Constantinos Yiorkadjis, and the Youth for Exchange and Understanding.

For more information visit:http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/SDDP_Reinventing_Democracy_in_the_Digital_Era

Vice President of the EC, Mr. Maros Sefkovic honors Future Worlds Center

The Vice President of the EC Mr. Maros Sefkovic met and honored peace pioneers representing the Cyprus civil Society. The meeting was held at the Ledra Palace Hotel on the 31^st of August and it was attended by representatives of key NGOS involved over the years in projects of reconciliation between the two communities. The Slovak Ambassador in Cyprus, H.E Mrs. Anna Turenicova, organized the event in collaboration with NGO Support Centre/Management Centre through the  Engage project. The contributions of Future Worlds Center, and ten other organizations were recognized by Mr. Maros Sefkovic who awarded them a Certificate of Appreciation. 

FWC has a long tradition in organizing activities empowering the civil society in Cyprus. It has envisioned, designed and implemented more than 10 peace projects over the last 15 years. It has been instrumental in strategizing and founding the Cyprus NGDO platform, the Cyprus Community Media Centre and the Cyprus Youth Power network.

On the same day, Mr. Maros Sefkovic also met with representatives of political parties to receive a first-hand impression regarding their peace efforts taking place outside the official negotiations.

In the picture from left to right, Her Excellency the Slovak Ambassador Mrs. Turenicova, Dr. Yiannis Laouris President of Future Worlds Center, His Excellency EC Vice President Mr. Maros Sefkovic, and Mrs Elia Petridou, Head of Global Education Unit of Future Worlds Center during the awarding of the Certificate of Appreciation (credits for photograph: UNFICYP). 

The remaining awarded NGOS are: CYINDEP, NGO Support Centre, the Management Centre Cyprus 2015, CCMC, Youth Power, AHDR, Hands Across the Divide, The Biologists’ Association, Kontea Heritage Project, Bicommunal Choir and the Cyprus Academic Dialogue.

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Ο Αντιπρόεδρος της ΕE κ. Maros Σεφκοβικ, συναντήθηκε και τίμησε τους πρωτεργάτες της ειρήνης ανάμεσα στους εκπροσώπους της κοινωνίας των πολιτών στην Κύπρο. Η συνάντηση πραγματοποιήθηκε στο ξενοδοχείο Λήδρα Πάλας στις 31 Αυγούστου όπου παρέστησαν εκπρόσωποι Μη-Κυβερνητικών Οργανώσεων που ασχολούνται ενεργά εδώ και χρόνια με την συμφιλίωση μεταξύ των δύο κοινοτήτων. Η εκδήλωση διοργανώθηκε από την Πρέσβη της Σλοβακίας στην Κύπρο, κα. Anna Turenicova, σε συνεργασία με το Κέντρο Στήριξης ΜΚΟ, υπό την αιγίδα του προγράμματος  "Engage". Ο κ. Maros Σεφκοβικ τίμησε το έργο του  Future Worlds Center, μαζί και άλλων δέκα οργανώσεων,  και τους απένειμε πιστοποιητικό Αναγνώρισης Έργου.

Ο οργανισμός Future Worlds Center έχει μια μακρά παράδοση στην οργάνωση δραστηριοτήτων για την ενδυνάμωση της κοινωνίας των πολιτών στην Κύπρο. 

Τα τελευταία 15 χρόνια εχει οραματιστεί, σχεδιάσει και υλοποιήσει περισσότερα από 10 έργα και προγράμματα για την ειρήνη. Έχει επίσης συμβάλει στην ίδρυση και το στρατηγικό έργο  της Πλατφόρμας Μη-Κυβερνητικών Οργανώσεων για την Διεθνή Ανάπτυξη στην Κύπρο, του  Κέντρου Κοινονικών Μέσων Επικοινωνίας Κύπρου, και του δικτύου Κυπριακών οργανώσεων για νέους Youth Power .

Την ίδια ημέρα, ο κ. Maros Sefkovic συναντήθηκε επίσης με εκπροσώπους των πολιτικών κομμάτων με στόχο να πάρει μια εικόνα των ειρηνευτικών πρωτοβουλιών που λαμβάνονται στο πολιτικό επίπεδο, πέρα των επίσημων διαπραγματεύσεων.    

Στη φωτογραφία (αριστερά προς τα δεξιά) η Πρέσβης της Σλοβακίας κα Turenicova, ο Δρ. Γιάννης Λαούρης-  Πρόεδρος του Future Worlds Center, o Αντιπρόεδρος της EC κ. Maros Sefkovic, και η κ. Ηλία Πετρίδου - ​​επικεφαλής της Μονάδας Παγκόσμιας Εκπαίδευσης του Future Worlds Center κατά την απονομή του πιστοποιητικού Αναγνώρισης Έργου  (φωτογραφία: UNFICYP).

Τα υπόλοιπα  ΜΚΟ  στα οποία απονεμήθηκε  πιστοποιητικό Αναγνώρισης ‘Εργου είναι τα εξής: CYINDEP, Κέντρο Στήριξης ΜΚΟ, Management Centre Cyprus 2015, CCMC, Youth Power, Όμιλος Ιστορικού Διαλόγου και Έρευνας, Hands Across the Divide, Ένωση Βιολόγων , Πρόγραμμα Κληρονομιάς Κοντέας, Δικοινοτική Χορωδία και ο Κυπριακός Ακαδημαϊκός Διάλογος.

"Strengthening Asylum" Vacancy @ FWC - Legal Advisor

The Future Worlds Center (leg. reg. CNTI) is looking to hire a legal advisor under the UNHCR funded project "Strengthening Asylum". The project offers free legal and social advice to asylum seekers and persons under international protection. Its main objective is to ensure that beneficiaries have access to a fair and efficient asylum procedure and that they can enjoy their rights. 

Duties & Responsibilities

- Advise asylum seekers on the asylum procedure in Cyprus and provide representation during the administrative asylum process

- Prepare and submit administrative recourses against negative asylum decisions

- Counsel and provide representation to refugees and asylum seekers on access to their rights

Required Qualifications

- Law degree (mandatory)

- Prior experience or post-graduate qualification in human rights, asylum issues and/or administrative law will be considered an advantage.

- Excellent command of both Greek and English languages.

CV and cover note to be submitted by the 24th of August 2012 to:   

danae@futureworldscenter.org

Don't miss out on the 'Twice a Stranger' events!

Τhe Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), and the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR), are organising a series of community discussions and documentary screenings in Nicosia and Limassol to mark the opening of ‘Twice a Stranger’, an exhibition to be inaugurated at the Leventis Municipal Museum in Nicosia on 28 May.

The ‘Twice a Stranger’ exhibition tells the stories of the greatest forced migrations and population exchanges of the 20th century, when millions of people were uprooted and forced to move to new homelands. “The extraordinary archival footage and the stories and messages of ordinary people make ‘Twice a Stranger’ a really special piece of work”, said Daphne Lappa from the AHDR. “We hope that the discussions around the documentary screenings will enrich people’s understanding of the history surrounding these most tragic of events in our recent past”, she added.

The programme of the discussions and screenings are as follows:

Friday 25 May, 19:00 (Home for Cooperation, Nicosia)

Screening of “Women of Cyprus”, followed by an open discussion facilitated by the film’s director Vassiliki Katrivanou and other guests

Wednesday 30 May, 19:30 (Pefkios Georgiades lecture theatre, Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), Limassol)

Screening of "Twice a Stranger", hosted by the Ethnicity and Communications Research Team (ETHCOM) and the support of the Asia Minor Cypriots Association, followed by an open discussion moderated by Dr Christopher Kyriakides (CUT), with the film’s director Andreas Apostolides, Prof Harry Tzimitras (Istanbul-Bilgi University) and other guests

Thursday 31 May, 19:00 (Home for Cooperation, Nicosia)

Screening of “Division of Cyprus”, followed by an open discussion, facilitated by the film’s director Andreas Apostolides, with Professors Harry Tzimitras & Ayhan Aktar (Istanbul-Bilgi University) and other guests

All the films will be screened in Turkish, Greek and English with English subtitles. Discussions are held in English, with simultaneous translation available in Turkish and Greek at the Home for Cooperation, and translation support available at the CUT.

Free Guidance Workshops for Third Country Nationals - Spread the word!

Polydinamo Foundation, in corporation with the three Municipalities of Nicosia, Ayios Dometios, and Limassol, are organising a series of workshops for third country nationals as part of their effort to facilitate people's integration into the Cypriot society. 

Workshop 1:  History, Culture and Xenophobia in Cyprus.

24 May 2012, 17:00-18:30,

Workshop 2: Educational and Health System in Cyprus – Occupational Guidance. 

31 May 2012, 17:00-18:30

Workshop 3:, Available Services, Rights and Responsibilities of Third Country Nationals. 

7 June 2012, 17:00-18:30

Venue: Counselling Centre at "Palia Agora Palouriotissas", Agiou Andrea 7, 1040 Nicosia. 

For registration and more details call 22797870, 22797850, or e-mail polidinamo2@nicosiamunicipality.org.cy.

Please spread the word among friends who might be interested!

ANAHTAR Media and FWC organise an evening reception

INVITATION
 

ANAHTAR Media, the first bicommunal media partnership in Cyprus and Future Worlds Center invite you to an evening reception at the Home for Cooperation, opposite the Ledra Palace on Thursday 5 April 2012, at 20.00.

The first partnership of its kind, created through the initiative of the Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), and supported by ASTRA 92,8 & 105,3 , Radyo Mayis 96,0 & 101,3 hopes to build a bridge in the communication between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots who are “on the same wavelength”.
 

What is ANAHTAR
 

The aim of Anahtar Media is to foster a culture of peaceful coexistence between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots through the mass media.

Our ambition is to bring people with common concerns closer together, those who share a love for their country, as well as those who want to speak the ‘same language’. Anahtar Media anticipates that it will become the medium through which these hopes can be realised.
 

The current activities of Anahtar Media include the production of a weekly bilingual radio programme, broadcast simultaneously on the frequencies of the two radio stations, as well as the coverage of bicommunal events across the whole island through the use of live link equipment.
 

In addition, a team of students from the two communities are working towards the preparation of a special programme for your people utilizing modern technological tools.
 

The Anahtar Media partnership has received financial support from the Economic Interdependence Programme, a project run jointly by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce, and funded by the United Nations Development Programme – Action for Cooperation and Trust in Cyprus.

Future Worlds Center collaborates with Anakyklos Perivallontiki

Dear friends

We are glad to inform you about the recent collaboration between Anakyklos Perivallontiki and the non-governmental organisation Future Worlds Center. 

Anakyklos Perivallontiki is a non-profit environmental organisation that carries out a textile-recycling program in Cyprus. Anakyklos collects used textiles such as clothes, shoes, household items (i.e. linen, bedspreads, curtains), handbags, and belts, as well as small furniture and kitchen utensils. The collected items are carefully sorted and those that can be reused are offered for free to people in need, at the charity shop of Anakyklos in old Nicosia, 14 Mouson Street. 

Anakyklos also arranges the delivery of clothes to people in need living all around Cyprus, and offers support to the community by financially assisting welfare institutions working with vulnerable groups. In addition, Anakyklos responds to crises and emergency situations abroad. For instance, Anakyklos has recently dispatched 700 kilos of children's clothes to nursery schools in Athens. 

Future Worlds Center, in an effort to further support asylum seekers and refugees which receive assistance under the organisation’s project ‘Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus’ will be offering 20Euro coupons to each member of underprivileged families - to be used at Anakyklos' shop in old Nicosia.  Future Worlds Center will be a collection point for Anakyklos. Please note that Future Worlds Center can also receive used toys in good condition.

We are hoping that you will respond generously to this call, thus helping people in need and actively contributing towards the creation of a cleaner and more sustainable environment. 

For more information on Anakyklos Perivallontiki and the Future Worlds Center, please visit our websites on www.anakyklos.com and www.futureworldscenter.org.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information on 22-873820. 

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Αγαπητοί φίλοι και φίλες 

Με χαρά σας ανακοινώσουμε τη πρόσφατη συνεργασία μεταξύ του μη-κυβερνητικού οργανισμού Future Worlds Center και του μη κερδοσκοπικού οργανισμού Ανάκυκλος Περιβαλλοντική. Ο Ανάκυκλος λειτουργεί τα τελευταία χρόνια ένα πρόγραμμα ανακύκλωσης ρουχισμού στην Κύπρο, μαζεύοντας μεταχειρισμένο ρουχισμό όπως παπούτσια, ρούχα, τσάντες, ζώνες, όπως επίσης και οικιακά είδη (σεντόνια, κουρτίνες κλπ.),  μικρά έπιπλα και σκεύη κουζίνας.  

Όλα τα αντικείμενα που μαζεύονται, διαλέγονται προσεκτικά, και όσα μπορούν να επαναχρησιμοποιηθούν, προσφέρονται δωρεάν σε ανθρώπους που τα έχουν ανάγκη στο φιλανθρωπικό κατάστημα του Ανάκυκλου στην παλιά Λευκωσία, στην οδό Μουσών 14. Ο Ανάκυκλος στέλνει επίσης ρουχισμό σε ανθρώπους που μένουν σε άλλες πόλεις και χωριά στην Κύπρο, και παρέχει κοινωνική υποστήριξη σε ευάλωτες ομάδες ανθρώπων μέσω της οικονομικής ενίσχυσης οργανισμών ευημερίας. Επιπλέον, ο Ανάκυκλος ανταποκρίνεται σε καταστάσεις έκτακτης ανάγκης στο εξωτερικό. Ένα πρόσφατο παράδειγμα ήταν η αποστολή 700 κιλών παιδικού ρουχισμού σε νηπιαγωγεία της Αθήνας. 

Ο οργανισμός Future Worlds Center στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος, ‘Ενδυναμώνοντας το Άσυλο στην Κύπρο’, σε μια προσπάθεια να στηρίξει τους αιτητές ασύλου και πρόσφυγες που αποτείνονται στον οργανισμό, θα προσφέρει κουπόνια του Ανάκυκλου, των 20 ευρώ σε κάθε μέλος των οικογενειών που αντιμετωπίζουν σοβαρά οικονομικά προβλήματα και συγχρόνως θα αποτελεί σημείο συλλογής για τον Ανάκυκλο. Ο Future Worlds Center θα δέχεται και μεταχειρισμένα παιχνίδια σε καλή κατάσταση. 

Ελπίζουμε ότι θα ανταποκριθείτε με γενναιοδωρία σε αυτό το κάλεσμα,  προσφέροντας έτσι στους συνανθρώπους μας που έχουν ανάγκη, καθώς ταυτόχρονα θα συνεισφέρετε στην δημιουργία ενός καθαρότερου και βιώσιμου περιβάλλοντος. 

Τα πιο πάνω ανακυκλώσιμα είδη θα συλλέγονται στο γραφείο  του Future Worlds Center στην οδό Προμηθέως 5, 5^ος όροφος, στη Λευκωσία ή στους ειδικούς κάδους του Ανάκυκλου.

Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες όσον αφόρα τους δύο οργανισμούς  παρακαλώ επεσκέφθητε τις ιστοσελίδες μας στο www.anakyklos.com και www.futureworldscenter.org .

Είμαστε στην διάθεση σας για περεταίρω πληροφορίες στο 22-873820. 

"Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus" project now on Facebook

A facebook page has been set up for the UNHCR funded "Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus" project (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Future-Worlds-Center-Strengthening-Asylum-in-Cyprus/294816963925318).

Please "like" and share the page among people who you think would be interested to follow any developments on these issues.

Feel free to suggest any changes the will improve the page, ie, any pictures/art work that we could add to make the page more "alive", articles that could be uploaded, links etc.

A step backwards on child detentions

Originally published in the Cyprus Mail on March 22, 2012.

CYPRUS has taken a step backwards when it comes to the detention of children, a prominent NGO said yesterday.

At the launch of a global campaign to end immigration detention of children, which is being launched at UN Human Rights Council, Corina Drousiotou, the Senior Legal Advisor for asylum seekers and refugees at Future Worlds Center said the Cypriot authorities have so far avoided the detention of children.

However an amendment to the law in December 2011 now permits the detention of minors as well.

“We have always been proud of the fact that Cyprus, unlike many other EU states, has not detained children; we consider this an important tribute to the human rights record of the country and evidence of our humanitarian and ethical standards,” said Drousiotou.

“But the recent amendment in the law that permits detention of minors is gravely disappointing and we are observing the possible implementation with great concern; it seems like we are taking steps backwards on a crucial issue that for us permits no discussion, children do not belong in detention under any circumstances.”

After a visit to Cyprus recently, Amnesty International raised its concerns with the Cypriot immigration authorities regarding the legality and the length of detention, and urged the government to fulfil its international obligations and respect the rights of asylum seekers and migrants. Amnesty International delegates visited three different detention facilities on the island and almost every detainee they talked to, spoke of lack of legal aid, poor conditions, and insufficient medical care, a statement from Future Worlds Center said.

“Governments should not detain children just because they are fleeing abuse, war and poverty or do not have any papers. Many of these kids are unaccompanied, have lost their parents, are already traumatized and just want safety” said Jeroen Van Hove, Campaign Coordinator of the International Detention Coalition, “Children should not be locked up. These kids and families do not pose any threat to the community.”

A handful of countries around the world, such as Belgium, Argentina and Japan use community based alternatives to immigration detention for children. Whereas Brazil and South Africa do not detain asylum applicants at all, and operate long-standing and successful alternatives to detention.

LOCAL CYPRIOT RADIO STATIONS AWARDED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO BILINGUAL BROADCASTING

Future Worlds Center (FWC) congratulates long-time project partners Radio Astra and Radio Mayis for winning the Kutlu Adalı Press Award in recognition of their bicommunal broadcasting efforts on local radio programmes. The Kutlu Adalı Awards were set up in memory of journalist Kutlu Adalı, who was assassinated in front of his home in 1996. They are awarded every year by the Press Labourer’s Union (Basın-Sen) in recognition of media professionals working towards peace in Cyprus.

“This is a really wonderful achievement”, says Dr. Yiannis Laouris, Director of Future Worlds Center, “it is very gratifying to see the rewarding of efforts that were started years ago to utilise media as an instrumental way in providing a vehicle for all Cypriots who share a vision for the future and that of a unified Cyprus”.

Future Worlds Center, Radio Astra, Radio Pyrgos and Radio Mayis have a long history of working together to encourage positive cooperation between Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot journalists with an aim to exchange information about the two main communities in Cyprus. “It was the initiative of Future Worlds Center”, continues Laouris, “in partnership with the Management Centre of the Mediterranean, and the radio stations that launched the first and longest running bi-communal radio show called “Talk of the Island” with hosts Kyriakos Pierides and Hasan Kahvecioğlu”.

The initiative was supported by HasNa Inc., a non-profit NGO based in Washington D.C. whose mission has always been to promote cross-cultural understanding and economic empowerment in culturally divided areas of the world and to encourage individuals and communities in such areas to workhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif together toward advancement and peaceful coexistence.

Over more than 5 years, “Talk of the Island” promoted a culture of peace and displayed balanced news reporting about all island communities about local issues and events not typically covered by the current media. The show also provided a forum for open, island-wide dialogue and direct communication about on-going non-political issues.

For more information on the “Talk of the Island”, please visit: http://www.talkoftheisland.org.

INVITATION to an Educational Conference Teaching for a Globalised and Sustainable World

INVITATION to an Educational Conference Teaching for a Globalised and Sustainable World Global Education and the Millennium Development Goals at the Journalists’ House, 12, RIK Avenue, 2120 Aglantzia on 31 January 2012, from 15:00 – 18:00.

Draft Agenda

Session 1 Introduction to the Conference, Contextualizing Global Education and the MDGs
Session 2 Global Education in Initial Teacher Training – Scottish Experiences
Session 3 A Global Dimension in Cypriot Schools – Teachers and Pupils share their experiences and good practices (interactive)
Session 4 Education for Sustainable Development in the context of the new educational curriculum in Cyprus – Discussion in small groups
Session 5 Panel Discussion: How can education meet the global challenges?
Session 6 MDG-Media Awards, Wrap up, Closing of Conference

For more information and to confirm your participation, please contact Nicolina Markidou at +357 22873820 or nicolina.markidou@gmail.com.

*The conference will be held in English language.

TeachMDGs is cofunded by the European Union
http://TeachMDGs.net

Academic Seminar "Learning to Teach for a Globalised and Sustainable World"

INVITATION to an Academic Seminar "Learning to Teach for a Globalised and Sustainable World" Initial Teacher Education in the context of Global Education on 30 January 2012, from 09:00 – 13:00 at the EU House, 30 Byron Ave, Nicosia

You are cordially invited to attend the seminar ‘Learning to teach for a Globalized and Sustainable World-Initial Teacher Education in the context of Global Education’ organized by Future Worlds Center in the framework of the EU-funded project ‘TeachMDGs’. The seminar will bring together academics, teacher educators and other Education stakeholders from Scotland and Cyprus, to explore the concept of Global Education in the context of Initial Teacher Education, and identify entry points for the incorporation of the main issues, skills and values of Global Education in the curriculum of teachers'Education.

Distinguished guests at the conference will be:
- Elizabeth Curtis, University of Aberdeen
- Dr Hamish Ross, University of Edinburgh
- Charlotte Dwyer, Scottish Development Education Centre

For more information and to confirm your participation, please contact Nicolina Markidou at +357 22873820 or nicolina.markidou@gmail.com. *The seminar will be held in English language

TeachMDGs is cofunded by the European Union http://TeachMDGs.net