On November 17th, a press meeting has been co-organized in Cyprus by the Press and Information Office (PIO) and the Cyprus Office of the European Parliament, in order to discuss the role of the media in covering the Cyprus EU Presidency in 2012 and significant policy areas that it will deal with. Mr. Andreas Mavroyiannis, […]
After a proposal submitted by the Union of Cyprus Municipalities (UCM) in the framework of the “Europe for Citizens” programme (Action 1: Measure 2.2 Support measures), the European Commission decided through the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) to finance the training of volunteers in the Municipalities of Cyprus, in order to support the […]
The Union of Cyprus Municipalities participates as a partner in the SKILLS project, which also aims to promote Town Twinning within the Municipalities of Cyprus. The lead partner of the project is ANCI Lazio. The project’s overall goal is to create innovative actions, to bring local authorities from the two associations closer, to encourage the […]
The Union of Cyprus Municipalities is involved in a European project aimed at promoting Town-twinning to the municipalities of Cyprus. The project is titled SKILLS and its lead partner is the region of Lazio (Rome) through the organization ANCI Lazio. In the framework of this project, the first meeting between Italian and Cypriot Municipalities was […]
Within the framework of the DECISIVE project -for the training of volunteers and municipal personnel of Cypriot Municipalities for the development of twinnings with municipalities from other EU countries- and on the occasion of the 9th of May (Day of Europe), the Union of Cyprus Municipalities, in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Cyprus […]
On the 18th of may, the first training seminar of the DECISIVE project was organized in Cyprus. 250 volunteers that the municipalities of Cyprus had designated, participated in the seminar and were trained in drafting proposals for funding through the “Europe for Citizens” and other European programmes. The seminar was held at the Mediterranean Beach […]
Most Cypriot Municipalities have a website, from which citizens or other municipalities can take all the necessary information on issues that concern or interest them. What happens, though, when a foreign municipality is looking for a municipality in Cyprus in order to be twinned with or create a partnership for another project? Up to now […]
On the 28th and 29th June 2010 was held in Limassol, Cyprus the fourth meeting of the ENVE Commission (Environment, Climate Change and Energy) of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and a seminar on the “Promotion of Sustainable Water Management”. These two events took place following an invitation of the Head of the National […]
On July 2nd, a meeting was held in the Town Hall of Limassol, in the framework of the Europe for Citizens programme. It was an information session concerning two projects: the SKILLS project for the promotion of twinning between Italian and Cypriot municipalities and the DECISIVE project for the training of citizens and civil servants […]
As we have informed you in our previous issue, the first training seminar of the DECISIVE project was held in Limassol on May 18. During that seminar, 250 volunteers were trained in drafting proposals for funding through the Europe for Citizens and other European programs. After the seminar, the participants filled out questionnaires in order […]