Projects
AdvocaCY: Participate, learn, challenge, decide
AKTI’s project titled ”AdvocaCY: Participate, learn, challenge, decide: stronger Cypriot Civil Society for sustainability, advocacy and change!” has been selected amongst 54 applications and awarded funding from the Active Citizens Fund Programme in Cyprus .
Having the UN Sustainable Development Goals at its core, this project aims to engage Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot civil society organizations and informal groups, with a focus on the younger generation and in ensuring gender balance, in understanding their human right to a sustainable and healthy environment.
With “Knowledge leads to awareness; Awareness leads to change” as its motto, the aim of this proposal is to create synergies and join forces among CSOs and informal groups and to build networks of active citizens across the divide. The project has a solution-oriented approach which leads to the achievement of two targets: (1) build skills and capacity, raise awareness and promote advocacy among citizens for their right to a sustainable environment as set by SDGs (2) to boost bi-communal cooperation on promoting sustainability, an issue that affects both communities and is a win-win field of cooperation. In so doing, transform this collaboration into a peace building tool.
The overall result of the project will be its demonstrable (through KPIs) contribution to a stronger and more sustainable civil society on the island, greater bicommunal cooperation and intercultural dialogue, and more active citizens.
The AdvocaCY project benefits from a grant under the Active Citizens Fund Cyprus programme, funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, through the EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021.
The full press release and announcement can be found here.
AdvocaCY – Awareness-raising campaigns
- civil rights, specifically as they relate to the environment; (throughout February 2023)
- the role of CSOs in society; (throughout June 2023)
- public consultations, their use and why it is important to contribute. (throughout September 2023)
This activity aims to develop and apply the tools that will help raise awareness about human rights, specifically the right to a healthy and sustainable environment, and about the role of CSOs to advocate for these rights.
Check out our 1st and 2nd Awareness-raising campaigns below:
2nd Awareness-raising campaign: The role of CSOs in society
Who and what is ‘civil society‘?
Check out this article by World Economic Forum to learn more.
What are Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and what do they do?
Learn more in this short video.
1st Awareness-raising campaign: Environment as Civic Right
Did you know that access to a healthy and sustainable environment is a recognised human right? But what does that mean exactly? Here’s 6 key-things you need to know.
WWF’s Living Planet Report 2022 highlights the emergency of changing the ways we produce, consume and govern.
We hope it inspires you to be part of the change for building a nature-positive society.
Here’s 9 things YOU can do about climate change as an active citizen!
A clean and healthy environment is part of our rights and responsibilities as citizens.
What can you do to fight climate change?
Whether you love him or hate him, here’s some ideas by Bill Gates.
Civil rights and protecting the planet go hand-in-hand.
Learn why here.
What are civil rights?
We are kicking-off our first AdvocaCY awareness raising campaign by taking things frοm the top. What does advocacy mean? Learn more here.