RECYCLING ON CYCLES

April 2007 - August 2008

The project aims in promoting the Aarhus Convention principles and UN Global Compact, by focusing on the thematic area of "Cooperation on solid waste management, including recycling". The idea is to create a mobile information centre, by modifying a conventional caravan in such a way to serve this need. The caravan will travel all around the island, from south to north, from east to west. It will "park" for some days in town's and village's squares, will visit schools, hotels, industries, will participate in Fairs, in festivals and other events. It will be the core for a series of happenings (e.g. recycling and music (demonstrations), drawing contest on solid waste management, let's do home composting! etc), for trainings in specific target groups (eg farmers/organic farmers for compost, local authorities for promoting recycling, tourist industry, children and teachers etc).<CLICK FOR MORE>

Network for a sustainable future

January 2007 - June 2008

The aim of this proposal is to promote effective partnership and networking among CSOs/NGOs in Cyprus and organizations from Mediterranean, EU and other countries, on issues related to environment, sustainable development and stakeholder participation processes. These tasks are achieved through on-the-job work: the planning and implementation of joint activities and interactive learning activities and study visits.<CLICK FOR MORE>

Stay Healthy, Stop Mercury, 2006-2007

AKTI is supporting the campaign  "Stay Healthy, Stop Mercury" which is aiming at raising awareness of a potential "child brain drain" taking place in Europe and around the world as a result of environmental mercury pollution. The campaign is coordinated by the Health & Environment Alliance and Health Care Without Harm. AKTI is the national coordinator of the campaign in Cyprus. <CLICK FOR MORE>

Watersave: Saving water: An integrated environmental

education program for schools in South-East Europe

August 2006 - August 2007

Since May 2005, the Greek Network MEDITERRANEAN SOS   (www.medsos.gr  ) implements the program "Saving water: A completed environmental program for schools in South-East Europe". The project was funded by the TOYOTA Fund for Europe (TFfE) of TOYOTA Motor Europe and  by TOYOTA Hellas. The Ministry of Education and Culture of Greece, teachers and special scientists collaborated with Mediterranean SOS for the implementation of the project.

The project was expanded to Cyprus for the academic year 2006 - 2007, in collaboration with the Cypriot NGO ΑΚΤI Project and Research Centre.  AKTI, with the support of the educational community of Cyprus, of local Municipalities and special Scientists implements the project, which is funded by the TOYOTA Fund for Europe (TFfE) of TOYOTA Motor Europe and the company Dicran Ouzounian & Co Ltd, representatives of TOYOTA in Cyprus.

The program includes   awareness raising actions targeted to the pupils and youth. The actions are coupled by the implementation and demonstration of easy-to-apply techniques and measures for saving water.<CLICK FOR MORE>

Coasts Without Frontiers 

May 2005 -September 2005

AKTI Project and Research Centre, through the framework of the project entitled "Coasts Without Frontiers", brought together Cypriot youth from 20 - 27 August 2005 at the camping-site of Polis Chrysohous. The twenty-five youth that attended were between the ages of 16 - 25 from Greek, Turkish and Maronite communities.<CLICK FOR MORE>

World Environment Day Green Cities - Plan for the Planet!

5 June 2005

This bi-communal worldwide celebration was organized by AKTI in collaboration with the Turkish-Cypriot organisation KAYAD Community Centre. A series of events and activities focusing on vital environmental issues took place leading to the World Environment Day 2005 celebration on Sunday 5 June 2005.  

By working altogether, our aim was to empower the civil society of Cyprus to make our cities greener and to create more bridges upon which relations between the Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot communities could be encouraged and strengthened. Cyprus is an island filled with natural beauty that needs to be preserved. By working with the Turkish-Cypriots to achieve this common goal, this campaign aimed to confront and conquer two major challenges: respect and awareness of the surroundings and to encourage relations and collaborations between the two communities. <CLICK FOR MORE>

Education for Peace

June 2004 - December 2004

"Education for Peace" is a bi-communal project, implemented by the Greek Cypriot NGO, AKTI-Project and Research Centre and the Turkish Cypriot NGO, POST-Programme Oriented Team "<CLICK FOR MORE>.

Natural Solutions for Agriculture in Cyprus

A bi-communal workshop on mycorrhizal technology in Cyprus

May 2004 - September 2004:

Mycorrhizae are a symbiosis between fungi and plant roots in the soil. Some mycorrhizal fungi are famous for producing the fruiting bodies, which we know as mushrooms. The fungus provides the plant with nutrients in exchange for sugars from photosynthesis. Mycorrhizae are a natural partnership that evolved over 450 million years ago, and which concerns over 80% of land plants. Without mycorrhizae, most of the land surface of our planet would be almost lifeless. <CLICK FOR MORE>.

The Young Green- Consumer, the Citizen of Tomorrow

July 2003 - June 2004 :

The target of the programme was to contribute to the efforts of changing the consumption behavior of Cyprus youth, Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, to the direction of the "green", sustainable consumption. The programme was implemented with support from the Bi-communal Development Programme funded by USAID and UNDP and executed by UNOPS. <CLICK FOR MORE>

Sustainable Coasts

October 2002 - October 2003: 

A group of young people took the initiative to raise awareness among tourists and local people for the protection of the Cyprus coasts and ecosystem. The project was funded by the European Union in the framework of the Programme "Youth for Europe - Youth Initiatives" (CY-31-02-2002-R2).

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Global Youth Service Day

26-28 Απριλίου 2002

AKTI is the representative of Cyprus in the International Coordinating Committee. A total of 32 International organizations and 120 National Organizatons are also participatin in the Committee. Aim of the Global Youth Servise Day is to show recognition and celebrate the youth volunteer contribution in to their communities and the brooder environment. In addition to that there should be also be realized the  need of support and strengthening of these young people from their communities < program of activities>