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Fruit and vegetables with the quality certification label “Troodos Mountain Agriculture” were officially presented for the first time in the Cyprus market, and in particular at the new “Mikropolis” supermarket, on Athalassas Avenue, in central Nicosia, aiming to provide the consumers a new option for quality products, produced exclusively by farmers of the Troodos mountain. …

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The Open University of Cyprus leads the new COST Action 21158 – Enhancing Small-Medium IsLands resilience by securing the sustainability of Ecosystem Services (SMILES), which brings together scientists, researchers and academics from 24 countries. Chair of the Action, which has secured funding through a very competitive call, is Professor Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Academic Coordinator of the MSc Programme “Environmental Conservation and …

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The key role of The Cyprus Institute in enhancing regional climate efforts in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region was underlined this week, 4th-6th of November, in the first International Red Sea Ecosphere Conference, held in Aqaba, Jordan. The conference, taking place ahead of the upcoming 27th Conference of the Parties of the …

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The 5th ESEIA Conference entitled “Towards Climate-Neutral Energy Communities” was successfully held at the premises of The Cyprus Institute on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2022. The event hosted more than 45 international speakers and panelists from diverse and multi-disciplinary backgrounds, and attracted local researchers, scientists, students and market professionals in the audience. The Conference …

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The Digital Cultural Heritage Laboratory and the European Heritage Project (H2020 ERA CHAIR (https://erachair-dch.eu/) of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) are organizing the 9th International Conference on Digitization of Cultural Heritage – EuroMed 2022 (https://euromed2022.eu/) at “The Royal Apollonia” Hotel in Limassol, at the “Olympus” Hall. The International Conference, runs from 7/11/2022 to 11/11/2022, …

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The specialist training workshop of the LIFE EBP project (www.lifeebp.eu), which deals with the utilisation of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste through the production of fertiliser for application in agriculture, took place between 13-14 October 2022.  Cyprus is represented in the project by the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the Limassol-Amathus Sewerage …

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On 19 October 2022, the nine European partners of the Gender-SMART project took stock of 4 years of cooperation and shared their experiences and good practices in promoting gender equality. Particular attention was paid to young people and youth, on the issues of inclusion in the digital age, on the occasion of the European Year …

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Open University of Cyprus (OUC): OUC coordinates new European COST action in the field of ecosystem services with the participation of 24 countries Another important research success of the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and the Laboratory of Terrestrial Ecosystem Management, which is directed by Professor Ioannis Vogiatzakis, is the approval by the EU and …

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CERIDES is happy to report the successful implementation of the Full Scale Earthquake Response Exercise in Montenegro, within the framework of the European Project BALANCE, funded by the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO). More than 600 civil protection officials (rescuers, operational planners, decision makers) from 9 different European countries participated in the implementation of the FSX. The scenario of the Exercise …

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