“Building structures for intercultural integration in Cyprus” is an innovative 2-year project being implemented by the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities Programme and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Structural Reform Support, in partnership with the Civil Registry and Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus.

The project will support the Republic of Cyprus in implementing its National Action Plan on the Integration of Third-Country Nationals 2020-2022, by empowering local authorities, NGOs, and migrant organisations to be part of the integration process.

It will use the Intercultural Cities conceptual, analytical and policymaking tools to address the challenges of migrant integration, in particular related to building trust, fostering community cohesion and managing diversity as a resource.

The project will therefore contribute to the integration of migrants in a range of areas including participation, education, cultural and social life, urban planning, business, access to the labour market, anti-discrimination and multilingualism.

To achieve this, coordinators are establishing five regional intercultural networks, which will play a key role in implementing the project’s activities, around the following cities:

Larnaka – Citizens in Power
Famagusta and Nicosia – a consortium of the Center for Social Cohesion, Development and Care (CODECA) and the Center for the Advancement of Research & Development in Educational Technology (CARDET)
Limassol – St Catherine’s AGAPI
Paphos – Cross Culture International Foundation Cyprus (CCIF)

Project duration: 01-06-2021 – 31-05-2023

Project’s Website: https://www.coe.int/en/web/interculturalcities/intercultural-integration-in-cyprus

Project Number: REFORM/IM2021/016

This activity is carried out with funding by the European Union via the Structural Reform Support Programme and in cooperation with the European Commission’s DG Structural Reform Support.