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Mission & Values
C.I.P. Citizens In Power (CIP) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization. CIP constitutes one of the leading organizations in Cyprus in the fields of global education, social innovation, entrepreneurship, STEM and sustainable growth.
Mission
Our team designs and implements cross-sectoral, interdisciplinary approaches, as a response to fundamental social, educational and environmental challenges and policy gaps, mainly by employing technology transfer and operationalizing the research findings
Values
Humanity faces unprecedented socio-economic and environmental challenges. CIP has been striving to satisfy the needs of citizens without compromising the potential of future generations. Correspondingly, our values guarantee actions and promote methodological approaches which are able to bring about social, economic and environmental prosperity.
‘NGO’s are the conscience of the world’ Kofi Anan
Purposeful activities that magnify the benefits to society
Participation in the public sphere by facilitating the conduction of structured democratic dialogues which unleash the spirit of creativity and teamwork among citizens, thus enabling them to face or prevent forthcoming crises
Citizens’ Welfare through the deployment of humanitarian and sustainable development programs
Multiculturality by valuing diversity in ideas, in our staff and in those we serve
Proactive mentality by forecasting and analyzing potential social, economic and environmental risks and challenges while predicting future trends in education and research.
Creation of synergies that are recognised for their high-quality in terms of capacities and ethics, thus aspiring to produce a combined effect which is much greater than the sum of scattered attempts.
Commitment towards our local communities to bring about an evidence based, long term social impact through our currently running programs.
Innovation for the constant investigation of more sustainable and streamlined solutions
History of CIP
2014
Lakatamia-Nicosia
Head Office Opening
2015
First Training on Entrepreneurship
2016
First KA2 Project as Coordinator
2017
Our First KA2 Project on Inclusion
2018
Our First Project on VR in education called STEPs
2019
MOU with UNIC
University of Nicosia
First strategic collaboration with the biggest university in Cyprus.
2021
Creation of the first Virtual Museum for Stem Education
VM-STEM
“The Virtual Museum of STEM-Creation of the first European virtual museum for STEM education at secondary level”
2022
Our First Large-Scale Horizon Project
2023
Impact Hub Office Opening
Nicosia City Center
Now
Completed More than 60 Projects
on Entrepreneurship
Completed More than 50 Projects
on Inclusion & Stakeholder Engagement
Counting more than 40 collaborations
with prestigious organizations
such as UCL & Toshiba
5 Horizon Projects
Currently Running
Social Initiatives
such as Awareness walks, Hackathons & Compost
19 Projects
Selected as good practice