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Towards trust building: Reconciliation through a common purpose in Cyprus

GPoT Center in collaboration with Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and Turkish Cypriots Human Rights Foundation (TCHRF) will jointly carry out a research sponsored by the European Commission...

GPoT Center in collaboration with Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and Turkish Cypriots Human Rights Foundation (TCHRF) will jointly carry out a research sponsored by the European Commission under its special action “Reconciliation, Confidence Building Measures and Support to Civil Society” in Cyprus.

The aim of the project is to examine the humanitarian problems on the island that reflect the difficulty experienced by third parties, i.e. the degrading treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, freedom from other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment and human trafficking and also to improve the situation in Cyprus according to the outcomes of the research and put it in line with the European standards.

The project also aspires to develop a common mindset of communication and cooperation between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot community and thus contribute to trust building and reconciliation between the two communities.

Throughout the duration of the project, GPoT Center together with TESEV and TCHRF will organize a couple of roundtable meetings that will bring together the civil society, political and business circle representatives of the two communities and provide a platform for a discussion between the representatives and researchers.

The final outcomes of the research together with concrete policy proposals on how to improve the situation in Cyprus will be transformed into a publication available in English, Greek and Turkish. The booklet will be distributed at the final conference of the project in Cyprus, which will be open to public and will be organized with the participation of all parties to the project.