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|period=January 2004 - January 2008<br>March 2009 - June 2009 <br>December 2009 - December 2010 <br>May 2011- present | |period=January 2004 - January 2008<br>March 2009 - June 2009 <br>December 2009 - December 2010 <br>May - July 2011<br> February 2012 - present | ||
|title= | |title=[[Members of the Board|Board member 2012-2022]]<br>Sustainability Associate | ||
|projects=[[Extending EU Citizenship]]<br>[[URVT]] | |projects=[[Extending EU Citizenship]]<br>[[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture|URVT]] <br> [[SafenetCY]] <br> [[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center|Cyberethics]] | ||
|interests= | |interests= Humanitarian Affairs and Sustainable Development | ||
|degrees=BA, MA | |degrees=BA, MA | ||
|fields= | |fields= | ||
|universities= New Jersey City University<br>McGill University<br>Graduate Centre, City University of New York | |universities= New Jersey City University<br>McGill University<br>Graduate Centre, City University of New York | ||
|specializations= | |specializations= | ||
|achievements=Co-founder of | |achievements=Co-founder of Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center<br>Co-founder of [[SafenetCY]]<br> Co-founder of the [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture]] | ||
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==Relation to Future Worlds Center== | ==Relation to Future Worlds Center== | ||
'''Elia Petridou''' served as Member of the Board in and out between 2005 and 2020. She is credited for the establishment of the relation between [[Future Worlds Center]] and the [[United Nations High Commission for Refugees], which led to the foundation of the [[Humanitarian Affairs Unit]] and the [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture]], were she also served as the first [[Head of Unit|head]]. | |||
Elia | |||
Elia joined [[Future Worlds Center]] in January of 2004. The first projects she undertook were the [[HasNa Inc.]]-funded, [[Media Literacy]] and [[Economic Collaboration project| Economic Collaboration]] projects. From a [[Project Coordinator]] she evolved to a Programs Developer envisioning and initiating a number of socially responsible projects. With interns (especially, [[Kerstin Wittig]], [[Larry Fergeson]], [[Levent Kizilduman]]) and other colleagues Elia envisioned, developed and managed to secure funding for socially-responsible projects such as [[Extending EU Citizenship]], [[SafenetCY]], [[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center|Cyberethics]] and [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture|URVT]]. Elia was invited in 2005 to join the Board of the Organization. Following some wandering, Elia re-joined the Organization taking various challenges on Economic and Environmental Sustainability, global education and corporate social responsibility. Between the 1st April 2012 and ??? Elia was the project coordinator of [[TeachMDGs]] and [[Head of Unit|head]] the [[Global Education Unit]]. | |||
==Biography== | |||
Elia completed a BA (Double Major) in Economics and Political Science in New Jersey City University, NJ, USA. During her studies Elia has also interned with the Press Office of the Cyprus Mission to the UN in New York, a memorable experience she holds very dear. She then proceeded with her MA in Political Science/International Relations at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. | |||
==Contributions to Cyprus== | |||
Elia returned back from Canada to Cyprus to complete her MA Thesis and seek employment. She got introduced to the civil society of the island through her collaboration with the [[NGO Support Centre]], a UNOPS/UNDP Funded Project, concentrating on supporting the civil society and bringing the two conflicting communities closer. By January of 2004 Elia was already part of the [[Future Worlds Center]] team working on a bicommunal project on media Literacy and Economic collaboration. Other projects that followed with Elia's mark of involvement include: [[Extending EU Citizenship]], the [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture]], [[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center|Cyberethics]], Cyprus's first safer internet awareness node and [[SafenetCY]], Cyprus's hotline. On January of 2008 Elia traveled back to the US for a Fellowship she had received with the Graduate Center of CUNY to further enhance her knowledge on corporate philanthropy. Elia's paper concentrated CSR as a means of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication. | |||
The fellowship, USAID funded, was followed by another study visit in the US organized by USAID concentrating on sessions with major corporate figures who have been successfully implementing CSR practices in their companies. A socially sensitive way of doing business should be the new norm and Elia is a strong believer in it, as she strongly believes on sustainable living behaviors! Elia is currently collaborating with the FWC team, an equally sensitized and forward looking group of individuals for promoting and embedding sustainability practices in the day to day operation of the organization. In addition through a collaboration with an already established team of fundraising professionals, she is working on Private Sector Fundraising for safeguarding the economic sustainability of her favorite NGO. | |||
==International Contributions== | |||
==Trained Facilitator== | |||
Elia values constructive communication highly and strives to constantly improve her skills in that area. She is a trained SDDP[Structured Dialogic Design Process] Facilitator and has conducted co-Laboratories using the [[Structured Dialogic Design Process]] in many projects including [[Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture|URVT]] and the [[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center|Cyberethics]]. She has further received training with the European Capacity Building Programme for International Cooperation at the Center for Advanced Training in Rural Development, Humboldt University in Berlin. The training concentrated on conflict prevention and conflict management. A firm believer of life long learning, Elia has recently completed two online training sessions, one with [[UNITAR]] on, Intro to Peace Operations and another on Human Rights Education with the [[North South Centre]],of the [[Council of Europe]]. | |||
====List of SDDs facilitated and co-facilitated==== | |||
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|9-11 May 2007, 1-2 October 2007 | |||
|Actions | |||
|partly on a boat between Stockholm and Helsinki (9-11 May 2007);<br>completed in San Sebastian (1-2 October 2007) | |||
|26 | |||
|[[SDDP COST 219ter Actions towards developing practical broadband applications]] | |||
|What actions can the Cost219ter community take to alleviate the obstacles that prevent the development of practical applications? | |||
|SDD Facilitator, CogniScope Operator, Workshop Coordinator, Report Writer | |||
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== | ==Reports== | ||
* [[Building a Multi-Ethnic and Multi-National Cyprus: Introduction to Multiculturalism]] | |||
* [[Χτίζοντας μια Πολυεθνολογική και Πολυεθνική Κύπρο: Εισαγωγή στον Πολυπολιτισμό]] | |||
* [[Çok Etnikli ve Çok Uluslu bir Kıbrıs Kurmak: Çok Kültürlülüğe Giriş]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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