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The Tech4Peace project was founded as one of the projects selected for implementation during a Peace Bazaar organized by the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group in 1997 <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_Conflict_Resolution_Trainers_Group#Cyprus_Peace_Bazaar Peace Bazaar in Wikipedia]</ref>. The members of the founding team were [[Yiannis Laouris]], [[Harry Anastasiou]], Dervis Besimler and Bekir Azgin. They were all members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]]. | The Tech4Peace project was founded as one of the projects selected for implementation during a Peace Bazaar organized by the Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group in 1997 <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_Conflict_Resolution_Trainers_Group#Cyprus_Peace_Bazaar Peace Bazaar in Wikipedia]</ref>. The members of the founding team were [[Yiannis Laouris]], [[Harry Anastasiou]], Dervis Besimler and Bekir Azgin. They were all members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]]. | ||
===Background Information=== | |||
The project began in 1996 with two activities which were practically funded by their participants: | The project began in 1996 with two activities which were practically funded by their participants: | ||
A bicommunal virtual organisation (known at the time as UCM: United Cyprus Movement) has been set-up on the Internet to discuss matters of general interest and attempt to inform and recruit Cypriots (both Turkish and Greek) who lived abroad. The software for automating the workings of this virtual community was partly designed and developed by Greek Cypriot [[Yiannis Laouris]] and Turkish Cypriot [[Turgut Durduran]]. The whole system was hosted in various university servers (USA, Australia), but since 1997 it became a "refugee project" because the expenses rose to a level that the participants couldn’t afford. | # A bicommunal virtual organisation (known at the time as UCM: [[United Cyprus Movement]]) has been set-up on the Internet to discuss matters of general interest and attempt to inform and recruit Cypriots (both Turkish and Greek) who lived abroad. The software for automating the workings of this virtual community was partly designed and developed by Greek Cypriot [[Yiannis Laouris]] and Turkish Cypriot [[Turgut Durduran]]. The whole system was hosted in various university servers (USA, Australia), but since 1997 it became a "refugee project" because the expenses rose to a level that the participants couldn’t afford. | ||
In August 1997, [[Yiannis Laouris|Laouris]] and [[Harry Anastasiou|Anastasiou]] (from the Greek Cypriot side) in coordination with their counterparts in the North, [[Dervis Besimler|Besimler]] and {Bekir Azgin|Azgin]], together with other members of the Technology for Peace (TFP) Initiative from both communities, and all members of the [[Cyprus Bicommunal Trainers Group]], planned and materialized an Internet Workshop for students<ref>Chart</ref>. This activity was funded (provision for space and snacks) by the [[Fulbright Commission]] and took place in the [[Fulbright Building]] in the Buffer zone. | # In August 1997, [[Yiannis Laouris|Laouris]] and [[Harry Anastasiou|Anastasiou]] (from the Greek Cypriot side) in coordination with their counterparts in the North, [[Dervis Besimler|Besimler]] and {Bekir Azgin|Azgin]], together with other members of the Technology for Peace (TFP) Initiative from both communities, and all members of the [[Cyprus Bicommunal Trainers Group]], planned and materialized an Internet Workshop for students<ref>Chart</ref>. This activity was funded (provision for space and snacks) by the [[Fulbright Commission]] and took place in the [[Fulbright Building]] in the Buffer zone. | ||
