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| TThe MKO foundation, established in 2005 is an advisory center concerning youth and (new) mediums aiming to provide more insight in the possibilities of new mediums, providing also for their promotion and justified use.
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| The Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute was founded through the initiatives of [[Yiannis Laouris]] and a team of repatriated Cypriot scientists with the support of ex-Minister of Education and Culture [[Chrysostomos A. Sofianos|Dr. Chrysostomos Sofianos]], District School Inspector Dr. [[Christodoulos Laouris]], the Bishop of Paphos Chrysostomos (now Archbishop of Cyprus) and three prominent foreign academics Prof. Dr. Sc. Med. [[Peter Schwartze]] (Germany), Prof. Dr. Med. Habil. [[Uwe Windhorst]] (Germany/Canada), and Regents Prof. [[Douglas G. Stuart|Douglas Stuart]] (USA). It was registered on the 6th of November 1991 and launched its activities in 1993. Between 1994 and 1999 it expanded its operations hosting a number of peace related projects. It was re-structured in year 2000 modifying its original Constitution to embrace projects aiming in the development of an active civil society in [[Cyprus]], as well as projects with international scope, especially those that involve the application of technology towards bridging the literacy, economic and digital divides (Development and IT Education). At the end of 2005 it evolved into a larger organization with a pure international orientation integrating all its activities under one umbrella and a new name, [[Future Worlds Center]].
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| | The MKO foundation, established in 2005 is an advisory centre concerning youth and (new) mediums aiming to provide more insight in the possibilities of new mediums, providing also for their promotion and justified use. MKO strives to improve the quality of digital mediums for children, parents and teachers helping them to become indicators for the mediums. MKO originates from a cooperation between the Planet Internet (component of KPN) and parents online, the largest community for parents on the Internet. At the beginning of 2004 they brought the first Internet site concerning Internet education online. KPN has used it at all schools in the Netherlands and provided a book guiding teachers on how to accompany their students on the Internet. Meanwhile, they wrote together four books, concerning the sexual experience of teenagers on the Internet. MKO staff comprises non-permanent staff of 15 professionals working on specific projects. |
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| ===Promoting innovation and Social Entrepreneurship===
| | KPN is still the largest sponsor of the activities of the foundation, and along with the standard partners “parents online” and “Digivaardig & Digibewust”, they cooperate with many other parties, among which are knowledge networks and the institute for picture and sound. MKO provides recommendations among others to the European Commission. |
| CNTI is credited for the development of the [[Cyber Kids Curriculum.
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| CNTI launched in 1993 an innovation fair under the running title “Innovation-Technology-Social Progress Fair<ref>http://ktk2011.wordpress.com/ Innovation-Technology-Social Progress Website (In Greek)</ref>.” The Ministries of Commerce & Industry, Education & Culture, as well as Labour & Social Insurance, were collectively engaged in order to signify the economic, academic and job-creating facets of promoting innovation. The Fair was mainly supported by the [[Cyprus Development Bank]],the [[Bank of Cyprus]] and [[CYBER KIDS]].
| | The first Internet site [http://www.mijnkindonline.nl] was launched in February 2004, as a component of Planet Internet. Meanwhile the Internet site has been renewed thoroughly. Today MKO works independently. |
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| ===RTD for children and vulnerable groups=== | | ==Mission== |
| Many of CNTI’s projects aimed the exploration of childrens’ and special needs individuals’ attitudes towards and interactions with information technologies. In 2005, CNTI launched a number of projects that promote and implement research in the field of safer use of the Internet; Cyberethics<ref>http://www.cyberethics.info Cyprus’ Safer Internet Center</ref>, Cyprus’ Safer Internet Center, which includes a [[Cyprus Safer Internet Hotline|Hotline]]<ref>http://www.cyberethics.info/cyethics2/page.php?pageID=15 Cyprus’ Safer Internet Hotline</ref> and a [[Cyprus Safer Internet Helpline|Helpline]]<ref>http://www.helpline.cyberethics.info Cyprus’ Safer Internet Helpline</ref>. CNTI has also founded the [[Unit of Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture]].
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| ===Actor for regional peace===
| | - Empower children to be strong and independent in discovering, deal with new media and making it their own, and to protect children, |
| CNTI pioneered with a number of projects in the promotion of peace and reconciliation in Cyprus. The [[Technology for peace]]<ref> http://www.tech4peace.org Tech4Peace</ref> initiative in 1997 aimed to capitalize on the proliferation of the Internet as a means to bear the communication barrriers between the northern and the southern parts of divided Cyprus. Other notable peace projects include the [[Civil Society Dialogue project in Cyprus|Civil Society Dialogue]], the Act Beyond Borders<ref>http://ActBeyondBorders.net Act Beyond Borders</ref> and Everybody's song <ref>http://www.everybodys-song.net Everybody's song</ref>
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| ===Representing Cyprus world-wide===
| | - Help parents, schools and professional educators with media education (esp. new media), |
| CNTI scientists represent Cyprus in a many European and international networks such as:
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| * COST 276<ref> COST 276 Knowledge Management</ref>
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| * COST 219ter <ref> COST 219ter Accessibility for All to services and terminals for next generation mobile networks</ref>
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| * COST 298<ref>COST 298 Participation in the Broadband society</ref>
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| * COST 2102<ref>Cross-Modal Analysis of Verbal and Non-verbal Communication</ref>
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| * [[Insafe]]
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| * Inhope<ref>http://www.inhope.org Inhope</ref>
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| * EDEAN<ref>http://www.edean.org EDEAN</ref>etc.
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| ==Awards==
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| CNTI and several of its members have been honored with many prestigious awards. See the complete list at:
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| == References ==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.cnti.org.cy/ Official website]
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