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|funding_period=2006-2008 | |funding_period=Dec 2006 - Aug 2008 | ||
|coordinator=[[ | |coordinator=[[Cyprus EU Association]]<br>[[Derya Beyatli]]<br>Ilke Dagli]] | ||
|funding_agency=UNDP-ACT | |funding_agency=UNDP-ACT | ||
|total_cost= | |total_cost=US$:131.000 | ||
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| | |partners=[[Cyprus Intercultural Training Initiative]]<br>[[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]] | ||
|fwc_coordinator=[[Tatjana Taraszow]] | |||
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The '''Civil Society Dialogue''' project was envisioned, designed and implemented by Cypriot peace pioneers, mainly members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]] following the negative outcome of the referendum in 2004. The project brought together civil society organisations from both sides of the island to share experiences and work to create a Citizens’ Platform where ideas are discussed and an Action Plan is devised to build the new reunited Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot citizens having years of bi-communal experience will come together with other less experienced but young, well educated and motivated individuals to share experiences and ideas as well as to generate their vision of the island. | The '''Civil Society Dialogue''' project was envisioned, designed and implemented by Cypriot peace pioneers, mainly members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]] following the negative outcome of the referendum in 2004. The project brought together civil society organisations from both sides of the island to share experiences and work to create a Citizens’ Platform where ideas are discussed and an Action Plan is devised to build the new reunited Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot citizens having years of bi-communal experience will come together with other less experienced but young, well educated and motivated individuals to share experiences and ideas as well as to generate their vision of the island. | ||
The project was managed by [[Cyprus EU Association]], which is headed by [[Ali Erel]], in collaboration with [[Cyprus Intercultural Training Initiative]] (CITI), which is a body of facilitators created by members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]], and [[Institute | The project was managed by [[Cyprus EU Association]], which is headed by [[Ali Erel]], in collaboration with [[Cyprus Intercultural Training Initiative]] (CITI), which is a body of facilitators created by members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]], and [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]], the international body of [[Structured Democratic Dialogue Process]] scientists and practitioners. [[Cyprus EU Association]] assigned [[Derya Beyatli]] as overall project manager and [[Ilke Dagli]] as project coordinator for the implementation of all project activities. [[Cyprus Intercultural Training Initiative]] assigned [[Tatjana Taraszow]] as assistant project coordinator, especially responsible for the organization, implementation, and dissemination of project activities in the southern part of Cyprus. [[Yiannis Laouris]] and [[Marios Michaelides]] co-founders of [[Cyprus Intercultural Training Initiative|CITI]] assumed the role as main Structured Democratic Dialogue facilitators together with [[Aleco Christakis]] from [[Institute for 21st Century Agoras]]. | ||
A series of Structured Democratic Dialogue Process co-laboratories (workshops), seminars and other public events were implemented throughout the project's duration. | A series of Structured Democratic Dialogue Process co-laboratories (workshops), seminars and other public events were implemented throughout the project's duration. | ||
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“In the context of the overall objective of bridging the gap between the two communities: What short- to medium term goals in your opinion if achieved would contribute significantly to the above objective?” | “In the context of the overall objective of bridging the gap between the two communities: What short- to medium term goals in your opinion if achieved would contribute significantly to the above objective?” | ||
Participants met in Forest Park Hotel over the weekend spending 12 hours together for the residential co-laboratory. Once again, idea generation, clustering and prioritization took place. The ideas that received the most votes were selected and explored further where the relationship between the ideas was discussed. Finally, the participants came up with a root cause map portraying the goals and opportunities which can be utilized for bridging the gap between the two sides. Participants interpreted all the results and with the assistance of the facilitation team prepared a final [[ | Participants met in Forest Park Hotel over the weekend spending 12 hours together for the residential co-laboratory. Once again, idea generation, clustering and prioritization took place. The ideas that received the most votes were selected and explored further where the relationship between the ideas was discussed. Finally, the participants came up with a root cause map portraying the goals and opportunities which can be utilized for bridging the gap between the two sides. Participants interpreted all the results and with the assistance of the facilitation team prepared a final [[Civil Society Dialogue SDDP PeaceRevival Report| report]]. | ||
===Structured dialogues to study ''Economic Integration''=== | ===Structured dialogues to study ''Economic Integration''=== | ||
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“With the aim of economic integration: what actions should be taken to overcome the obstacles and to reap the benefits in achieving free movement of goods and services?” | “With the aim of economic integration: what actions should be taken to overcome the obstacles and to reap the benefits in achieving free movement of goods and services?” | ||
Participants had three sessions of 3 hours where they generated ideas, voted and drew a root cause map for each particular triggering question. The results of the final session, which was dedicated for designing an action plan, was then used to develop 5 other project drafts. Participants interpreted all the results and with the assistance of the facilitation team prepared a final [[ | Participants had three sessions of 3 hours where they generated ideas, voted and drew a root cause map for each particular triggering question. The results of the final session, which was dedicated for designing an action plan, was then used to develop 5 other project drafts. Participants interpreted all the results and with the assistance of the facilitation team prepared a final [[CSD SDDP EconomicIntegration Report final.| report]]. | ||
===Structured dialogues aiming at ''Famagusta Revival''=== | ===Structured dialogues aiming at ''Famagusta Revival''=== | ||
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“What specific action plan / action tools could the organisation / Cypriot's Voice adopt in order to overcome the diagnosed obstacles to fulfill its vision?” | “What specific action plan / action tools could the organisation / Cypriot's Voice adopt in order to overcome the diagnosed obstacles to fulfill its vision?” | ||
Participants met over the weekend spending 12 hours together for the residential co-laboratory where they generated ideas, voted and designed root cause and influence maps for each particular triggering question. Participants interpreted all the results and with the assistance of the facilitation team prepared a final [[ | Participants met over the weekend spending 12 hours together for the residential co-laboratory where they generated ideas, voted and designed root cause and influence maps for each particular triggering question. Participants interpreted all the results and with the assistance of the facilitation team prepared a final [[CSD CypriotsVoice Report| report]]. | ||
==Training of local SDDP Facilitators== | ==Training of local SDDP Facilitators== | ||
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The Civil Society Dialogue project organized several sessions of facilitator trainings for the Structured Dialogic Design Process. The first training session, which was held in April 2007, was given by Dr. Aleco Christakis who is one of the founding fathers of the methodology. The second session was organized in May 2007, which mostly focused on using CogniScope software - a specifically designed software for conducting SDDP. Facilitator trainees simulated a co-laboratory during the first training and played the roles of participant as well as facilitator, whereas in the second training they explored the software and formed their facilitation groups (cohorts).<br> | The Civil Society Dialogue project organized several sessions of facilitator trainings for the Structured Dialogic Design Process. The first training session, which was held in April 2007, was given by Dr. Aleco Christakis who is one of the founding fathers of the methodology. The second session was organized in May 2007, which mostly focused on using CogniScope software - a specifically designed software for conducting SDDP. Facilitator trainees simulated a co-laboratory during the first training and played the roles of participant as well as facilitator, whereas in the second training they explored the software and formed their facilitation groups (cohorts).<br> | ||
[[ | [[CSD FacilitatorTrainingProgramme| Program of first session]]<br> | ||
[[ | [[CSD FacilitatorTraining CogniScope Programme| Program of second session]]<br> | ||
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The Civil Society Dialogue project organized an open to public Wiki training for teaching the participants how to set up and utilize free online portals like Wikis efficiently and effectively for different projects.<br> | The Civil Society Dialogue project organized an open to public Wiki training for teaching the participants how to set up and utilize free online portals like Wikis efficiently and effectively for different projects.<br> | ||
[[ | [[Virtual Co-lab training| Article ''Using Wikis for SDD'' by Christakis & Underwood]]<br> | ||
==Public Lectures and Seminars== | ==Public Lectures and Seminars== | ||
* During his visits to Cyprus, [[Aleco Christakis]] delivered two public lectures with the title [[Media:CIVILSOCIETYDIALOGUEjune26.pdf| ''The Technology of Democracy'']] on 16th April 2007 and on 11th July 2007 both at the Fulbright Center on the methodology and technology of democracy.<br> | * During his visits to Cyprus, [[Aleco Christakis]] delivered two public lectures with the title [[Media:CIVILSOCIETYDIALOGUEjune26.pdf| ''The Technology of Democracy'']] on 16th April 2007 and on 11th July 2007 both at the Fulbright Center on the methodology and technology of democracy.<br> | ||
[[ | [[Civil Society Dialogue - Press Release, 16th April 2007| Press Release, 16th April 2007]]<br> | ||
[[Civil Society Press Release, 11th July 2007| Press Release, 11th July 2007]]<br> | |||
* [[Gary Gumpert]] and [[Susan J. Drucker]], two very prominent professors in media communications and technologies offered a seminar at Fulbright Center on media literacy with the title ''Reading the News between the lines'' during their visit to Cyprus on 11th July 2007.<br> | |||
[[Civil Society Press Release, 11th July 2007| Press Release, 11th July 2007]]<br> | |||
==Symposia and Conventions== | ==Symposia and Conventions== | ||
An '''Environmental Symposium''' was organized on the 12th January 2008 at Colony Hotel in Keryneia. Together with the KTMMOB Chamber of Environmental Engineers, the Civil Society Dialogue project organized an environmental symposium with the aim of bringing together environmental groups from both communities. This event provided an opportunity for leading non-governmental Cypriot organizations to point out alarming environmental problems Cypriots are facing as well as raising awareness of environmental issues and calling for action from all Cypriots to work together in facing this global crisis. The selected Cypriot environmental NGOs who participated in the event, presented their papers on specific environmental issues with the objective of building an “environmentally friendly community”.<br> | An '''Environmental Symposium''' was organized on the 12th January 2008 at Colony Hotel in Keryneia. Together with the KTMMOB Chamber of Environmental Engineers, the Civil Society Dialogue project organized an environmental symposium with the aim of bringing together environmental groups from both communities. This event provided an opportunity for leading non-governmental Cypriot organizations to point out alarming environmental problems Cypriots are facing as well as raising awareness of environmental issues and calling for action from all Cypriots to work together in facing this global crisis. The selected Cypriot environmental NGOs who participated in the event, presented their papers on specific environmental issues with the objective of building an “environmentally friendly community”.<br> | ||
[[ | [[CSD Convention Programme| Program]]<br> | ||
Presentations:<br> | Presentations:<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[EnvironmentalStudiesCentre LyndonTaylor| Terra Cypria: "Sustainable Nature and Wild Life" presented by Lyndon Taylor]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Chamber Of Environmental Engineers Ibrahim Alkan| Chamber of Environmental Engineers: "Construction Boost" presented by Ibrahim Alkan]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Biologist Association Hasan Sarpten| Biologists Association: "Global Warming" presented by Hasan Sarpten]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Mediterranean Wind Association DervisYüksel| Mediterranean Wind Association: "Karpazia Natural Park" unfortunately not presented]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Cans For Kids| Cans for Kids: "Waste Disposal" presented by Rosie Charalambous]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Friends Of Karpaz| Friends of Karpaz: "There is no other Karpas" presented by Osman Kallaoglu]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Global Warming University of Thessloniki| University of Thessaloniki: "Global Warming: Myth or Fact?" presented by Evangelos Katsiambirtas]]<br> | ||
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[[Media:CSD_Convention_Programme_3Lang.pdf| Program]]<br> | [[Media:CSD_Convention_Programme_3Lang.pdf| Program]]<br> | ||
Presentations:<br> | Presentations:<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[CSD Convention Co-Lab Platres| Co-laboratory Peace Revival]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[CSD Convention Co-LabEI| Co-laboratory Economic Integration]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[CSD Convention Co-Lab Famagusta| Co-laboratory Famagusta]]<br> | ||
* [[Media:CSD_Convention_ES.pdf| Environmental Symposium]]<br> | * [[Media:CSD_Convention_ES.pdf| Environmental Symposium]]<br> | ||
* [[ | * [[Convention Trainings&Lectures| Trainings & Lectures]]<br> | ||
==Scientific Publications== | |||
* Laouris, Y., Taraszow, T., Damdelen, M., Dagli, I., Beyatlı, D., Karayiannis,, A., Dye, K. & Christakis, A. (2015). Examining Economic Integration and Free Trade within Cyprus using Structured Dialogic Design. ALARj, 21(1). | |||
* Laouris, Y., Erel, A., Michaelides, M,. Damdelen, M., Taraszow, T., Dagli, I., Laouri, R. and Christakis, A. (2009). Exploring options for enhancement of social dialogue between the Turkish and Greek communities in Cyprus using the Structured Dialogic Design Process. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 22, 361–381. | |||
* Laouris, Y., Michaelides, M. Damdelen, M., Laouri, R., Beyatli, D., and Christakis, A. (2009). A systemic evaluation of the state of affairs following the negative outcome of the referendum in Cyprus using a structured design process. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 22, 45-75. | |||
==Links to the SDDPs== | ==Links to the SDDPs== | ||
* [[SDDP_Civil_Society_Dialogue_Obstacles]] | * [[SDDP_Civil_Society_Dialogue_Obstacles]] | ||
* [[SDDP_Civil_Society_Dialogue_Options]] | * [[SDDP_Civil_Society_Dialogue_Options]] | ||
* [[SDDP Civil Society Dialogue Co Laboratory - Famagusta]] | |||
* [[SDDP Economic Integration - Vision, July 2007 (1st co-laboratory)]] | |||
* [[SDDP Economic Integration - Obstacles, July 2007 (2nd co-laboratory)]] | |||
==Scientific Publications== | |||
* Laouris, Y., Michaelides, M., Damdelen, M., Laouri, R., Beyatli, D. and Christakis, A. (2009). A Systemic Evaluation of the State of Affairs Following the Negative Outcome of the Referendum in Cyprus Using the Structured Dialogic Design Process. Syst Pract Action Res 22:45–75 [[https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-008-9111-y Download]] | |||
* Laouris, Y., Erel, A., Michaelides, M., Damdelen, M., Taraszow, T., Dagli, I., Laouri, R. and Christakis, A. (2009). Exploring Options for Enhancement of Social Dialogue Between the Turkish and Greek Communities in Cyprus Using the Structured Dialogic Design Process. Syst Pract Action Res 22:361–381. [[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11213-009-9134-z Download]] | |||
* Laouris, Y., Taraszow, T., Damdelen, M., Dagli, I., Beyatlı, D., Karayiannis, A., Dye, K. and Christakis, A. (2015). Examining Economic Integration and Free Trade within Cyprus using Structured Dialogic Design ALARj 21 (1) 11-52. [[https://alarj.alarassociation.org/index.php/alarj/article/view/136 Download]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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