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[[HasNa Inc.]] headed by Mrs. [[Nevzer Stacy]] has funded an exchange program for your journalists between 1 June, 2002 and the 31 May, 2003. Five Turkish Cypriots and five Greek Cypriots had the opportunity to enjoy a short-term scholarship and spend a couple of weeks in Washington DC, hosted by American Families. [[Yiannis | [[HasNa Inc.]] headed by Mrs. [[Nevzer Stacy]] has funded an exchange program for your journalists between 1 June, 2002 and the 31 May, 2003. Five Turkish Cypriots and five Greek Cypriots had the opportunity to enjoy a short-term scholarship and spend a couple of weeks in Washington DC, hosted by American Families. [[Yiannis Laouris]] from the [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] together with his peace friend from the [[Bicommunal Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]] [[Huseyin Gursan]] of the [[Youth Center Union (Gençlik Merkezi Birliği)| Youth Centre]] coordinated the project. The highlight of the project was the organization of the [[HasNa Media Symposium May 2003]]. | ||
==Members of the Advisory Board== | ==Members of the Advisory Board== | ||
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The Parties have agreed to collaborate | The Parties have agreed to collaborate and promote peace and reconciliation activities in Cyprus through the introduction and initiation of a series of specific collaborative projects for young Turkish and Greek Cypriots living in the Southern and Northern part of the island. This Memorandum covered project-related activities that would take place in the United States and Cyprus, including: | ||
# Setting up a Communal Office to coordinate activities across the Green Line, promote the specific proposed projects by Cypriots in the South and North, and provide needed staff and logistical support to these professionals in developing, implementing and evaluating projects. One Greek Cypriot coordinator will staff the Office. | # Setting up a Communal Office to coordinate activities across the Green Line, promote the specific proposed projects by Cypriots in the South and North, and provide needed staff and logistical support to these professionals in developing, implementing and evaluating projects. One Greek Cypriot coordinator will staff the Office. | ||
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As part of the process of organizing the Young Journalists Project (June 2002-May 2003), HasNa sought to learn from similar programs that were organized by others in the past. In 1995, the Fulbright Commission, in collaboration with the Senior Trainers Group, organized and funded a U.S.-based training program for about twenty young journalists from both communities in Cyprus. In 1996, the U.S. Embassy funded a one-day trip to Brussels for prominent chief editors from various Cypriot media organizations, where they received up-to-date information regarding EU regulations, challenges and opportunities in the field of journalism. While both of these projects helped to form linkages and friendships between colleagues working across the Green Line, neither included any defined structures or follow-up activities to support continued interaction and collaboration among the journalists after their return to Cyprus. | As part of the process of organizing the Young Journalists Project (June 2002-May 2003), HasNa sought to learn from similar programs that were organized by others in the past. In 1995, the Fulbright Commission, in collaboration with the Senior Trainers Group, organized and funded a U.S.-based training program for about twenty young journalists from both communities in Cyprus. In 1996, the U.S. Embassy funded a one-day trip to Brussels for prominent chief editors from various Cypriot media organizations, where they received up-to-date information regarding EU regulations, challenges and opportunities in the field of journalism. While both of these projects helped to form linkages and friendships between colleagues working across the Green Line, neither included any defined structures or follow-up activities to support continued interaction and collaboration among the journalists after their return to Cyprus. | ||
In the summer of 2002, HasNa, in cooperation with two Cypriot NGOs - | In the summer of 2002, HasNa, in cooperation with two Cypriot NGOs - [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]] and the [[Youth Center Union (Gençlik Merkezi Birliği)| Youth Centre]], organized the training program for the young journalists (five Greek Cypriots and five Turkish Cypriots). HasNa provided equal funding to the two Cypriot NGOs to manage components of the Young Journalists Project, including participant selection, logistics management in Cyprus and post-training follow-up activities. Participants spent two weeks in Washington learning and practicing effective communication skills, conflict resolution and modern journalism. The group made a commitment to continue to meet regularly once they returned to Cyprus, to form an electronic discussion group to support one another and to organize small bicommunal activities. HasNa provided funding for two project coordinators, one in the North and one in the South, for a period of nine months (through May 2003) to support the follow-up activities. During this period, the members of the group: | ||
* Wrote and published articles describing how their HasNa training experience had changed their perceptions; | * Wrote and published articles describing how their HasNa training experience had changed their perceptions; | ||
