Tonia Loizidou

Tonia Loizidou With FWC April 2008 - 2011 Title Project Coordinator and Social Advisor Key Project(s) Good practice (Torture Victims) URVT Degree(s) BSc in Psychology MSc in Applied Psychology Filed(s) of study Psychology University(ies) Central Michigan University, USA Brunel University, UK

Ms. Tonia Loizidou has been working with the Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute since May, 2006 holding the position of the administrator. She has been involved in projects of the EU Citizenship and Human Rights Program and the CyberEthics; she was the Project Coordinator for the Peaceful Europe project in 2007 and assumed the psychologist’s position for the Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. She currently serves for the Good practice (Torture Victims) project. Her future involvement will also include scientific research and facilitation of small groups engaged in authentic dialogue.

As a trained facilitator on the Structured Democratic Dialogue Process (SDDP) she has facilitated as a leader or as an assistant in many facilitation processes since 2007. Some of the co-laboratories are:

List of SDDs facilitated and co-facilitated

Date	Type	Location	Participants	Project	Triggering Question	Title of SDDP Role(s)
2007/03/10-11	Design	Platres, Cyprus	9 GCs & 12 TCs	Civil Society Dialogue	What goals, if achieved, would contribute significantly to bridging the gap between the two communities?	Recorder, Workshop Coordinator, Report Writer
2008/06/17	Diagnosis	Famagusta, Cyprus	10 GCs & 10 TCs	Civil Society Dialogue	What are the obstacles that prevent us/Cypriots' Voice from reaching our ideal organisation and our objectives of the declaration and to fulfill our vision?	Facilitator, CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Workshop Coordinator
2011/03/10	Diagnosis	Nicosia, Cyprus	Representatives of Non Governmental Development Organizations and Local Authorities	MeDevNet	What obstacles prevent cooperation between Civil Society & Local Authorities in Cyprus towards achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?	Facilitator, CogniScope Operator, Recorder, Report Writer

• "The envisionment of the future Kerynia", 2007
• Co-laboratories for Safer Internet (CyberEthics Project) at the European Conference, 2008
• The obstacles in the Educational System", Derynia Primary School
• Co-laboratories for the Cyprus Municipalities
• Youth Envisage and Redesign your Ideal Future", 2012

Short Bio

Tonia holds a BSc in Psychology from Central Michigan University, USA and an MSc in Applied Psychology from Brunel University, UK. She has also received her qualification in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy from Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research, USA. Currently she is in the process of receiving an MSc in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nicosia, Cy.

References

• Vicky's page at URVT