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 ==Background and Overview==
-The project brings together Greek and Turkish Cypriot, academics and educators in a series of facilitated workshops for the purpose of addressing a) the challenges facing the respective edu- cational systems in light of the continuing peace process and prospects for a settlement, and b) the needed reforms to be designed and integrated into the existing educational systems so as to render education in the respective communities catalytic and supportive of mutual understanding, cooperation and the peaceful coexistence of the Turkish- and Greek- speaking Cypriots.
+The project brought together six Greek and five Turkish Cypriot, educators, academics and other civil young actors concerned with education in two facilitated workshops for the purpose of addressing Challenges facing the respective educational systems and explore reforms designed and integrated into the existing educational systems. The workshops were implemented using the [[Structured Democratic Dialogue]] Methodology.
 ==Vision and Objectives==
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-==Target Groups==
+==Target Group==
+The participants were: <br>
+{| class="wikitable"
+! #
+! Name and Surname
+! Age
+! Gender
+! Occupation
+|-
+| 1
+| Ulus Irkad
+| 50+
+| Male
+| Primary teacher (Phd student on Peace Education)
+|-
+| 2
+| Sophia Arnaouti
+| 31-40
+| Female
+| Global Education Officer
+|-
+| 3
+| Okan Bullici
+| 18-30
+| Male
+| Psychologist
+|-
+| 4
+| Evie Grouta
+| 18-30
+| Female
+| Freelance Educator
+|-
+| 5
+| Yeliz Osman
+| 18-30
+| Female
+| PhD candidate
+|-
+| 6
+| Hazal Ozaktan
+| 18-30
+| Female
+| Freelancer
+|-
+| 7
+| Maria Loizou- Theodosiou
+| 50+
+| Female
+| Teacher
+|-
+| 8
+| Zehra Azizbeyli
+| 31-40
+| Female
+| Lecturer
+|-
+| 9
+| Katerina Antoniou
+| 18-30
+| Female
+| Lecturer
+|-
+| 10
+| Nasia Hadjigeorgiou
+| 18-30
+| Female
+| University Lecturer (School of Law)
+|-
+| 11
+| Pantelis Makris
+| 50+
+| Male
+| Special Education Consultant
+|}
-==Expected results==
-==SDDPs==
+==Results==
+The Results are documented in detail in the corresponding
 # [[SDDP Reinventing Democracy - Obstacles]]
 #
+Following two days of deliberations the participants identified the following four as the most influential obstacles:<br>
+* Challenge 36:	Political instability regarding reconciliation
+* Challenge  05: The involvement of motherlands
+* Challenge  32:	The impact of religion
+* Challenge  34:	Denial to interact with the other
+The second workshop focused on exploring possible actions and/or reforms. As deep drivers with great potential in contributing towards effectively addressing the identified challenges, the following emerged: <br>
+* Proposal 06: 	Encouraging interaction between schools
+* Proposal 16:	Creating a network of teachers
+* Proposal 24:	Students’ participation in the program
+* Proposal 11:	Organising exchange programmes and visits
+* Proposal 20:	Implementing group working and organising common courses for this purpose
+* Proposal 30:	Partnerships between schools and the society in general
+The participants were encouraged to take initiatives to implement actions and a small grant program was announced to support them. The first two actions addressed actions #06 (Encouraging interaction between schools),  #16 (Creating a network of teachers) and #11 (Organising exchange programmes and visits).
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