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 Year 2017 has been a year of important decisions for reforms and transformations.
-First, the Board has been internationalized, and no Associates is also member of the Board. The decision for complete separation between strategic direction an day-to-day management and project implementation is thought to serve multiple purposes and especially (i) compliance of organizational priorities with the core values and visions, and (ii) improved possibilities for taking measures to ensure long-term sustainability.
+First, the Board has been internationalized, and no Associate is now also member of the Board. The decision for complete separation between strategic direction and day-to-day management and project implementation is thought to serve multiple purposes and especially (i) compliance of organizational priorities with the core values and visions, and (ii) improved possibilities for taking measures to ensure long-term sustainability.
-Second, it has been decided that projects and/or clusters of projects that meet two criteria, i.e., (i) they become (or have the potential to become) financially stable and self-sufficient and (ii) they evolve more into 'stable' operations, i.e, less entrepreneurial and more service-oriented, should spin off and become new entities. Therefore three entities entered this process:
+Second, it has been decided that projects and/or clusters of projects that meet two criteria, i.e., (i) they become (or have the potential to become) financially stable and self-sufficient, and (ii) they evolve more into 'stable' operations, i.e, less entrepreneurial and more service-oriented, should spin off and become new entities. Therefore three entities entered this process:
 * [[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center| Cyberethics related projects]]: The Trade name '''CCS Cyberethics Cyprus Safer Internet Center''' has been registered with the intention of becoming a for-profit operation offering innovative educational courses and other experiential workshops bringing new technologies in more productive ways in the lives of growing kids.
 * All [[Mental Attributes Profiling System]] related research activities were transferred in a new startup company called [[GNOUS Labs Ltd.]] with the aim of commercializing the IPR.
+* The [[Humanitarian Affairs Unit]] became a fully independent CSO with the name [[Cyprus Refugee Council]].
-In 2017, [[Future Worlds Center]] has  successfully implemented XX projects in collaboration with its ever-growing [[List of partner organizations|network of partners]].
+An important milestone reached at the end of 2018 was that the number of SDDPs co-organized by [[Future Worlds Center]] reached 100!
+Within 2018, [[Future Worlds Center]] has been successfully implementing >10 projects in collaboration with its ever-growing [[List of partner organizations|network of partners]].
 The [[Future Worlds Center Vision and Mission|Future Worlds Center Vision]], i.e., to “operate at the interface of science & society” by using technology to promote social justice, development and peace has been strengthened. A total of Y new contracts with total value exceeding 3 million euros have been secured within 2017.