Learning and Development Needs for Cypriot Local Authorities

Contract Title Provision of Services for the Diagnosis of Learning and Development Needs for the Local Authorities of the Cyprus Republic GR: Παροχή υπηρεσιών Διάγνωσης Αναγκών Μάθησης και Ανάπτυξης στους Οργανισμούς Τοπικής Αυτοδιοίκησης της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας. Contract Number 6/2009 Funding Period 15 December 2009 - 17 February 2010 Partners Future Worlds Center, Cyprus International Institute of Management, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Cyprus Academy of Public Administration

This project has been implemented by Future Worlds Center in collaboration with CIIM and Coopers in the context of Tender: Provision of Services for the Diagnosis of Learning and Development Needs for the Local Authorities of the Cyprus Republic

The project involved the implementation of six SDDPs across Cyprus with the aim of diagnosing the educational and training needs of the local authorities with the aim of upgrading the operation of local governance in Cyprus.

This project has been considered internationally as a pioneer example of using the science of dialogic design to transform a whole country. The following SDDPs have been implemented by a team of expert facilitators led by Aleco Christakis and Yiannis Laouris:

1. SDDP Local Authorities Ayia Napa
2. SDDP Local Authorities Larnaca I
3. SDDP Local Authorities Larnaca II
4. SDDP Local Authorities Limassol I
5. SDDP Local Authorities Limassol II
6. SDDP Local Authorities Paphos I
7. SDDP Local Authorities Paphos II
8. SDDP Local Authorities Nicosia I
9. SDDP Local Authorities Nicosia II
10. SDDP Local Authorities Troodos

Upon the completion of the six SDDPs, an SDDP Facilitators Schools has been organized.