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This wiki is dedicated to all projects, people, activities, products, rules, ideas etc of '''Future Worlds Center'''. | This [[Future Worlds Pedia]] wiki is dedicated to all projects, people, activities, products, rules, ideas etc of '''Future Worlds Center'''. | ||
==Future Worlds NETWORK== | ==Future Worlds NETWORK== | ||
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==Founding history== | ==Founding history== | ||
[[Future Worlds Center]] was founded in 1991 as [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. In the late '90s, it expanded its operations pioneering | [[Future Worlds Center]] was founded in 1991 as [[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]. In the late '90s, it expanded its operations, pioneering several humanitarian, multicultural, and peace-related projects<ref>[http://www.MulticulturalCyprus.net/ Building A Multi-Ethnic and Multi-National Cyprus to Promote European Values and Regional and International Peace]</ref>, <ref>[http://www.eucitizenship.net/ Extending EU Citizenship to the Eastern End of Europe]</ref>. At the end of 2005, with a new Constitution, it evolved into a larger organization with a pure international orientation integrating all humanitarian, peace, and multicultural activities under one umbrella. In 2010 the new name was [[Future Worlds Center Registration|legally registered]]. | ||
In 2018, the Board decided to spin off all stably funded operations into independent CSOs, giving the core the flexibility to continue on its entrepreneurial philosophy. | |||
==Future Worlds in a snapshot== | ==Future Worlds in a snapshot== | ||
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===Promoting regional peace=== | ===Promoting regional peace=== | ||
Future Worlds Center pioneers in envisioning, designing, and implementing projects that promote the culture of peace and reconciliation in Cyprus, the region and the globe. The [[Technology for Peace]] | Future Worlds Center pioneers in envisioning, designing, and implementing projects that promote the culture of peace and reconciliation in Cyprus, the region and the globe. The [[Technology for Peace]] initiative in 1997, founded by [[Yiannis Laouris]] and [[Harry Anastasiou]] members of the [[Cyprus Conflict Resolution Trainers Group]] aimed to capitalize on the proliferation of the Internet as a means to bear the communication barriers between the northern and the southern parts of divided Cyprus. Other notable peace projects include the [[Civil Society Dialogue Project in Cyprus|Civil Society Dialogue]], the [[Act Beyond Borders]] and Everybody's song]]. | ||
===Active promoter of the MDGs=== | ===Active promoter of the MDGs=== |