7 Dec. 2019 | Nicosia & 14 Dec. 2019 | Famagusta

The specific goal of the participatory workshops was to bring together a diverse set of stakeholders from public, private, and civil society organizations working on social and environmental issues to (i) identify social and environmental gaps and needs of the Turkish Cypriot community, (ii) develop specific ideas that could evolve into social enterprises/ initiatives with a positive impact on society based on the gaps and needs identified and, (iii) rank and prioritize those ideas based on predefined criteria using the DeCyDe-4-GoSocial Method. The first workshop took place on the 7th December in Nicosia where as the second workshop took place on the 14th December in Famagusta.

Gaps and needs identification was mostly orientated on waste management, environment and sustainable development followed by work integration needs, several social issues that need to be addressed and training needs. This participatory discussion also resulted in 10 ideas suggested by the attendees that address one or more identified gaps and needs that can be turned into social enterprises. The ideas were then evaluated against predefined criteria to come up with a ranking list of ideas that would be promoted in later project activities. Read below for more.

This project is financed by the European Union and implemented by the Famagusta Walled City Association (MASDER), AKTI Project and Research Centre (AKTI), and, the Famagusta Women Centre Association (MAKAMER).

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