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[[Future Worlds Center]] received the award for the best CSO in the category Social Inclusion during the first annual Civil Society Awards Ceremony held at Chateau Status Restaurant Saturday 7 June 2008.
[[Future Worlds Center]] was honored with a ''Civil Society Award'' as the best CSO in the category Social Inclusion during the first annual Civil Society Awards Ceremony held at Chateau Status Restaurant Saturday 7 June 2008.


==People who can claim ownership of this award==
Primarily, the members of the Board and relevant advisory boards may claim credit for this award. But also all members of [[Future Worlds Center]] involved in the activities for which the award was given may mention this award in their respective CVs as a collective recognition of their work and contributions. This includes  [[Isabelle Ioannides]] who prepared the application and represented the organization.
[[Future Worlds Center]] received the award in recognition of its long history of contributions, initiatives and activities related to social inclusion both on local and international levels. The Organization promotes inclusion in a number of different way, including:


[[Future Worlds Center]] received the award in recognition of its long history of contributions in activities related to social inclusion both on local and international levels. The Organization is promoting inclusion in a number of different way, including:
# Implementation of structured democratic dialogues that include all stakeholders in addressing a social issue<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Chronological_List_of_SDDPs_by_Future_Worlds_Center_and_Associates Chronological List of SDDPs by Future Worlds Center and Associates]</ref> implemented by the organization.
# Implementation of structured democratic dialogues that include all stakeholders in addressing a social issue<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Chronological_List_of_SDDPs_by_Future_Worlds_Center_and_Associates Chronological List of SDDPs by Future Worlds Center and Associates]</ref> implemented by the organization.
# Notable projects which promote inclusion and dialogue, such as:
# Implementation of projects which promote inclusion and dialogue:
#* [[Human Rights and Reconciliation – Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders|Act Beyond Borders]]
#* [[Human Rights and Reconciliation – Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders|Act Beyond Borders]]
#* [[TeachMDGs|Teach MDGs]]
#* [[TeachMDGs|Teach MDGs]]
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#* [[Civil Society Dialogue]]
#* [[Civil Society Dialogue]]
# The Philosophy,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Future_Worlds_Center_Philosophy Future Worlds Center Philosophy]</ref> Values,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policies Future Worlds Center Constitutional and Value Policies]</ref> Good Organization,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Policies_and_Procedures  Future Worlds Center Policies and Procedures]</ref> focus on peace,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_in_Promoting_Peace Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Peace]</ref> special focus on vulnerable groups<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_on_Vulnerable_Groups Future Worlds Center Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups]</ref> and the role of Cyprus as peripheral center. <ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_in_Promoting_Cyprus_as_Peripheral_Center  Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Cyprus as Peripheral Center]</ref>
# The Philosophy,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Future_Worlds_Center_Philosophy Future Worlds Center Philosophy]</ref> Values,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policies Future Worlds Center Constitutional and Value Policies]</ref> Good Organization,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Policies_and_Procedures  Future Worlds Center Policies and Procedures]</ref> focus on peace,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_in_Promoting_Peace Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Peace]</ref> special focus on vulnerable groups<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_on_Vulnerable_Groups Future Worlds Center Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups]</ref> and the role of Cyprus as peripheral center. <ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_in_Promoting_Cyprus_as_Peripheral_Center  Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Cyprus as Peripheral Center]</ref>
 
# The many activities that promote cultural diversity and intercultural understanding among young citizens
 
# Emphasis on projects that promote active citizenship and youth participation on European level#
 
# It promotes the Millennium Development Goals
three operating units: Development Education, Humanitarian Affairs and New Media in Learning Laboratory. Current projects focus on promoting cultural diversity and intercultural understanding among young citizens. Future Worlds Center manages projects and facilitates workshops with teachers, parents and students throughout Europe to develop a joint vision on how to build integrative, multi-communal societies, and to design and implement action plans towards these. Through one of its Development Education project, Future Worlds Center collaborates with schools and the Ministry of Education to add a global dimension to the current lesson plans and to provide access to relevant material for teachers across Europe. Furthermore, projects focus on the challenges that youth with fewer opportunities face in the context of active citizenship and youth participation on European level and on using music as a tool to promote diversity and intercultural communication. It mobilizes young volunteers to actively promote the Millennium Development Goals within the Cypriot society.
# Membership in many Eueopean and International Organizations:
 
# * Inhope Network (www.saferinternet.org, www.inhope.org)
Future Worlds Center is a member of the Insafe and the Inhope Network (www.saferinternet.org, www.inhope.org) and of the Cypriot National Network of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. Together with four NGOs in Cyprus Future Worlds Center has taken the initiative of establishing an island-wide NGDO-platform in Cyprus, linked to the European NGO-conferedation CONCORD (www.cyprusngdos.org). Future Worlds Center is also a founding member of the ‘Multicultural Cyprus for Children and Youth’ Network (www.multiculturalcyprus.org).
#* Cypriot National Network of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures.  
#* The island-wide NGDO-platform in Cyprus
#* The European NGO-conferedation CONCORD (www.cyprusngdos.org).  
#* Founding member of the ‘Multicultural Cyprus for Children and Youth’ Network (www.multiculturalcyprus.org).


The winners of the 2008 Civil Society Awards Ceremony were:
The winners of the 2008 Civil Society Awards Ceremony were:
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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[[File:EuromedDialogueAward2011.png|right|thumb|upright=1|alt=Logo.|Official letter about the award]]
* [http://fwcis.blogspot.com/2008/08/2008-civil-society-awards-ceremony.html Announcement of the award on FWC Blog]
[[Future Worlds Center]] ranked second place in the final election round for the 2011 '''Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures''' and was awarded an Honourable Mention for the highly-esteemed work on intercultural dialogue for the promotion of freedom and citizenship<ref>[http://www.euromedalex.org/news/egyptian-ngo-wins-euro-med-dialogue-award-thier-work-promotion-citizenship-active-participation Award announcement on Anna Lind's page]</ref>. The Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures is a very prestigious award given by the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lindh_Euro-Mediterranean_Foundation_for_the_Dialogue_Between_Cultures Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures] </ref> an organization operating in 43 countries having over a 3000 organizational members, founded to honor Anna Lindh<ref> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lindh Anna Lindh] </ref> for her pioneer work.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_civil_society_awards About the awards in Wikipedia]
 
The nomination was done by [[Heiner Benking]] from PNW <ref>[http://www.euromedalex.org/node/9299 Positive Nett-Works e.V. Page] </ref>, a member of the German Anna-Lindh-Network <ref>[http://www.goethe.de/ges/pok/prj/ans/net/deindex.htm Goethe-Institut represents the German Anna Lindh Network]</ref>, and co-foundner of the Anna-Lindh-Salon. <ref>[http://anna-lindh-salon.de/ Anna-Lindh-Salon]</ref>
He based his proposal on the following:
 
# The high number of structured democratic dialogues<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Chronological_List_of_SDDPs_by_Future_Worlds_Center_and_Associates Chronological List of SDDPs by Future Worlds Center and Associates]</ref> implemented by the organization.
# Notable projects which promote dialogue, such as [[Human Rights and Reconciliation – Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders|Act Beyond Borders]], [[TeachMDGs|Teach MDGs]], [[Building a Multi-Ethnic and Multi-National Cyprus to promote European Values and Regional and International Peace|Multicultural Cyprus]], [[Intercultural Dialogue & Linguistic Diversity via MobLang|Moblang]], [[UCYVROK -- Uniting for Citizenship and Participation: Youth promoting Vulnerable Groups’ Rights, Opportunities and Knowledge|UCYVROK]], [[Civil Society Dialogue]], etc.
# The world-wide initiatives and books written by members of its Board [[Aleco Christakis]],<ref> [http://www.amazon.com/Collective-Construct-Research-Management-Unnumbered/dp/1593114818) Aleco Christakis and Kenneth C. Bausch.(2006). Co-laboratories of democracy: how people harness their collective wisdom to create the future. Boston, MA: Information Age Publishing.]</ref> <ref> [http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Point-Creating-Environment-Exploring/dp/1607523612/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314260846&sr=1-2 Aleco Christakis and Tom R. Flanangan (2009). The Talking Point:Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning. Boston, MA: Information Age Publishing.]</ref> [[Yiannis Laouris]],<ref> [http://www.amazon.com/Masks-Demons-Discovering-Breaking-Stereotypes/dp/1461083206/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 Yiannis Laouris (2011). Masks of Demons: A journey into the Discovering and Breaking of Stereotypes in a Society in Conflict. CreateSpace, USA]</ref> [[Harry Anastasiou]],<ref>[http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2008/broken-olive-branch.html) Harry Anastasiou (2008). The Broken Olive Branch . Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus. Syracuse University Press, NY]</ref> [[Kerstin Wittig]] and [[Romina Laouri]].
# The Philosophy,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Future_Worlds_Center_Philosophy Future Worlds Center Philosophy]</ref> Values,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policies Future Worlds Center Constitutional and Value Policies]</ref> Good Organization,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Policies_and_Procedures  Future Worlds Center Policies and Procedures]</ref> focus on peace,<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_in_Promoting_Peace Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Peace]</ref> special focus on vulnerable groups<ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_on_Vulnerable_Groups Future Worlds Center Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups]</ref> and the role of Cyprus as peripheral center. <ref>[http://www.futureworlds.eu/wiki/Constitutional_and_Value_Policy:_Special_Focus_in_Promoting_Cyprus_as_Peripheral_Center  Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Cyprus as Peripheral Center]</ref>
 
 
==External Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_civil_society_awards Cyprus_civil_society_awards in Wikipedia
*[http://fwcis.blogspot.com/2011/10/fwc-ranks-second-in-prestigious-euro.html Press release on FC Blog]
 
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
[[Category:Future Worlds Center Awards]]
[[Category:CNTI Awards]]
[[Category:Laouris Awards]]
[[Category:Wittig Awards]]
[[Category:Romina Awards]]
[[Category:Anastasiou Awards]]
[[Category:Christakis Awards]]
 
*[http://fwcis.blogspot.com/2011/10/fwc-ranks-second-in-prestigious-euro.html Press release on FC Blog]
 


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 02:22, 1 October 2016

Future Worlds Center was honored with a Civil Society Award as the best CSO in the category Social Inclusion during the first annual Civil Society Awards Ceremony held at Chateau Status Restaurant Saturday 7 June 2008.

People who can claim ownership of this award

Primarily, the members of the Board and relevant advisory boards may claim credit for this award. But also all members of Future Worlds Center involved in the activities for which the award was given may mention this award in their respective CVs as a collective recognition of their work and contributions. This includes Isabelle Ioannides who prepared the application and represented the organization.

Future Worlds Center received the award in recognition of its long history of contributions, initiatives and activities related to social inclusion both on local and international levels. The Organization promotes inclusion in a number of different way, including:

  1. Implementation of structured democratic dialogues that include all stakeholders in addressing a social issue[1] implemented by the organization.
  2. Implementation of projects which promote inclusion and dialogue:
  3. The Philosophy,[2] Values,[3] Good Organization,[4] focus on peace,[5] special focus on vulnerable groups[6] and the role of Cyprus as peripheral center. [7]
  4. The many activities that promote cultural diversity and intercultural understanding among young citizens
  5. Emphasis on projects that promote active citizenship and youth participation on European level#
  6. It promotes the Millennium Development Goals
  7. Membership in many Eueopean and International Organizations:
  8. * Inhope Network (www.saferinternet.org, www.inhope.org)
    • Cypriot National Network of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures.
    • The island-wide NGDO-platform in Cyprus
    • The European NGO-conferedation CONCORD (www.cyprusngdos.org).
    • Founding member of the ‘Multicultural Cyprus for Children and Youth’ Network (www.multiculturalcyprus.org).

The winners of the 2008 Civil Society Awards Ceremony were:

Social Inclusion Future Worlds Center and Turkish Cypriot Special Education Foundation (ÖZEV)

Education and Culture HASDER Folk Arts Association and KENTHEA Information and Rehabilitation Centre for Drug addiction

Environment Biologist Association ‘Bio Der’ and Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association-CYMEPA

Gender Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in Family and Mediterranean Sports Association

Health The Cyprus Association for Cancer Patients and Friends and Help Those With Cancer Association

Youth Agros Youth Club and AKOVA Women’s Association

Island-Wide Cooperation Cyprus Dyslexia Association and Union of Chambers of Cyprus Turkish Engineers and Architects

Island-Wide Cooperation Association for Historical Dialogue and Research and Peace Players International Cyprus



External Links

References

  1. ↑ Chronological List of SDDPs by Future Worlds Center and Associates
  2. ↑ Future Worlds Center Philosophy
  3. ↑ Future Worlds Center Constitutional and Value Policies
  4. ↑ Future Worlds Center Policies and Procedures
  5. ↑ Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Peace
  6. ↑ Future Worlds Center Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups
  7. ↑ Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Cyprus as Peripheral Center
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