Nicolina Markidou
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Nicolina Markidou worked with the Future Worlds Center from 2009 to 2012. In 2010-2011, she was the coordinator of the EU-funded project MDGs- Media for Development Goals concerned with the creation of media materials for the MDGs. She also contributed to the EU-funded project TeachMDGs aiming at the promotion of the MDGs in the formal educational sector.
Nicolina had initially collaborated with the organization as an associate for the development of a teachers’ manual in the framework of the EU-funded project Accessing Development Education . From July 2009 until February 2012, she worked with the organization on several projects. During 2010-2011 she acted as a coordinator of the EU-funded project Jumpstart, aiming at promoting communication and collaboration between Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot youth in Cyprus, but also contributed to Development Education trainings and activities in the framework of the EU-funded project “Accessing Development Education” and “Youth Activism” project funded by the UNDP.
Biography
Nicolina is a holder of BA degree in Greek Philology (specialization in Classics) from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and an MA Degree in Cultural and Media Studies from University of the West of England, Bristol. Nicolina has worked as a teacher of Greek Language to migrant students in Nicosia. She is interested in many social issues and cultural politics of Cypriot society and ways of dealing with them through formal and informal education.
