The Research Center - Intercollege
An independent
non-profit-making institution associated with Intercollege, the Research Center - Intercollege,
set up in 1993, has established itself as a pioneering and
innovative think-tank through the quality of its work and its contribution to Cyprus and the
broader area. It has acquired an excellent
reputation for the studies it conducts on economic, political, social and
environmental issues, the organization of symposia, seminars, round-table
discussions and international conferences and the publication of books, conference
proceedings, policy papers, research reports and the scholarly journal The Cyprus Review. Cyprus, the European
Union, security and cooperation in the Eastern
Mediterranean and developments in the wider region are in the
forefront of the Center’s work.
Specifically, its existence performs the purpose of
servicing the public good through activities and contributions that widely
inform and constructively impact the decision-making processes both at home and
overseas where Cyprus is a concern. Additionally,
it serves a secondary purpose of raising public awareness and the level of
public debate for greater effective participation in the democratic process.
The Center also maintains strong links with academic
and research institutions in other countries. It also collaborates with
Intercollege for the coordination of the BA and MA Programs in European Studies
and International Relations.
The Center carries
out its activities through its five Units:
- Unit of Economic, Social and Political Studies and
Research
- Unit of European and International Studies and Research
- Unit of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies and Research
- Unit of Environmental Studies and Research
- Unit of Strategic Studies and Research
SURVEYS AND STUDIES:
·
Research Program entitled "Crime
Repression Costs in Context", 044351 (CIS8), funded by the
European Commission (6th Framework Programme),
2006-2009.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
Research Program entitled "The Mediterranean 'Brain
Drain'", ALF/2006CFP2/C/27, funded by the Anna Lindh
Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between
Cultures, 2006-2007.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
Research Program entitled "Prevent-Action",
JLS/2006/AGIS/195, funded by the European Commission (DG Freedom, Security and
Justice), 2006-2007.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
Research Program entitled “Economic and Social Consequences and
Implications of the Partial Lifting of Restrictions”, funded partially by the Cyprus Research
Promotion Foundation, ΠΕΝΕΚ, ΕΝΤΑΞ/0505/09 2006-2007.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
Research Program entitled “Coordination and Formulation of EU Policy in a Federal
Cyprus”, ΑΠΟΝΕ/0504, funded by the Research
Promotion Foundation in Cyprus, 2005-2006.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
Coordination
of the European project Leonardo da Vinci “Promoting Urban Sustainable Development in
Local Authorities”, 2006-2008.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
Coordination of the EU
Program Prince “Raising Green Awareness
Creating Active Citizens” 2005-2006.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Coordination
of the UNDP project “Establishment of
island-wide waterbird surveillance programme for
rapid detection of potential avian influenza outbreak”, 2007-2009.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Coordination
of the UNDP project “Setting the foundations of a Pan-Cyprian Network of nature
conservation organizations”, 2007-2009.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Intergovernmental
project between Greece – Cyprus, funded by the Research Promotion
Foundation entitled "e-HERITAGE:
Digital application of the commercial exploitation of the geo-cultural
resources of Greece
and Cyprus”. The UES participates as a scientific
consultant of the Cyprus Union of Communities.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Project
funded by the EU, entitled “Establishing
a Media Observatory for Strengthening the Civil Protection in the Central and Southeastern
Mediterranean
Basin”, INTERREG III, B Archimed.
The UES participates as a scientific consultant of the Municipality of Latsia.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Project
funded by the EU, entitled “Mediterranean
Risk Management”, INTERREG III, B Archimed. The
UES participates as a scientific consultant of the Cyprus Union of Communities.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Coordination of the
Leonardo da Vinci Project “Educational Kit for Young Farmers in Candidate Countries (YOUTH-FARM)”,
CY/03/B/PP-167315, 2003-2005.
[Unit of
Environmental Studies]
·
Participation
in the study “EDIPED
– The Development of a European Digital Portfolio for the Evaluation of Educators”, Comenius 2.1, Socrates, October 2002 – October 2005.
[Unit of Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]
·
“Employability of Disabled People”.
A project aimed at increasing the employability of disabled people at a
professional level by multiplying a vocational training package, developed
under a previous Leonardo da Vinci pilot project, for
two new countries, Bulgaria and Cyprus, December 1999 – May 2001.
[Unit of
Economic Social and Political Studies and Research]