The Council of Europe's Centre of Expertise on Good Governance, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Association of Municipalities and the Association of Communities, are organising tomorrow Tuesday, 17 January 2023 at 12pm. the launch event of the project "Providing Supportive Measures - Empowering Local Government Reform in Cyprus", at the "Theophilos Georgiades" Amphitheatre of the Press and Information Office, in Nicosia.
The project, whose implementation will last 30 months from January 2023 to June 2025, has a total budget of €840,000 and is included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Cyprus. The partners of the Council of Europe, under the voluntary contribution agreement signed with the Republic of Cyprus for this purpose, are the Ministry of Interior and the Associations of Municipalities and Communities.
The aim of the project is, inter alia, to provide training to elected officials and staff of Local Authorities and to empower them both for proper preparation before the transition to the new operational framework and during the first steps of the new Local Authorities that will emerge from the Local Government Reform.
The event will be attended by representatives of Local Authorities (Municipalities and Communities) and will be open to the media. Mr. Nikos Nouris, President of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities, Mr. Andreas Vyras and President of the Union of Communities, Mr. Andreas Kitromilides, while the representatives of the Council of Europe will provide information on the main axes of the project.
The event will be streamed live on the Press and Information Office's YouTube account at the following link https:/youtu.be/0ymXBsPmcgI (in Greek and/or Greek with interpretation).
For the event agenda see. here.
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