Cyprus-Nicosia: Support to civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Turkish Cypriot community through, inter alia, tailor-made assistance, training, capacity building and networking with Greek Cypriot and other European Union CSOs

The overall objective of the project of which this contract is a part is to strengthen the role of civil society in the Turkish Cypriot community as well as to promote EU values and the development of a conducive environment for the further development of trust, dialogue, co-operation and closer relationship between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities and for the integration of Turkish Cypriot civil society into the wider Union by facilitating links with EU-wide NGOs and NGO networks.

The purposes of this contract are as follows:

• to increase and improve the capacity and actions of Turkish Cypriot CSOs;
• to increase collaboration and improve joint actions between Greek and Turkish Cypriot NGO;
• to strengthen CSOs role and civic engagement in the Turkish Cypriot community (TCc);
• to foster cooperation, support and exchange of best practices between TC CSOs and CSOs of the European Union as well as with EU-wide NGOs and NGOs networks.