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Future Worlds Center. Registered as: Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute. Republic of Cyprus Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti. Cyprus – Facts and Figures. Official languages: Greek & Turkish Population: 801,851
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Future Worlds Center Registered as: Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute
Republic of Cyprus Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
Cyprus – Facts and Figures • Official languages: Greek & Turkish • Population: 801,851 • Ethnic groups: 77% Greek, 18% Turkish, 5% other (2001 est.) • First human activity 10,000 BC Ethnographic map of Cyprus prior inter-communal violence
Our Vision “Building inter-linked socio-techno-cultural worlds through science and dialogue”
Our Mission To explore and utilize the evolution of information and communication technologies to strengthen the process of peace-building and civic education, and to disseminate and promote the principles of Human Rights, Tolerance and Diversity.
Our Projects This entails that: • A scientific project must have social value in order to be approved for hosting under our • umbrella; • A social intervention project must have scientific grounding and methods in order to be • supported by our structures.
Our Mission FWC concentrates its efforts in three areas of action: • the role of new media and technology in bridging the educational, economic, political and other gaps in society by facilitating learning; • the promotion of development education; • engagement in humanitarian affairs by providing practical assistance to victims of torture, asylum seekers and refugees, as well as increasing public awareness of such issues.
MobLang Responsibilities • Overall Project Management & Coordination – WP1 • Monitoring & Evaluation – WP9 • Design and Development of Mobile Phone System with Luzia Research – WP3 • Coordination of User Trials – WP10 • Coordination of Dissemination & Development of Materials – WP6 & WP7 • Coordination of Exploitation – WP11 • Organization of local activities in cooperation with UCY • Communication with and Reporting to EC