USAID Partners Network at Event on Community-Based Action for Sustainable Development

Learning from those who have put the theory of community-based development into practice locally was the focus of a recent event organized by the USAID-funded Economic Development and Growth for Enterprises (EDGE) project. [Learn more]

Landmark U.S.-Funded Bicommunal Project Receives Europa Nostra 2011 Award

At the European Heritage Congress in Amsterdam in June 2011, European Commissioner for Education and Culture Androulla Vassiliou and Europa Nostra President Plácido Domingo presented the Europa Nostra Award for Research to the bicommunal Nicosia Master Plan team for its interdisciplinary study of the architectural heritage of the Buffer Zone in the walled city of divided Nicosia, Cyprus. [learn more]

Standing Room Only at ‘Sharing an Island’ Film Debuts

Audiences packed theatres in Limassol and Nicosia for the debut screenings of a new documentary film by young producer/director Danae Stylianou. Appropriately entitled "Sharing an Island", the film captures the experience of three Greek Cypriots and three Turkish Cypriots who meet for the first time, having agreed to share a house for five days. [learn more]