Expression of Interest (EOI) - Young Journalists European Peer Learning Program

Action for Co-operation and Trust (ACT) is a UNDP initiative that seeks to promote a strengthened culture of co-operation and trust amongst all sectors of Cypriot society.

ACT wishes to identify organizations or consortiums interested in developing and implementing an off-island and on-island European Peer Learning Program for young Cypriot journalists.

The opportunities for journalists from both communities in Cyprus to interact and share ideas is increasing but can still be very limited. There is also scope to increase collaboration and information sharing with other European counterparts but currently there is no framework to support this.

A unique opportunity exists to expand the skills of young Cypriot journalists so that they would be able to apply their skills confidently and compete with their international counterparts. In particular there is a real need for young journalists to gain specialist knowledge on specific social themes, particularly in a European and international context.

The project will provide young Cypriot journalists (between the ages of 24-30 years) the opportunity to interact through a peer-learning experience. This will be preceded by an opportunity for several outstanding candidates to be exposed to an intensive peer learning course outside of Cyprus, within a European context. Upon returning to Cyprus, these young journalists will act as resource people for the development and implementation of an on-island professional development program for their peers.

The on-island peer learning will aim to introduce young journalists to broader journalistic themes which will build the skills sets of the participants, while simultaneously creating a practical inter-communal working and learning environment for Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots who  represent the future of Cypriot journalism/media. 

Interested organisations are hereby invited to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) by providing the following documents/information:

-          Organizational profile

-          Detailed description of relevant past experience in conducting training for journalists  

-          Reference list of major clients in the past three years

-          Demonstrable evidence of a capacity to work simultaneously with journalists in the Turkish Cypriot community and Greek Cypriot community in Cyprus.   

The Expression of Interest and accompanying documents must be received no later than 5.00pm on 23 March 2007 and forwarded via fax, email or post to the following: