Archives: Projects & Research

Project duration: 36 months Project name: Creativity, Resilience, Environment, Sustainability: A Cultural Paradigm for a more resilient Art worldProject acronym: CoRES Project number: 101173579 Granting authority: European Education and Culture Executive Agency Project Summary With the motto ’Awareness leads to change’ at its core, the project aims to ‘drop a snowflake to create an avalanche’;…

Duration:60 months Project name: TErrestrial Resilience and RestorAtion Strategies for (semi) Arid and Fragile Ecosystems through a multiactor approachProject acronym: TERRASAFE Call: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-04Type of action: HORIZON Innovation ActionsGranting authority: European Research Executive Agency Topic of the initiative: TERRASAFE is a pioneering initiative envisaging to empower local communities in southern Europe and northern Africa to successfully face the escalating…

Duration: 18 months Project Title: RESisles: Resilient Euro-Mediterranean Islands: Democratic Participation for Informed and Responsible Decisions on Climate and the Environment Project number: 101146782Project name: Resilient Euro-Mediterranean Islands: Democratic Participation for Informed and Responsible Decisions on Climate and the EnvironmentProject acronym: RESIslesGranting authority: European Education and Culture Executive Agency Topic of the initiative: Euro-Mediterranean islands face economic and social challenges that are…

The main goal of the SeaTecHub project is to strengthen Croatian and Cyprus place-based innovation ecosystems and improve access to excellence for R&I actors by cross-border collaboration on a common strategy and alongside value adding chains within the area of eco-innovative technologies for healthy and productive seas, focusing on the sectors of Aquaculture and fisheries, Smart…

Microplastics are found everywhere, in the food we eat, the water we drink and according to the latest scientific research, are present even in human lungs. As a result, efforts to minimize their negative effect on the environment and our health are being intensified. AKTI implements this research project, which is the first of its…

Zero Waste HoReCa projects for Cyprus and Malta The initiative aims at addressing the much needed shift towards sustainability in the HoReCa (Hotels, Restaurants, Cafes) sector. The activities are structured around three major targets (1) energy saving practices and the reduction of CO2 emissions (2) water saving practices and (3) shift towards a sustainable supply chain…

The Green Enough Project aims to raise ecological behaviour of adults and adolescents with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities by creating an adapted educational program for professionals working with them on a daily basis. The developed educational program will combine traditional methodologies (e.g., on site visits, seminars) with an innovative Augmented Reality application. The participating professionals…

Μετά από πέντε χρόνια ακινησίας, η κινητή πειραματική μονάδα περιβαλλοντικής εκπαίδευσης «το Καραβάνι της  Τηγανοκίνησης» της ΑΚΤΗΣ βγαίνει και πάλι στους δρόμους της Κύπρου, στα σχολεία μας, προσφέροντας εργαστηριακές εμπειρίες πράσινης χημείας στους μαθητές όλης της Κύπρου. Η τελετή επανέναρξης της λειτουργίας του Καραβανιού πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 8 Δεκεμβρίου στην Πάφο σε συνεργασία με το Δήμο και…

Zero Waste Beach and Future projects Marine litter is an environmental, economic as well as human health problem with no simple solution. It poses a global, complex and multi-dimensional challenge with significant implications for the marine and coastal environment and human activities all over the world. Recovery and recycling of the most common marine litter…