Created in 2016, CCIF Cyprus supports education and research for social inclusion of all citizens, including youth with fewer opportunities, disabilities and immigrants. Our purpose is to provide an enabling space to people from inauspicious environments and equip them with necessary digital skills to access today’s labour market, while increasing their chances at an equal treatment. At CCIF Cyprus, we try to fuel the dialogue between local communities to address the different fears many have, as we deem it a necessary step to build an inclusive and peaceful society. We have made it our goal to help communities understand that despite the difference in the manifested speech one might hold, the underlying values and feelings are not only equally valid, but also very often the same, in an attempt to connect groups with – and help them relate to – each other.
We are heavily involved in the integration process of immigrants in Pafos, offering them several times a week Greek, English, computer literacy classes, as well as drama classes and sport, so that they can develop their skills and capacity of expression. CCIF Cyprus helped immigrants and refugees learn languages to be better positioned not only to find work, but also to better communicate with their Cypriot counterparts for which sometimes different or foreign can seem rather threatening.
Advisor and Operational Manager at the Delegation of the European Union to Brazil. Master in Environmental Planning and Management and Ph.D. in Geography and Environment.
Programmes Manager, Team Leader, Trainer, and Consultant with extensive regional experience in programme management, community mobilisation, grants and budget management, proposal writing, professional training, advocacy, PMEAL, strategic planning, and capacity building in civil society development.
Thematic Areas: Social and Economic Development, Civic Engagement, Child Protection, Social Innovation, Employability, Entrepreneurial Learning, Human Rights Education, MHPSS, Local Governance, Alternative to Violence, Social Inclusion and Intercultural Education.
Managed community, social development, and humanitarian interventions with international & national organisations for 16 years.
Working on designing programmes in development, capacity-building, humanitarian, emergency relief interventions and associated training, social, and educational schemes with/for organizations working with local partner organizations, young people, women, children, PWD, decision-makers, and community actors groups.
Experienced trainer and evaluator with facilitation and communication skills in diverse contexts with the practice of collaborating with Civil Society Organisations. Developing learning competencies and capacities based on scientific educational frameworks, including guidance and practical training materials, Assignments and facilitation workshops were delivered in the past years for organizations in countries such as Turkey, Cyprus, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Palestine, and others.
Fabio Nascimbeni works as Human Capital Development Expert at the European Training Foundation (ETF), where he mainly focuses on digitalisation and learning innovation activities. A Senior Fellow of the European Distance and eLearning Network (EDEN), Fabio has collaborated with different universities and with international institutions such as the European Commission, ILO and UNICEF. He has been active in the field of learning innovation and digital education since 1998, by designing and coordinating more than 40 research and innovation projects across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the South Mediterranean and South East Asia.
