Cyprus Police in collaboration with the Center for Social Innovation (CSI), held in Nicosia, on
07/10/2024, a conference for the co-funded project “Dismantle: Improving the Police
Response to Discrimination, Racism and Intolerance”.
The duration of the project is two years and the partners are from Cyprus, Greece, Spain and
Germany. The project aims to provide targeted training for Police members in the following
areas: fundamental rights, understanding hate motivations, providing support to victims of
gender discrimination and the approach of vulnerable groups. The project is co-funded by the
EU program “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values” (CERV). (project no. 101145049)
During the conference, the methodology and the expected outcomes of the project were
presented. The outcomes mainly concern the creation of educational material, the creation
of an online training platform and the training of Police members. In addition to the above,
there were also presented the results of the research carried out as a task of the project and
which members of the Cyprus Police took part.
Representatives of Government Services, Non-Governmental Organizations and other bodies
such as the Office of the Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights
(Ombudsman), the Office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Mental Health Services,
Social Welfare Services, Fire Service, Department of Immigration, House of Representatives,
University of Cyprus, CYTA, International Organization for Migration, SPAVO, Hope for
Children, Cyprus Confederation of Organizations of the Disabled, Association of Rheumatic
Patients of Cyprus, Pan-Cypriot Organization for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, College of
Tourism, Reset Cy, Cyprus Computer Society, C. Palekythriti Law Office, DIKO and Wicz+
Foundation, attended the conference.
Click here for the Press Release of the DISMANTLE conference