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Commissioner Cretu welcomes the Chambers’ efforts and assures them of the
Commission’s support
Corina Cretu, EU Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy, met Mr Fikri
Toros, President of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce and Mr Phidias
Pilides, President of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brussels, on
16 September 2015. In the
press statement
made following the meeting, Cretu thanked the two Chambers “for their active
involvement in achieving a Cyprus settlement through economic activities”and
assured them of the Commission’s support to the Chambers’ efforts. Cretu also
emphasized the importance of economics as a driver of peace and the essentiality
of the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community for the
reunification of Cyprus.
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Startups
4 Peace
Organized by the Finnish Embassy in Nicosia, in cooperation with the Turkish
Cypriot of Chamber of Commerce and Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the
endorsement of Nicosia Economic Forum,
the
Startups 4 Peace
competition took place on 27 October, 2015 at the Home for Cooperation
located in the buffer zone of Nicosia. The competition which aimed to encourage the
innovative business ideas with island wide perspective, drew a lot of attention
from young and innovative Cypriots from both communities in Cyprus.
During the "Grand Finale" 7 bicommunal teams pitched their
ideas in front of a jury and three groups were selected as the winners. The
winners, CiRe News, ReserveEat and ZoomCyprus
now
has the opportunity to participate at the Helsinki
"Slush"
summit that will bring hundreds of entrepreneurs together in November.
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Fresh water starts to flow from Turkey to North Cyprus upon the completion of
the vast undersea pipeline project
The 107 kilometers pipeline transferring water from the Alaköprü Dam on the
Anamur-Dragon Creek in Turkey to the Geçitköy Dam in North Cyprus is inaugurated
on 8 October 2015. The project which has cost nearly 480 million Euros, aims to
meet the Turkish Cypriot Community’s irrigation and drinking water needs for a
timespan of 50 years, supplying around 75 million cubic meters of water annually.
Of the 75 million m³ fresh water, 37.76 million m³ (50.3%) is destined to be used
for drinking purposes and the remaining part (49.7%) to be allocated for
irrigation. The project is expected to more than double the agricultural
production and contribute to the development of the Turkish Cypriot economy.
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KTTO
participated in the Eurochambres Economic Forum held in Luxembourg
KTTO participated in the second edition of the EUROCHAMBRES Economic
Forum which is held during 15-16 October 2015 at the Luxembourg Chamber of
Commerce. The event which is the biggest networking and benchmarking platform
for the European national, regional and local chambers offered an excellent
opportunity for participants to join the debate on the implications of the
socio-economic trends on Chambers.
Innovative Chamber activities and services, reshaping the Chamber
Business Model and new Chamber Management skills were among the thematic issues
discussed at the Forum. On the second day of the Forum, there were also special
breakthrough sessions on SME internationalisation and financing.
For more information on the Forum:
http://www.eurochambres-
economic-forum.eu/
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EPC Policy Dialogue on Cyprus -The search for a solution: Are we nearly
there?
On October 21, 2015, the European Policy Centre organized a policy dialogue
on Cyprus entitled “Cyprus- The search for a solution: Are we nearly there?”
At the policy dialogue moderated by EPC Senior Policy Analyst
Amanda Paul, the four experts- Mustafa Erk, Board Member of the Turkish Cypriot
Chamber of Commerce, Costa Constanti, Cyprus Academic Dialogue, Richard Howitt,
Member of the European Parliament and James Ker Lindsay, Senior Research Fellow
on the Politics of South East Europe, London School of Economics, gave their
perspectives on how they see the current round of negotiations on the island, the
main challenges and scenarios for the future. The event was attended by the
officials from the EU institutions, representatives of NGOs and the media. For
more information on the event please click
here
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