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Welcome to Cyprus!
LARNACA DISTRICT
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Formation and History
 The establishment of Larnaca District Development Agency
(ANETEL) was an initiative from the Union of Communities of
Larnaca.
 After years of involvement in European affairs and European
programs, the Board of Director of the Union of Communities of
Larnaca, with the strong support of the Municipalities of Larnaca
and others institutions, felt that it was necessary to establish a
flexible mechanism.
 This mechanism would make possible the involvement of local
authorities of Larnaca District into the procedures that pertaining
the development in the European Union and particularly in
absorbing European funds for realizing the vision of each
community and municipality of the area.
Formation and History
 The Larnaca District Development Agency was established
according to the standards of development structures and
mechanisms operating in the European Union.
 ANETEL’s activities are focused mainly in Larnaca District.
 ANETEL is governed by the Law of Companies. It is a non-profit
organization and has been accredited as a public equivalent
government body.
Formation and History
 ANETEL was founded on the 16 October 2003 and its stakeholders
are the 6 Municipalities and 42/45 of Larnaca Distict, the Larnaca
Chamber of Commerce, the Larnaca Rural Women's Association,
the Co-operative Bank of Rural Development and VasililouPentashinos and the Cyprus Association of Professional Fishermen.
 From the 1/1/2012 we expand to Famagusta District by the
inclusion of Municipalities and Communities of the free District of
Famagusta to our stakeholders (Municipalities of Agia Napa,
Paralimni and Community of Liopetri).
 Environmental Information Centre of Larnaca Mountainous Area:
The main objective of the Center is to educate and inform the
visitors about the important elements that comprise Larnaka’s
mountainous area, as regards to the natural environment and the
major cultural elements and to increase the awareness on the
protection of the environment
Goals and Objectives
 Larnaca District Development Agency was founded by the local
government for the local government.
 The main objective of the agency is to provide support services to
its stakeholders for making use of European resources and
participate in European programs in order to implement the goals
and visions of its stakeholders.
The objectives of the company meet the following requirements:
 Giving information and learning about matters of the EU
 Support to the Local Self-Government Organizations in their
development role and planning.
 Development planning of the broader area of Larnaca
Goals and Objectives
 Exploitation of the available National and Communal funds,
through the participation and management of different
programs
 Technical support to the public and the authorities of the area,
in the fields of education and preparation, improving the quality
of life and generally the social-economic development.
 Undertaking initiatives in subjects of protection of the
environment, preservation of the cultural inheritance and
development of its internal cohesion.
 Development of the relations between the Local SelfGovernment of Cyprus and the Member-states of the European
Union, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Balkan
Countries.
Goals and Objectives
 Promotion of the possible collaboration of the Local SelfGovernment with the Public and Semi-Public authorities and the
Private sector, trying for the collaboration and the difference of
each member.
 Management and Implementation of E.U. Programmes
Structure and Staff
ANETEL has the following working teams:
 European Projects Team,
 Services Team,
 Leader Team,
 Co-funded Programs Team
 Environmental Education Center of Larnaca
 Accounting Department
ANETEL employs scientific personnel that have the appropriate
expertise and experience to accomplish the difficult task of the
agency. An important feature of the company's employees is the team
spirit. Also, essential is the fact that the staff has different specialties
in different sectors (economists, agriculturist, rural development
experts, agro-economist, etc) and they can provide a different and
wide range of services.
University of Cyprus
 Established in 1989. Despite being a fairly new University, it is
recognized as a centre of excellence in the Mediterranean region.
 Research is promoted and funded in all departments at both local
and international level.
 Currently more than 300 research projects funded by EU.
 Successful proposals under FP5, FP6, FP7, INCO, COST, Interreg, MEDA, etc.
University of Cyprus
 Dept. Of Computer Science: Among the first departments to assume
operation. In 2003: Moved to the new campus.
 Academic Staff (20+) and 13 active Research Laboratories in areas
such as software engineering and internet technologies, artificial
intelligence, data management, etc.
 In just the last 6 years, it was involved in more than 130 research
projects funded from both the European Union and the Cyprus
Research Promotion Foundation with total funding of over 13
million euros.
University of Cyprus
University of Cyprus-Aims and Objectives
• To become a leading educational and research institution that will
distinguish itself internationally through the promotion of
scholarship and education through teaching and research.
• To be recognized as a centre of excellence in the Mediterranean
region.
• To enhance the cultural, social and economic development of
Cyprus.
• The University sets high standards for all branches of scholarship.
• Research is promoted and funded in all departments for its
contribution to scholarship in general and for its local and
international applications.
The Republic of Cyprus
 The third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and
Sardinia).
 Population: 838,897 (2011 Census)
 Area: 9,251 sq km (3,355 sq km are in the occupied area).
Cyprus is located in the northeast
corner of the Mediterranean.
Is the crossroads of Europe, Asia
and Africa.
The Republic of Cyprus
 Cyprus has an open, free-market, serviced based economy with
some light manufacturing.
 The services sector is the fastest growing area and accounted for
about 80,5% of GDP in 2011.
 The secondary sector (manufacturing) accounted for around 17,1%
of GDP in 2011.
 The primary sector (agriculture and fishing) is continuously
shrinking and only reached 2,4% of GDP in 2011.
 The private sector is dominated by small and medium-sized
enterprises.
The Cyprus Innovation Policy
 The accession to the EU and the Lisbon Agenda were the driving
force behind the design and implementation of the Cyprus research
and innovation policy.
 The territory of the island is one single region, hence innovation
policies are designed nationally and implemented by the central
administration. Beneficiaries are spread all over the country.
 Two organizations are the main beneficiaries:
Research Promotion Foundation: it promotes the development of
scientific and technological research in Cyprus.
Ministry for Commerce, Industry and Tourism: it promotes
entrepreneurship and competitive investments.
The Cyprus Innovation Policy
 The EU sponsored “Regional Innovation Strategy in Cyprus” (RISK)
in 2006 and that was the first features of the national innovation
system, which were refined and reinforced in the first National
Reform Programme (NRP) 2005-2008.
 RTDI is among the key priorities of the National Strategic
Development Plan (NSDP) 2007-2013 which among others gives
guidelines for R&D and innovation policy.
 The (NSDP) 2007-2013 includes actions and schemes proposed for
co-funding by the Structural Funds and national interventions.
The Cyprus Innovation Policy
 The NSDP defines the following strategic objectives for innovation:
 Stimulating the business sector’s internal capability to develop
innovation-related activities
• Bridging the gap between
academic/research communities
the
business
and
the
• Developing funding mechanisms for innovative activities
• Developing an innovation culture and raising public awareness
for R&D.
The Cyprus Innovation Policy
 To meet these objectives, the government introduced a set of
measures grouped under four main policy priority:
• Creating Innovation Poles and Business Incubators
• Providing Innovation Support Services
• Improving Access of Businesses to Financial Resources
• Creating an Innovation Culture
The Cyprus Innovation Policy
 The innovation-related objectives and priorities set by the NSDP
2007-2013 are specified by the Operational Programme
“Sustainable Development and Competitiveness 2007- 2013 cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and
the Cohesion Fund.
 Promotion of the knowledge, society and innovation and
improvement of the business environment is one of the three
general objectives of the programme.
Operational Programme “Sustainable Development and
Competitiveness” - Structure
Operational Programme “Sustainable Development and
Competitiveness” - AXIS
Priority Axis “A Knowledge Society and Innovation”
Specific Objectives
Priority Axis “A Knowledge Society and Innovation”
Areas of Intervention
Priority Axis “A Knowledge Society and Innovation”
Categories of Beneficieries
The Cyprus Innovation Policy Limitations
 RTDI funding increased and absorption is satisfactory; however,
evidence on performance is limited and inconclusive.
 National evaluations are practically absent and the
recommendations of the EU funded Strategic Evaluation have only
partly been followed.
 There is little evidence concerning the performance of the
measures funded: In Cyprus there is no evaluation culture and
programmes are not evaluated.
Let‘s innovate the
innovation funding