Welcome to "Navigating Waters," where we explore the vital intersection of policy and cooperation in addressing Mediterranean water challenges. In this episode, we focus on two key policy briefs: "From Crisis to Cooperation: Addressing Mediterranean Water Governance Through Coordinated Action" and "Key Water Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Call for Regional Cooperation." The Mediterranean region is grappling with a water crisis that underscores the need for effective governance....

Emine Eminel Sülün delves into the political dynamics surrounding crucial Eastern Mediterranean interconnector projects. It highlights the importance of initiatives like the EuroAsia and EuroAfrica Interconnector in ensuring a secure and sustainable electricity supply for the region. These projects are particularly addressing the isolation of Cyprus' and Israel's electricity grids. While they serve energy security purposes, the paper suggests that these interconnectors should be part of a...

Emine Eminel Sülün shares an overview of the current state of grid integration throughout the Mediterranean area, examines several proposed interconnectivity projects, and concludes by proposing guidelines to enhance interconnectivity. The current state of interconnectivity and the future projects are reviewed within the broader vision of an interconnected Mediterranean power system that would foster a low-carbon regional energy framework in the future. Despite the absence of a shared vision...

In this edition of the "FES Cyprus Podcast - Beyond the Divide," Professor Hubert Faustmann, the director of the office, is joined by Professor Ahmet Sözen from Diplomeds and Laury Haytayan, the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Natural Resource Governance Institute. They delve into a discussion regarding the exploration of natural gas reserves in Cyprus, which has opened up new opportunities for cooperation in the conflict. Sözen proposes fresh perspectives and...

In this episode of “FES Cyprus Podcast – Beyond the Divide”, the director of the office, Prof. Hubert Faustmann hosts Vasiliki Triga, Assoc. Prof. of the Department of Communication and Internet Studies at the Cyprus University of Technology. They analyse Presidential Elections in the Republic of Cyprus in February 2023. The conversation also touches upon the main topics of the campaign such as corruption, inflation, immigration, gender equality and the Cyprus Problem.

In this tenth episode, Hrishabh Sandilya who leads Project Phoenix on the ground in Cyprus, speaks to Hubert Faustmann about what happened in migration in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean in 2021, how the migration issue and the Cyprus problem are increasingly intertwined, the sustained impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what to expect in 2022. This podcast is a collaboration between FES Cyprus and Project Phoenix, a migrant-led European NGO and social enterprise dedicated to systemic...

In this ninth episode we speak to Michael Goecken from Project Phoenix, about the work the organisation does to help refugee fellows become entrepreneurs. We also speak to Sylvia Chumunu, a Phoenix fellow from Cameroon, who recently started an African shop in Nicosia's old town with the help of Project Phoenix. This podcast is a collaboration between FES Cyprus and Project Phoenix, a migrant-led European NGO and social enterprise dedicated to systemic change of the inclusion ecosystem....

Migration 2.0 Podcast—Episode 8: In this eighth episode, we speak to the inspirational Katerina Stephanou. Katerina is the CEO and Founder of Step Up Stop Slavery, a non-profit organization based in Cyprus, that is committed to disrupting the human trafficking business model through disruptive education programmes for schools and corporations. This podcast is a collaboration between FES Cyprus and Project Phoenix, a migrant-led European NGO and social enterprise dedicated to systemic change...

Migration 2.0 Podcast - Episode 7: In this episode, Hrishabh Sandilya speaks to Nicos Trimikliniotis who is Professor of Sociology, Social Sciences and Law, at the University of Nicosia and a leading academic who focuses on migration and human rights in Cyprus. Nicos is also the author of a forthcoming FES report (together with Corina Demetriou) - Cyprus: Αsylum And Migration in the Age of the Covid-19 Pandemic, which is the subject of this episode. This podcast is a collaboration between...

Migration 2.0 Podcast - Episode 5: In this episode, Sarah Morsheimer and Hrishabh Sandilya speak with Emmanuel Achiri, Co-Founder of Voices of International Students (VOIS), a student NGO, in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). Originally from Cameroon, Emmanuel has been in Cyprus for seven years and is a PhD candidate at Eastern Mediterranean University in Famagusta as well as a co-founder of the Stop the War in Cameroon Coalition, a think-tank for young researchers...

Migration 2.0 Podcast - Episode 6: In the sixth episode, Hubert Faustmann and Hrishabh Sandilya discuss the migration situation on Europe's borders with journalist Andrew Connelly. They talk about the potential impact any further movement of migrants from Afghanistan and Lebanon could have on the EU, Andrew’s presence on the Belarussian border and his past experiences in Cyprus and Greece. Andrew Connelly is one of Europe's leading media voices on migration and has reported extensively on...

"In Episode 4, Holly McCamant delves not only into refugee and migrant integration in Cyprus, but also in Germany and European society. She is joined by Živka Deleva, Elizabeth Kassinis, and Qais Hatefi, all who have experience working with asylum seekers and refugees in Germany and Cyprus. They discuss how refugees are impacted by decisions made on a governmental level, but also how societal perception and the media shapes their experience.

Sertac Sonan, one of the authors of the FES-Report on the social and political impact of austerity policies in north Cyprus, discusses the main findings of the report with Hubert Faustmann, the director of the FES office in Nicosia.

This podcast is a collaboration between the FES Cyprus Office and Project Phoenix, a European NGO based in Cyprus that works towards systems change and migrant inclusion. Migration 2.0 will explore issues related to migration through multiple lenses. By amplifying migrant voices and shedding light on migration issues, we hope to promote inclusion, highlight the diversity of migrant experiences, and humanize migrants by including and centralizing their voices in the discourse. In Episode 3,...

Sertac Sonan, one of the authors of the FES-Report on the social and political impact of austerity policies in north Cyprus, discusses the main findings of the report with Hubert Faustmann, the director of the FES office in Nicosia.

In this second episode, Hubert Faustmann and Hrishabh Sandilya discuss the outcomes of a survey that looks to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on international students in the North. They are joined by Samuel Akoni, who is the Research Director for VOIS (an international student representative body in the North), a partner organisation that executed the survey. They discuss the results of the survey and you will have the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts from international students...

It is an unusual and difficult situation to be young in a country that has been divided politically for more than 55 years, and physically for more than 45 years. Ever since the referendum regarding the “Annan Plan” and the contrasting voting behaviour of the Cypriot youth on both sides of the divide, the perception of the Cypriot youth moved to the centre of research interest. On the basis of the report by Cihan Dizdaroğlu, assistant professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social...

Last summer Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots opened up the ghost town of Varosha, a suburb of Famagusta, fenced off and uninhabited since the bloody division of the island in 1974. In this podcast, Mete Hatay, senior researcher at the PRIO Cyprus Center, provides interesting background information to the ghost town and discusses the political implications of the opening as well as ways forward.

In this podcast, Hubert Faustmann, Director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Cyprus and the authors of the report entitled ‘Politics and Society in north Cyprus: A Survey Study’, Sertac Sonan, Ebru Küçükşener and Enis Porat, discuss the report’s main findings and recommendations.

This podcast focuses on a FES-report about hate speech prevalent in public discourses circulating on the internet, e.g. social media users’ offensive comments under news articles, in both Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities of Cyprus. We talk with the three authors of the report about traditional stereotypes used in daily language as well as discourses exhibited by media outlets in their representations of political events. We also discuss the responses by authorities and civil society to...

In this podcast, Hubert Faustmann, Director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Cyprus and Sertac Sonan, one of the co-authors of the Corruption Perceptions in North Cyprus: 2019 Report, discuss this year’s report’s findings and recommendations as well as the background of the collaboration between the authors and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Cyprus, which has started in 2016. The 2019 report is the third product of this collaboration, and the 2020 report is already in the pipeline.

This podcast is a collaboration between the FES Cyprus Office and Project Phoenix, a European NGO based in Cyprus that works towards systems change and migrant inclusion. Migration 2.0 will explore issues related to migration through multiple lenses. By amplifying migrant voices and shedding light on migration issues, we hope to promote inclusion, highlight the diversity of migrant experiences, and humanize migrants by including and centralizing their voices in the discourse. In this first...

In this podcast Hubert Faustmann, Director of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Cyprus and Thorsten Kruse, research associate at the Cyprus Institute Münster, discuss the treatment of religious heritage in general but mainly in Cyprus where another factor is the ethnic segregation that has persisted since 1974. Thorsten Kruse, an expert in the field of religious heritage, especially in Cyprus, exemplifies the condition and the handling of religious sites like churches, mosques and cemeteries on...