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Cyprus [ΚϒΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ] [ΚIBRIS CUMHURIYETI ] Cyprus [ΚϒΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ] [ΚIBRIS CUMHURIYETI ] research partner centre PAN CYPRIAN VOLUNTEERISM COORDINATIVE COUNCIL Giovanna Roiatti Centro Servizi Volontariato Friuli Venezia Giulia Olivia Patsalidou Alexandra Kyriacou Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council [CONTACT] PAN CYPRIAN VOLUNTEERISM COORDINATIVE COUNCIL 9, Andrea Avraamides str. 3rd Floor, Apt. 301 2024 Nicosia - Cyprus P.O. Box 24649 1302 Nicosia - Cyprus tel. +357. 22 514786 fax +357. 22 514788 [email protected] www.volunteerism-cc.org.cy [info on page 220] 195 COUNTRYFACTSHEET index - country fact sheet n Public health system Cyprus Public health is provided by the Public Health Services and the n Population private health sector. The organisation and provision of public The population of Cyprus in the Government controlled area was health care is the responsibility of the central government through estimated at 789,300 at the end of 2007. Per district, the population the Ministry of Health. The Ministry has also the overall responsibil - was: 310,900 (Nicosia), 43,700 (Famagusta), 131,900 (Larnaca), ity for the formulation of health policy, co-ordination of the activities 226,700 (Limassol) and 76,100 (Paphos). A proportion of 69.9% of the public and the private health sectors, regulation of health resided in the urban areas of Cyprus and a 30.1% resided in rural areas. standards and enactment of health legislation. Soon, a National Glossary p. 199 2 Participation in public policy making 207 Health System will replace the existing system. n Area 3 Fiscal policies 208 n Level of education Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, with an 1 Definitions 199 4 Rolls and registers 208 20-24 years old who have completed area of 9,251 sq. km. 1.1 Volunteer 199 5 List of laws and regulations 209 secondary schooling 2007: 96.0% 1.2 Volunteering activity 199 n Population density - Lower secondary education: 10.3% 1.3 Voluntary organisation 199 131.6 per sq. km (the figure refers to the population density in - Upper secondary education: 59.2% 1.4 Volunteer support centre 199 Volunteers involving organisations 210 territories controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus). - Tertiary education: 26.6% 2 Volunteers on volunteering 25-64 years old who have completed n System of government (interviews) 200 1 Organisational forms 210 secondary schooling 2007: 72.1% Under the 1960 Constitution , Cyprus has a Presidential System of 2 Rules and functioning 213 - Upper secondary education: 38.9% Government. Executive power is exercised by the Council of Ministers 3 Relationship with public sector 213 - Tertiary education: 33.2% (appointed by the President), the Legislative authority is exercised by Historical overview 201 3.1 Overview 213 n Immigration rate 2007: 7,390 (net migration) the House of Representatives and the Judicial power is exercised by 3.2 From our point of view the Republic of Cyprus’ separate and independent judiciary. n Growth rate 1 Background, evolution (interviews and questionnaires) 214 Total fertility rate 200 7: 1.39% and distinctive traits 201 n European elections 6 European parliamentarians Crude Death rate 2007: 6.8% 2 Roots: before 1900 201 Data overview n Social security and welfare system Birth rate 2007:10.9% 3 The brief century: 1900 - 2000 202 216 The Social Insurance Scheme covers compulsorily all employed n Employment rate 4 Where we stand: 2001 - 2008 203 or self-employed persons. It is financed by contributions paid by the 15-64 years old 5 Volunteering now (interviews) 204 1 Research and statistics highlights 216 employers, the insured persons and the state. The Social Insurance (total - male - female) 2007: 73.9% - 82.9% - 65.4% 2 Economic and statistical indicators 217 Services of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance are respon - 55-59 years old 2.1 Types and range of not for profit Legal framework sible, among others, for the implementation of the government pol - (total - male - female) 2007: 67.4% - 82.9% - 52.8% 205 organisations 217 icy in the area of social insurance. The Social Welfare Services of the 60-64 years old 3 Of volunteers and organisations Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance are responsible for safe - (total - male - female) 2007: 45.6% - 64.7% - 27.7% 1 Overview of laws and regulations 205 (interviews) 218 1.1 Historical overview of the legal framework 205 guarding social cohesion, solidarity and social protection and are n Unemployment rate 1.2 Laws, regulations and provisions responsible for addressing the new social problems and challenges 15-64 years old in support of volunteering Representation of the Cypriot society and the welfare of the population in general. (total - male - female) 2007: 4% - 3.5% - 4.6% 196 and voluntary organisations 206 and coordination bodies 220 197 Glossary 1 Definitions V OLUNTEERING A CROSS E UROPE 1 Overview 220 1.1 Public initiatives and volunteering 1.1 Volunteer 2 Pan Cyprian Volunteerism infrastructure: state of the art Coordinative Council 220 problems and perspectives 249 “A person who offers, without any reward, financial or other, services or other means to individuals or groups or 1.2 Volunteerism Week 250 to the society at large, in order to address social or other needs”. (Source: Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative 2 On infrastructure for volunteering Council Law) Support bodies 222 (interviews and questionnaires) 250 2.1 Opinions on measures 1.2 Volunteering activity 1 Support measures (questionnaires) 222 and/or initiatives for support 2 Volunteer Support Centres to volunteering in Cyprus 250 (questionnaires) 222 Volunteering activity is defined under the term of “not for profit purpose” in Article 2 of the Pan Cyprian 2.2 Desired volunteering support 250 Volunteerism Coordinative Council Law. Not for profit purpose according to the law is “every voluntary action or act 3 European perspective which tends to alleviate or relieve human suffering, human poverty, illness or need and any physical, mental and psy - (interviews) 250 Focus on support bodies 223 chological malfunction, as well as any action which serves the welfare or the protection of children, teenagers, young (questionnaires) people, adults and older persons, any action which contributes to the prevention or addresses social problems or needs and generally any action which contributes to the improvement of the welfare of the people residing, perma - List of persons interviewed 252 Volunteer Centre of Nicosia 224 nently or temporarily, in the Republic of Cyprus.” (Source: Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council Law) Volunteer Centre of Limassol 229 Volunteer Centre of Larnaca 234 Bibliography Volunteer Centre of Paphos 239 253 1.3 Voluntary organisation Volunteer Centre of Famagusta 244 “Every organisation which is comprised by volunteers and its main or exclusive purpose is not for profit.” (Source: Internet resources 254 Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council Law) Development policies 249 1 Public incentives (questionnaires) 249 Country fact sheet sources 255 1.4 Volunteer support centre One of the objectives of the Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council, as stated in its law, is the establishment, 198 operation and administration of the Volunteer Centres. The Cyprus Volunteer Centre, founded in 1991, is the coordina - 199 cyprus overview tive and support centre for the promotion of volunteering in Cyprus. It 2 Volunteers on volunteering (interviews) functions under the responsibility of the District Volunteerism Coordinative Councils. The Volunteer Centres which function at all dis - Volunteering remains one of the most important tools that facil - tricts, coordinate, promote, support and facilitate voluntary service, vol - itate the effective utilisation of social capital in order to meet common untary projects and volunteering in general. The objectives of the goals: to promote social cohesion and solidarity, to build sustainable Cyprus Volunteer Centre include: identification of social problems and and healthy societies and to increase public awareness on issues of 1 Background, evolution and distinctive traits needs, matching of need and demand for voluntary service, registration common and public concern. In Cyprus, volunteering is structured on V OLUNTEERING A CROSS E UROPE of volunteers in the district Volunteer Record, training and support, sound bases and has reached very good levels in terms of effective - monitoring of the volunteer placements and initiation/implementation ness, organisational structure, etc. Cypriots are very sensitive and As in any other country, various forces have shaped the broader and specific policies in Cyprus. Socio-economic, of voluntary projects, etc. The work of the Cyprus Volunteer Centre is keen to engage in voluntary service in an effort to address social or cultural, religious political and other specific circumstances have shaped the organisational arrangements in the histo - also complemented by other volunteer support initiatives occurring at other issues. In general, the levels of volunteering are high in relation ry of Cyprus. The systematic and changing dominion of Cyprus by different historical rulers with completely diverse a smaller scale within the structures of the voluntary/NGO sector. to the island’s population number. socio-economic, cultural, political, etc. regimes makes it more difficult to link a particular form of development in the voluntary sector 1 to the policies and strategies of the respective governing rulers. An official independent welfare state, in the way
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