Charalambos Solonos

Charalambos Solonos Period at FWC June 2011- present Field of Study Diplomacy, Politics and International Relations,Conflict Resolution, History Local Mentor Corina Drousiotou Involvement at FWC Strengthening Asylum for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Cyprus 3rd International SDDP Facilitators Training School Accessing Development Education From Local to Global

He was born in Nicosia in 1986. He joined Future Worlds Center in June 2011 as an Intern. He stayed there as an intern until the end of September and now he is an associate. He is an ambitious young man, a History-Archaeology graduate & a Diplomacy postgraduate with ten months experience as an administrative assistant and student advisor at Aristotle University, eight months experience as an Registration Officer at the Ministry of Finance of Cyprus and four months experience as an intern at the Future Worlds Center.

Education

University of Nottingham, September 2009 – September 2010

• Degree: M.A. Diplomacy
• Fields of study:Public International Law Evolution of Diplomacy Diplomacy: Theory and Practice Terrorism and Insurgencies Ethnic conflict and Conflict Resolution: Theories and Cases Europe and the Developing World
• Dissertation Topic: The EU and the Transformation of Border Conflicts: The case of Cyprus and the EU’s Impact on the Conflict. The dissertation argues that there is no direct causal effect of integration (or association) on border conflict transformation; such an effect, no matter how positive it is, is always mediated by local events and actors.

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2005 - 2009

• Degree: B.A. History and Archaeology
• Fields of study:Ancient Greece History, Modern Era and Modern History, History of Education, Greek Literature,Roman Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology,English Literature,Theory and Methodology in History Social Organisation, Folklore and Social Anthropology, Christian and Byzantine Archaeology.

Kykkos A’ Lyceum,(19/20) Nicosia, Cyprus, 2001 - 2004

• Degree:Secondary Education Certificate, Human and Social Sciences
• Fields of study: English Language and Literature, Modern Greek,Ancient Greek,History,Latin

Workshops - Seminars

• Training Course,Coach me if you can!, Youth Express Network, Youth in Action Programme, 20 - 26 November 2011, Vila da Marmeleira, Portugal
• Participated in the first transnational meeting of the Lifelong Learning Programme Leonardo Da Vinci project called ‘The Project Method as a creative model in VET (Vocational Education Training)’, which took place in Krakόw – Poland from 17th - 20th October 2011.
• Coordinated the international conference From Local to Global,Future Worlds Center from Cyprus in partnership with NGO Youth Career and Advising Center from Lithuania, from 24-26 September 2011 at Paphos Gardens Holiday Resort. This educational programme helped local communities on contributing to EU Global Policies. 20 students from Cyprus and 20 students from Lithuania engaged in debates and identified common youth problems but also solutions to these problems.
• Appeared in August 2011 at the Cyprus Broadcasting Cooperation (CyBC) radio programme speaking about the method of SDDP (Structured Dialogue Design Process) and about my experience at the 3rd International Summer School on Structured Dialogic Design.
• Appeared in July 2011 at the Cyprus Broadcasting Cooperation (CyBC) radio programme speaking for racism, immigration and reconciliation among Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots.
• Participated on Youthcamp 2011 in Ballerup, Denmark, 11-14 August 2011: the camp consisted of a series of workshops about democracy, international political cooperation, project development, youth participation in decision making processes and much more.
• Participated at the 3rd International Summer School on Structured Dialogic Design which was organised by Future Worlds Center in collaboration with the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, in Nicosia, Cyprus, 25-27 July, 2011. Learning objectives:

Reaching a mutual understanding and building consensus on the main challenges related to civil society organizations and local authorities involved in cooperation. Finding ways to improve the effectiveness of civil society organizations and local authorities involved in cooperation, to advance and strengthen partnerships and exploring ways to adapt EC modalities accordingly.

• Participated in RE: ACT! - Youth Leader Training 2011 (16-20 June 2011) offered by the NGO Cyprus Network for Youth Development (Future Worlds Centre, the Mediation Association and the Cyprus Environmental Studies Centre). The programme was in the framework of the project ‘Youth Activism’ which was funded by UNDP ‘Action for cooperation and Trust’ and explored topics such as teamwork, leadership and decision-making, conflict resolution and compassionate (non-violent) communication, thinking skills and problem-solving, environmental sustainability and event management and planning
• Participated in a seminar for the ‘Cyprus Issue’ organised by the ‘Tassos Papadopoulos’ Research Institute (2010)
• Participated in workshops and presentations at international institutions such as Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, NATO, European Parliament, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 26th – 30th April 2010 in Netherlands and Brussels