US and UNDP sign grant agreement for bi-communal cultural heritage education programme

A grant agreement for the implementation of an interactive shared cultural heritage education programme for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youth was signed on Wednesday by United States Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Chief of Mission in Cyprus Jakhongir Khaydarov, during an event held at the Home for Cooperation in Nicosia.

The event was also attended by representatives of the US Embassy, the European Commission, the UNDP, as well as the Bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage.

In her speech during the event, Garber said that the two-year, 100,000-dollar award to create an interactive platform to promote shared cultural heritage “is representative of the long-standing US support to UNDP in Cyprus, as well as the fantastic work of the Bicommunal Technical Committee,” noting that “the bea

Source: Cyprus News Agency