Nicosia Urban Creative NGO – Potential Project Partner

[Anonymous]

Urban Gorillas is an NGO based in Nicosia, Cyprus that is run by a multi-disciplinary team of urban enthusiasts who envision healthy and socially inclusive cities. We came together in 2013 to create projects and actions that bring new energy and inspire change in city spaces.

Our Mission: Activating urban spaces and transforming them into lively and creative hubs that encourage sustainable living and citizen participation.

Our Vision: Creative, healthy, sustainable and socially inclusive cities.

Formed out of the need to develop the use of public space in our local context, Urban Gorillas have so far, among other smaller scale initiatives, successfully run an 18-month project with funding from the EEA Grants / Norway Grants. The project included the organisation of specialised workshops, designing and building site-specific temporary structures, running an open call and hosting a series of artistic and cultural events in public spaces in cities throughout Cyprus. Please visit our website for more details about the project and activities we have realised to date: http://www.urbangorillas.org.

With our experienced team, vision and diverse network throughout Cyprus and internationally, these are some of the areas of expertise our organisation can contribute to a partnership project under:
– proven ability to run a grant project from conceptualisation through to full implementation, including all aspects of project coordination, project management, design and production of creative collateral, communications and dissemination
– successful organisation of workshops and lectures with internationally invited specialists in their fields; curation of exhibitions and larger scale events with multiple participants, including interventions and installations in public spaces throughout Nicosia and Cyprus
– development and creation of research study and dissemination of results through local and international conferences and publications
– Cyprus-wide and international network
– unique perspective and experience from a divided capital of an island nation in the Mediterranean with European and Middle Eastern influences, as well as working in a divided city where rich cultural heritage meets a modern urban landscape

Additionally we have recently launched a custom-designed and developed interactive online platform via our website that offers the opportunity to explore its use and application in any city, country or region, for example for mapping, surveys and public dialogue on a given topic or geographic location.

Possible areas and means of collaboration could include but are not limited to:
– urban regeneration and use of public space through participatory (bottom-up) initiatives that engage the community
– contributing to multicultural and intercultural dialogue through creative and artistic initiatives
– activating ‘dead’ spaces in the city and empowering city dwellers to reclaim and question issues around the use of public space
– artistic and cultural projects and production realised through sharing of ideas, perspectives, exchange, learning and collaboration
– exploring themes of space, ‘place and non-place’, memory, layers of memory and history, multi-perspective views of spaces and objects and our associations with them
– contributing to sustainable lifestyles including greener urban living and smart cities and exploring innovative concepts and means
– exploring and expanding the role of art and the artist in urban areas while pushing the boundaries on creativity and innovation in our present lives and needs as urban dwellers
– developing, organising and / or hosting events, workshops, training sessions, round-tables, conferences around given themes and topics

We welcome proposals for collaboration and look forward to hearing from you.

Contact us:
http://www.urbangorillas.org
https://www.facebook.com/Urban.Gorillas.ngo
communications.urban.gorillas@gmail.com

[CLANDParticipant]

Dear Madame/Sir,

CLAND, Digital and Audiovisual Cluster in Andalusia, Spain, would like to be a partner for your project proposal.
We are a business Cluster in the southern region of Spain, Andalucía, and we have plenty of experience in EU and National funded projects.
We are made up of a group of companies. Our main objective is to foster cooperation between different entities in order to create innovative projects and develop new business models surrounding the digital contents industry sector.

Furthermore, we are in contact with many local authorities, businesses and public bodies.

Could you please send us more information about the proposal and the project in general?

I look forward to hearing from you,

Yours faithfully,

Denisa Zapratan

[Claudia]

Dear Denisa,

Thank you for your message. Could you send me your email so that we can contact you?

Best regards from Nicosia,

Claudia

[Denisa]

Dear Claudia, thank you for your reply, please contact me at: denisa@cland.es or info@cland.es, thank you, I look forward to hearing from you,

Best Wishes,

Denisa

[TENDER CONSULTING]

Hallo,
we are very interesting to support your proposal as partner.
Tender is a private company located in Italy and it operates through its office in Rome.
The company operates in specific sectors oh the market, characterized by a high rate of innovation and change, in favour of clients, enterprise both manufacturing and service,and institutions (public and universities), supporting the needs of innovation solutions and technology transfer.In particular Tender support the client to be more competitive and better organised in the market. Tender offers consulting in the field of finance and project management and also activity of marketing and sector analysys to discover new partner or business opportunities for the clients At the same time Tender assists the client for the promotion, developing personalized planning to a correct positioning of company’s investment and objectives.Despite Tender was made a few years ago (2011), but its CEO features a 15 years in the field of directional strategic consultancy, has already managed a good position in the market of financing services and marketing search in particular to promotes and encourage the start-up company and spin-off technological laboratory through the collaboration between university and enterpreneurs. Thanks to a large network, the result of collaborations and partnerships at the highest level in Europe, Tender is able of tracking experience and/or established and effective tools for business,facilitating and reducing time- to- market innovation.
If you are interesting at our profile, please contact us
info@tenderconsulting.net

[José António Falcão]

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to indicate our interest to study the possibility of becoming a Portuguese partner of your consortium.
Established 1984, the “Departamento do Património Histórico e Artístico da Diocese de Beja” [DPHA] (Department of Historical and Artistic heritage, Catholic Diocesis of Beja) is a pioneer ONG, operating with national, regional and local authorities, in safeguarding the religious heritage. In particular, it is in charge of the cultural heritage of the Beja region, in the South of Portugal, between the Atlantic ocean and the Spanish border. The Diocese of Beja keeps over 200.000 inventoried works of art in churches, monasteries, convents and museums and over 500 buildings.
Among the many areas of work of his team, 12 professional and 214 volunteers, are: inventory of religious cultural goods; ensuring equity for communities and social inclusion; creation of a core of technical advice; churches restoration and re-opening; support for cultural itineraries.
The experience of Beja is particularly relevant in inventories, conservation, publications and development of local communities. The DPHA chose to enlarge its range of activities on heritage and biodiversity in order to involve a wider public. In addition, organizes since 2003 the Festival Terras sem Sombra (FTSS), which aims to become accessible the monuments of Alentejo. This is due to a partnership between the DPHA as well the “dynamic forces” of Alentejo.
The FTSS has an itinerant character and focuses its action on the developing of new audiences and the connection to local communities. Its high international level of the programme is composed by, beyond concerts, master classes, conferences, guides tours and some pedagogic artistic actions. The dialog between the past and the contemporary creation, as well as the opening to young composers and interpreters, the order for works, the intersections among the arts, the rescue of the musicological heritage, are, together, structural elements of the project.
This is the background in which the FTSS shows the relevance of the environmental and cultural value of this territory, presenting one of the best index of preservation in Europe. Each concert is accompanied by a volunteering pilot-action in order to save its biodiversity. The principles of inclusion and sustainability are an integral part of the rules of the FTSS. The concerts and other activities provide open access within the constraints imposed by the preservation of the monuments and the place visited as well.
The “Festival Terras sem Sombra” desires to persuade the whole community to join efforts to obtain a well-balanced and sustained development for Southern Europe.
The International Prize “Terras sem Sombra”, created by the Festival in 2011, is awarded annually to three personalities or institutions that stood out, globally, in the areas of music, cultural heritage and biodiversity preservation.
Best regards,

José António Falcão

Department of Historical and Artistic Heritage, Dioceses of Beja
L. dos Prazeres, 4
PT 7800-420 Beja
Phone: + 00351 284 320 918
dphadb@sapo.pt

[Nidia Braz]

Dear Urban Gorillas,
We are a research team based in Faro, Algarve, Portugal, who is willing to submit a Med application. From your information we gathered our project could meet your interests. Please send some quick feed back if you wish further information.
Project description:
Starting from the lifestyle and features of Mediterranean diet, this project aims to implement a program of hands-on training in healthy cooking in order to amplify the beneficial effects of healthy eating and basic cooking techniques in the adoption of a health promoter food pattern.
The model will be replicated for training of trainers, nutritionists/dieticians trainees, with the production of the training manual, with recipes and grocery list, incorporating the food traditions of each region.
The dissemination and promotion of the training programme in each region creates employment and contributes to the healthy lifestyle of actors (trainers and target audience).
Hope to hear from you,
Regards,
Nídia Braz

[Nidia Braz]

ups, I missed to leave an address for replying, here it goes:
nbraz@ualg.pt

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