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Sponsorship Agreement from Swiss Confederation

🙏 Switzerland strengthens the work of the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family in the context of the Second Swiss Contribution 2019-2029.
✍️ On July 29, 2024 a sponsorship agreement was signed in Nicosia between the Cyprus Republic and the Swiss Confederation for setting up new infrastructures for the prevention and handling of violence in the family; the body responsible for carrying out its implementation being The Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (SPAVO).
The project concerns the expansion of the workplace of SPAVO in Larnaca, Nicosia and Limassol.
🪙 The total budget of the project amounts to CHF 2.08 million (about euro 2.2 million) and will be 100% funded.
The agreement was signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Directorate General Growth Ministry of Finance Interreg CY – Permanent Secretary Growth, Ministry of Finance, Mr. Andreas Zachariades and the Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation in Cyprus H.E. Mr. Christoph Burgener.
The ceremony honoured with their presence, the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare of the Cyprus Republic, Ms. Marilena Evangelou, Ms. Loukia Tilliridou, on behalf of Social Services, members of the Board of SPAVO, Ms. Rita Kotsapa, Ms. Marita Stavrinou and the Scientific Director of SPAVO.