UNDP Action for Cooperation Trust Programme (ACT)

$123.18M USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	Multilateral - United Nations Organization Redacted
Country	Cyprus
Start Date	Aug 24, 2014
End Date	Aug 01, 2019
Duration	1,803 days
Number of Grantees	56
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`174028-76`

Grant Description

UNDPs role in helping to address Cyprus conflict is unique in the organisations global experience.

The Action for Cooperation Trust Programme (ACT) started in 2005 and succeeded the Bi-Communal Development Programme (BDP) which supported peace building efforts from 1998.

Different phases of the ACT programme targeted the capacity of civil society to feed into the process of inter-communal reconciliation, and this UNDP support has responded to the growth of civic engagement priorities on the island.

In the period 2005-2008 ACT created new spaces for citizen peace building in Cyprus, and was characterised by many small projects aimed at showing that inter-communal cooperation was possible.

Starting in 2009 UNDP-ACT supported projects focussed on helping to prepare civil society to engage in the peace process and set the foundations for a durable process of reconciliation.