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EcoLOG Pilot Activities started in Cyprus

July 1, 2021

Our EcoLOG team (https://www.eco-responsible.training/), in collaboration with our local partners (Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative and Nicosia Tourism Development and Promotion Company (ETAP)), has started configuring the EcoLOG location sensitive game in Cyprus, Nicosia. In the pictures below, you can see members of the team setting up the game location cards in the Old Nicosia Center. We are getting ready for the "Clean Nicosia within the Walls" event!

Community Engagement Event
Progress Update for the DEMOER Project

July 18, 2020

DEMOER (www.dementia-care.eu) is a European funded Project (2019-1-ES01-KA204-063975), which started in November 2019. The consortium of the project consists of partners from Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Belgium, and Turkey. The project is developing an innovative mobile adults training for family members of people suffering from dementia. Dementia is a decline in mental abilities, in which memory, thinking, and judgement are impaired, and the personality may deteriorate. It usually develops slowly and affects mainly people over 60 years old. It is one of the most important causes of disability in the elderly in Spain, Bulgaria, and Turkey (according to WHO). Since the

Event Healthcare Research
Operating a smart building in the hospitality/tourism sector

Feb. 1, 2020

Training of Building Operators of the 21st century In collaboration with our affiliated company PHOEBE Research and Innovation Ltd our team participated at the HOSPITALITY EXPO Cyprus, an International Exhibition organised on 25-27 January 2020 at the Cyprus State Fair Premises. HOSPITALITY EXPO is a premium B2B fair targeting all professionals (Hotels, Restaurants, Architects, Designers, Engineers, etc.) in the hospitality sector – more than 100 exhibitors from Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, UK and the Netherlands and more than 3000 visitors-professionals. PHOEBE Research and Innovation participated with a booth in the Construction – Technology – Automations sector, where the Domognostics+ solution was demonstrated. This solution provides a real-time building

Event
3rd Project Consortium Meeting

Nov. 14, 2019

On Thursday, 14 November 2019, the B2ECLoC project consortium met at EUROCY premises. The objective of the meeting was to make final decisions for the completion of the training Curricula and learning resources, as well as to plan for our upcoming robotics co-design workshops in Larnaca, Cyprus. You may find details about these workshops here.

Community Engagement
Simply, a Cyprus Air Quality Service

July 20, 2019

As the title suggests, it is simply a Cyprus Air Quality Service. Nothing more, nothing less. The air quality data of this service is retrieved through Cyprus Open Data Portal. An API is also available as a service for developers and third-party service providers who want to access the data and build added-value services. At the moment, the API is in beta version and is open to everyone for testing. Please, contact us for details.

Community Engagement Healthcare Research
Simply, a Cyprus Postcodes Directory

July 1, 2019

As the title suggests, it is simply a Cyprus postcodes directory. Nothing more, nothing less. The postcode data of this service is provided by Cyprus Open Data Portal. An API is also available as a service for developers and third-party service providers who want to access postcodes and search for street names. At the moment, the API is in beta version and is open to everyone for testing. The API documentation is located here.

Research
Presentation at ERACON 2019, Paphos, Cyprus

May 2, 2019

On 2nd May 2019, we presented the initial results of our Erasmus+ project titled: "Tablet based Cognitive Gaming Platform for Seniors" You can find the presentation at: “Senior Citizen Cognitive Training Opportunities: A comparative Analysis” The presentation covered the good practices in all partner countries (Cyprus, Turkey, Belgium, France, Austria, Bulgaria) regarding training/learning opportunities available to seniors of ages 55+ , as well as the preliminary results of a survey regarding cognitive challenges the above target group phase in their everyday life, and more specifically regarding memory skills, attention/concentration skills, speed of processing skills, etc.

Erasmus+ Project Event
Play2Do Project - Cyprus Multiplier Event

April 2, 2018

Working with students facing certain intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties On Monday, 2 April 2018, we had the pleasure to organise the Play2Do Cyprus Multiplier Event at Youth Makerspacein Larnaca, Cyprus, in a successful collaboration with the Private Learning Centre G.E and the Youth Board of Cyprus! The event focused on training the participants on how to effectively address children and students with special educational needs in their professional practice. It was run as an education seminar targeting teachers, educational psychologists, academics, carers, parents, as well as any other interested person from the Cyprus society. Further to a presentation of

Community Engagement Educational Event
Testing the Play2Do Game with Experts in Cyprus

Jan. 12, 2018

Small-scale Pilot Following the release of a complete version of the Play2Do game-based simulated practice environment, we held a small pilot testing with education experts in Nicosia, Cyprus. The meeting was held on Friday, 12/01/2018, at 15:30 – 18:00, at Presse Café (http://pressecafe.com.cy/en/stores/66/). Eight experts joined us in this pilot testing: one psychologist, one educator in elementary schools, two educators in high schools, two currently unemployed high school educators, one expert in assistive technology and special education and one from the Ministry of Education and Culture (policy making organisation). During the meeting, we performed an interactive test of the Play2Do game/simulation environment, which was followed by an open discussion and reflection on the

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