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Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
P.O. Box 23511
1684 Nicosia
Cyprus
Report on the participation of the Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
as partner to the EBU INDIGO Project
With reference to the participation of our Organization as partner to
the European Year INDIGO website project of the European Blind Union, I
would like to inform you as follows.
Our Organization started with the dissemination of information about the
website immediately after the launch of the project.
There was a short announcement at the Annual General Assembly of the
Organization held in Nicosia last June, in addition to references and
discussions about the project at the ordinary meetings of the Youth
Committee, the Women's Committee and the International Affairs Committee
of our Organization.
All our members and friends were also informed about the project through
a circular letter, which was distributed by mail to more than 2000
people.
In addition, our Organization included an article about the website and
the project in our Newsletters. The Newsletter in the Greek language
where the information was included, was send last July to all our
Members and friends in Braille, cassette, large type and regular print.
The English article was published in our international newsletter "The
Cyprus Braille" (Issue no. 5 - August 2003), which was sent to more than
a 100 Braille readers in fifty countries and more than a 1000
subscribers of the electronic form of our newsletter all over the world.
This article also contained a list of the participating countries and
the addresses and other details of the contact person of each country.
We have also translated in to Greek the appropriate text, which was then
incorporated into the microsite of the main INDIGO website. Furthermore,
a link was created into the website of the Pancyprian Organization of
the Blind “pot-cyprus.com”, to enable interested members to access the
INDIGO project website from our website.
In contrast to other projects and international activities of our
Organization the involvement of our members in this project and the
response to our efforts was not as expected.
This is due to the fact that the number of blind internet users in
Cyprus is relatively low. Our members are not used to projects, in
which, as they suppose, they have to share personal experiences and
information.
Our Organization believes that the project contributed significantly in
raising awareness of the European Year of People with disabilities. The
European Year Indigo website project also achieved its main goal of
promoting knowledge and experiences between blind people and their
organizations and enhanced understanding and cooperation in Europe.
Christakis Nicolaides
Link Person
EBU INDIGO Project
Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
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