Partnership
Cyprus
MITRA - Cyprus Menopause Centre
Founded in 2022 and based in Cyprus, MITRA – Cyprus Menopause Centre is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to reshaping the menopause narrative. Our mission is to transform menopause into a time of empowerment, understanding, and optimal health for all.
MITRA is unique in its holistic approach, focusing on intersections of hormonal health, neurodivergence, musculoskeletal health, mental health, and aging—areas often overlooked in traditional healthcare. We aim to create an inclusive, equitable space where no one’s access to knowledge or support is limited by gender identity, background, or ability.
Our initiatives span local and global impact. From growing a vibrant Viber community in Cyprus to conducting Europe-wide research and surveys, we’re building connections to inform policy, improve healthcare, and empower individuals.
Through collaborations, workshops, and educational programs, MITRA ensures accurate, evidence-based training rooted in the latest guidelines, including those from the European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). We actively promote inclusivity and accessibility, supporting marginalized communities and fostering understanding at every level.
Looking ahead, MITRA is committed to becoming Europe’s leading menopause education and research center, driving change in workplace culture and empowering individuals to navigate menopause with confidence and dignity.
Lithuania
Social Innovation Fund
Social Innovation Fund (SIF, www.lpf.lt) is non-governmental organisation, established in 1994 to assist people with fewer opportunities and disadvantaged backgrounds to make positive changes in their life through the provision of educational opportunities, social support, information and advice. To ensure its main mission SIF works closely with various networks and business enterprises.
One of the main areas of SIF’s activity is ensuring gender equality and equal opportunities for all through education and innovations. Nowadays SIF is one of the leading Lithuanian NGO operating in different spheres, such as women human rights, gender equality and equal opportunities, encouraging diversity and promoting the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups of adults and young people. Starting from year 2000 one of the main aims of SIF is to provide training for promoting gender equality to overcome stereotypes in main spheres: politics, education, economics, social, employment and health.
The other SIF’s areas of activity are dedicated for work with different socially disadvantaged groups: long-term unemployed, disabled, single parents, youth, migrants, people in remote areas, women survivors of domestic violence. SIF provides help and assistance to the low-skilled people having fewer opportunities in the society and the labour market. It aims to foster their social inclusion, employability and entrepreneurship through training, guiding, coaching services and dialogical groups as well to contribute to their empowerment and building their capacities to be competent and successful in the labour market.
On daily basis SIF specialists make training, coaching and guiding activities for at least 100 persons a year. The SIF, from year 2014 started to transform digitally its training services to ensure participatory approach and attractiveness for learners. More than 5000 participants (unemployed and socially disadvantaged) completed SIF’s training courses and workshops on social inclusion and employability; about 60% of participants have got employed or decided to continue their education.
The SIF is acting at community, national and European/international levels. Social Innovation Fund has 14 staff members, 10 volunteers and 15 trainers of subcontracting.
Since 1994 the SIF has implemented more than 150 European, national and international projects both as coordinator and/or partner in the following directions: gender equality and diversity, social inclusion and employability, promoting entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, digital education practices, capacity building for trainers and learners using e-learning, solving youth problems, fostering citizenship education, social business skills development and professional skills reinforcement, combatting violence against women, social inclusion of immigrants, intercultural and language training, digital transformation, sustainable development.
Cyprus
Research and Education in Social Empowerment and Transformation
With over 20 years of combined experience in research and education, RESET (Research and Education in Social Empowerment and Transformation) develops constructive and education-centred solutions to the most demanding societal challenges of our time. RESET invests on the creation, evolution, and revolution of social-driven concepts, systems and practices which prioritize humanity. RESET accelerates and amplifies positive local, national, regional and global change through the power of research and education. We utilize innovative tools to identify constructive solutions to social challenges. One of these is the use of transformative dialogue to develop and promote tolerance, gender equality, religious and cultural diversity acceptance, critical thinking and social integration. RESET creates and develops tailored education to schools such as social integration, prevention of radicalization, addiction, social and creative empowerment and conflict resolution.