The Cyprus Forum was held for the fifth consecutive year on 3 and 4 October 2024 at the Old Town Hall of Nicosia and the Ledra Palace. This year, the conference was co-organised by Oxygen for Democracy in collaboration with the Delphi Economic Forum and the University of Cyprus, under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic.
The discussions at this year's forum focused on Democracy and the Rule of Law, Foreign Policy, Peacekeeping, Sustainability, and Technology and Innovation. The aim of the co-organisers was to highlight issues related to United Nations Goal 16, within the broader context of the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030.
Key issues addressed at this year's event included the powers of the Attorney General, inflation, immigration, the security challenges facing the EU, the prospects of strengthening democracy through AI, as well as the development of the Cypriot economy through foreign investment. Discussions also covered the future of negotiations on the Cyprus issue, efforts at cooperation between the two communities, and the current conditions in the Greek-Cypriot-Turkish geopolitical triangle.
The scientific curation of the discussions was handled by knowledge partners from both Cyprus and abroad, including the European Policy Centre, ELIAMEP, the Cyprus Economic Society, Transparency International, the Atlantic Council, the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, the University of York Department of Politics, PRIO, the Eastern Mediterranean Project at Oxford, the World Bank, the EU Tax Observatory, and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, among others.
The contributions of all speakers, both from Cyprus and abroad, were extremely important, offering thought-provoking ideas and suggestions on the political, economic, and social challenges facing Cyprus.
More information about the conference can be found HERE.
