The  “Education for a Culture of Peace” program attempts “to meet the need to have an educational system which promotes peace and reconciliation rather than perpertuating violence,” CNA reported.
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot participants in the programe Loizos Loukaides and Suleyman Gelener, conveyed to CNA that, “at a time when efforts to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem are intensified, the need for change in the educational system in order to cultivate a culture of peace and anti-racism is imperative…Loukaides works as assistant in the programme, is a teacher and a consultant on peace education matters.”