Milestones
1971
1972
1973
1974
1977
1986
1987
1988
1989
1991
1993
1994
1996
1998
1999
2001
2005
2006
2007
2009
1971
- Establishment of Nicosia District Welfare Council
- Establishment of Kyrenia District Welfare Council
1972
- Establishment of Limassol District Welfare Council
- Establishment of Famagusta District Welfare Council
1973
- Establishment of the Pancyprian Welfare Council
- Establishment of Paphos District Welfare Council
1974
- Development of special actions due to the invasion
- The Pancyprian Welfare Council receives its 1st state sponsorship
1977
- Introduction of a training programmes for member organisations
- Exercise a coordinating role for the management of social issues and needs in service programs
- Exercising a coordinating role in the functioning of voluntary organisations
- Activities to coordinate fundraising
1986
- 1st Pancyprian Conference and establishment of the institution of conferences
1987
- First celebration for the International Volunteer Day (5th of December)
1988
- Establishment of a Training Institute for voluntary organisations
1989
- Legal endorsement to the Pancyprian Welfare Council (Enactment of the Pancyprian Welfare Council Law 152/89)
1991
- Establishment of the Volunteer Centre
1993
- Enactment of the Regulations of the Pancyprian Welfare Council Law
1994
- Launch of the 1stVolunteerism Week
- 1st Proclamation of the First Lady of the Republic as Honorary President of the Pancyprian Welfare Council
1996
- Introduction of a national Essay Competition (in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture)
1998
- Election of the treasurer of the Pancyprian Welfare Council, as treasurer of ICSW
1999
- 1st Assembly of Elders’ Parliament at the House of Representatives
2001
- Establishment of the Centre for Training, Development and Research
- Inauguration of a privately owned office for the Pancyprian Welfare Council
- Assignment by the State of the Presidency of the National Committee for the International Year of Volunteers to the President of the Pancyprian Welfare Council
2005
- Establishment of a reception for volunteers for the International Day of Volunteers by the Presidential couple at the Presidential Palace
- Implementation of the program ‘Community Work Without Pay’ in collaboration with the Social Welfare Services
- Introduction of the “Youth and Volunteering” programme and competition
- Construction and equipment of a new state-of-the-art hospital in Sri Lanka (built and equipped with the half a million pounds proceeds of a fundraising, launched by the Pancyprian Welfare Council in collaboration with the Cyprus Red Cross, as humanitarian aid for the tsunami victims in Southeast Asia
2006
- Enactment of the Pancyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council Law 61(Ι)2006
2007
- Pancyprian Fundraising for the relief of fire-stricken areas in Greece (the proceeds of the fundraising contributed to the construction of a Municipal Clinic at the Municipality of Oleni, Ilia)
2009
- Development of an Interactive Informal Learning Tool (Digital Game) «Volunteering, Equal Opportunities and Social Inclusion» for primary school children