University of Nicosia Research Foundation

29/05/2026

🌍 The SENSOR project partners met in Rome, Italy, on 7–8 May 2026 for a WP3 training activity focused on strengthening whistleblowing practices for environmental protection and climate neutrality.

🤝 Representatives from Cyprus, Italy, Poland, and Sweden exchanged expertise, discussed innovative educational approaches, and explored ways to improve awareness and implementation of whistleblower protection frameworks across Europe.

📚 The educational material used during the training was developed by the University of Nicosia Research Foundation (UNRF), coordinator of the project, supporting the consortium’s efforts to promote transparency, accountability, and active citizenship through capacity-building activities.

14/01/2026

🌍 Project ReTour is officially launched!

The University of Nicosia Research Foundation (UNRF) is proud to be a partner in ReTour (Interreg NEXT MED), helping tourism SMEs across the Mediterranean become more resilient, sustainable, and tech-ready.

ReTour will support 150+ businesses with skills and tools like AI, blockchain, and smart sensors, through strong cross-border collaboration.

Kick-off (7-8th January, 2026) hosted at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with partners from Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.

9 organizations 6 countries

Cyprus: University of Nicosia, Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative
Greece: Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχνείο - National Technical University of Athens, Stratigon Finance
Italy: Promimpresa Euprojects
Jordan: Jordan University of Science and Technology JUST, ICDL Jordan
Lebanon: Université La Sagesse
Türkiye: Tarsus Commodity Exchange

09/12/2025

Sharing Best Practices in Whistleblowing Across Europe – Virtual Event

On 26th November, the SENSOR Project Team hosted a virtual event to identify and share best practices in whistleblowing protection. Stakeholders from Poland, Cyprus, Sweden, Italy, and other countries, as well as EU projects working on related topics, joined the discussion to exchange experiences and insights.

💡 Key Takeaways:
- Clear reporting channels and strong legal frameworks are essential.
- How each country adapts its approaches to its own context.
- Bringing together stakeholders from across Europe strengthens whistleblower protection for everyone.

📢 Coming Soon:
We will be releasing an inventory of best practices gathered from the event. Stay tuned!
Thank you to all participants for contributing to this valuable exchange!

08/11/2025

✨ Insights into European Views on Reporting Environmental Violations

Explore the new SENSOR Project infographic highlighting the perspectives of 123 citizens across Europe.

The anonymous survey collected insights on:
💡 Transparency and open communication
🛡️ Protection for those reporting violations
🌱 Citizen engagement for a greener Europe

The European Union supports the protection of whistleblowers through Directive (EU) 2019/1937, which also covers environmental issues and initiatives for climate neutrality.

👉 View the infographic!

23/09/2025

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 – 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬!

The SENSOR project, led by our university and co-funded by the European Union, is conducting a survey on environmental protection and the role of whistleblowers in the EU. This anonymous survey takes only 5 minutes and is open to citizens across Europe.

Share your perspective on public awareness, reporting procedures, and whistleblower protection. Your input helps strengthen transparency, accountability, and active civic engagement.

Take the survey here:
https://forms.gle/VkhCKQA6JZNftryZ8

31/07/2025

📢 On July 17–18, the University of Nicosia Research Foundation (UNRF), and the GNOSIS Mediterranean Institute for Management Science of the University of Nicosia, successfully hosted and participated in the kick-off meeting of the SENSOR project – “Whistleblowing as a Tool Towards the EU’s Climate Neutrality.” SENSOR is funded by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme and is coordinated by the University of Nicosia Research Foundation.

Officially launched on June 1, 2025, this collaborative initiative brings together five partner organizations with the aim of strengthening accountability and promoting whistleblowing as an effective anti-corruption mechanism. By fostering a culture of reporting within national ecosystems, SENSOR contributes to the broader objective of achieving the EU’s climate neutrality goals.

💡Why SENSOR?

Corruption often happens behind closed doors, making it hard for everyday people to expose it. That’s why whistleblowing is so important—but to work, people need to know how to report, feel safe doing it, and trust the system. By raising awareness, building trust, and connecting citizens, CSOs, and authorities, we can make reporting easier, protect whistleblowers, and create a culture where speaking up is the norm.

UNRF is proud to coordinate the Project and lead Work Packages 1: Project management, coordination and monitoring and Work Package 2: Current situation, needs assessment, good practices collection and policy recommendation paper. Over the coming months, UNRF and partners will identify key needs, challenges, and good practices to promote whistleblowing as an effective tool towards EU’s climate neutrality.

The SENSOR project has received funding from the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme, Grant Agreement no. 101215243.

14/04/2025

Out of 630 applications, only 60 projects were selected!
Proud to announce that the RETOUR Interreg NEXT MED Project, with the University of Nicosia Research Foundation (UNRF) as a partner, initiated by and coordinated by , is one of them!

University of Nicosia Research Foundation (UNRF)

09/10/2024

📢 UNIC Holds #1 Rank in Cyprus for Research Quality and Achieves Joint #2 Rank Overall in Cyprus and Greece.🏆👏

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) has held its rank among the top 501-600 universities globally for the third consecutive year, according to the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR).

Read more here 👉 https://www.unic.ac.cy/university-of-nicosia-achieves-top-501-600-global-rank-in-the-wur-2025/

10/04/2024

The University of Nicosia and INNOVADE LI research organisation would like to invite academics, researchers, and PhD students with teaching experience in universities in Cyprus to contribute to a short survey about digital inclusion in Higher Education in Cyprus.

The survey is conducted in the framework of a new Erasmus+ project called Digital4All: Building the capacity of universities to develop digital strategies to serve all learners. The project aims to build the competences of academics, learning designers, and teaching staff in designing inclusive elearning courses.

By completing the survey, you will help us identify the barriers, needs and opportunities for digital inclusion in the Cypriot universities, any existing and required support. Your insights will be highly valuable to be able to develop material that will meet the Higher Education needs.

The survey will take approximately 8-10 minutes to answer.

Dear participant, With this short survey, we would like to hear your experience and opinion regarding the digitial inclusion in Higher Education Institutions in Cyprus. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to answer. All your responses are anonymous and will be stored and treated strictly c...