On 24 June, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus organized a Business and Networking Fair inside the UN buffer zone in Nicosia.

More than 200 people from all communities of Cyprus attended an evening of networking and conversations with businesses and entrepreneurship organisations from across the island where they had an opportunity to participate in panel discussions on how to bring communities together using innovation, technology and social entrepreneurship, on trade and business collaboration between communities and how to establish intercommunal businesses and organizations, visit business stalls and build new relationships and collaborations.

Katie Clerides and Mary Pyrgos at the Cyprus Stories stand during the Business and Networking Fair

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, attended the first round-table discussion with 25 participants from organizations across the island, where they discussed opportunities for economic cooperation and partnerships between the communities.

Participants from both communities during a networking session

This event was co-organised by UNFICYP, Cyprus Peace and Dialogue Centre, CyprusInno, the Center for Social Innovation and International Communities Organization and was supported and participated by more than 30 organizations/businesses and projects from across the island.