The greeting of the President of the Republic on the awarding of the 2024 Youth Awards of ONEK
Society and the State are in absolute want of an lively youth, a youth who will consider deeply within the mechanisms of the Republic, in participation and in political dialogue, mentioned on Wednesday the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis, in his greeting on the awarding of the Youth Awards 2024 of the Cyprus Youth Group (ONEK) the place younger women and men had been awarded, who distinguished themselves for his or her motion and creations in social contribution, entrepreneurship, environmental motion, sports activities, tradition and lots of different fields.
President Christodoulidis acknowledged that the “Youth Awards 2024” by some means match into the context of the Yr of Youth 2024, which was declared by the State via a choice within the Council of Ministers. “I consider that tonight's occasion needs to be established as an establishment yearly to award our younger people who find themselves function fashions for different younger individuals and we’re at your disposal as a State to work collectively to make the occasion an establishment,” he mentioned.
He additionally added that “as a State we want to promote the choice to designate 2024 because the Yr of Youth and we intention each to improve, strengthen and increase the involvement of younger individuals in decision-making processes and to develop and assist their actions, abilities and psychological resilience”.
He emphasised that society, in addition to the State, are in absolute want of an lively youth, a youth that may consider deeply within the mechanisms of Democracy, participation and political dialogue, a youth that may demand a simpler state, that may guarantee a system real meritocracy, free from social gathering and private connections. However above all, he continued, “our youth have to envision, dream and struggle for a extra hopeful, extra revolutionary and extra progressive future”.
The President of the Republic congratulated ONEK for its work and acknowledged that “as a Authorities, from the primary second we took over the reins of the nation, we positioned the problems in regards to the Youth very excessive in our priorities. And because of this there was additionally the choice to make 2024 the Yr of Youth”.
President Christodoulidis acknowledged that the creation of channels of direct communication between younger individuals and the Authorities was a precedence, and for this very cause, the net platform “VOICE OF THE CITIZEN” was created very lately, via the Workplace of the Citizen's Commissioner, during which the younger and younger individuals from the age of 17 can specific their opinion on points that concern them, that concern the general public debate and “by extension we as the manager energy take them into consideration in our selections”.
He added that “on the identical time, we’re collaborating with the Cyprus Youth Group for the operation of the EKFRACY on-line platform, which is prepared and will likely be put into operation very quickly”. He defined that in EKFRACY, younger women and men of Cyprus, dwell, in actual time and straight, will talk about with State officers, with the President of the Republic, Ministers and others, and can have the ability to submit their questions, strategies, even their criticism of the Government Energy and any wrongs they’ve in our nation.
“We wish, and we present it with actions and never phrases, that younger individuals take part successfully within the decision-making processes, we’re right here to pay attention, take heed to your needs and aspirations and collectively form the current and the way forward for our nation” , he mentioned.
He additionally acknowledged that within the coming weeks the Invoice will likely be submitted concerning the “Legislative Initiative of Residents, via which even with the gathering of 5000 signatures it is possible for you to to submit proposals for payments to be debated and carried out”.
The President of the Republic additionally mentioned that right this moment, sadly, is the primary time since World Conflict II {that a} important share of younger persons are rising up with fewer alternatives than their mother and father had. “Taking this reality into consideration, we have now proceeded with necessary selections regarding housing coverage, youth entrepreneurship, the contact of younger individuals with tradition, the connection of training with the labor market and lots of different insurance policies,” he famous.
Moreover, President Christodoulidis, talking concerning the Cyprus difficulty, acknowledged that “as a State we’re primarily working for peace, the achievement of a viable and purposeful resolution to the Cyprus downside”, mentioning that “that is our objective alone, as a result of peace in a spot is essentially the most treasured commodity and the fertile subject for each younger man and lady who needs to dwell and thrive.”
Lastly, he expressed his assist for all of the younger women and men, saying that “we will likely be by your facet, we are going to assist you, we will likely be impressed by you and collectively we are going to work for the Cyprus that all of us dream and search. A Cyprus of considerable participatory democracy, a Cyprus with out occupying troops with our younger women and men being the protagonists”.
