For the 14th consecutive year, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Founder and Owner of the easy family of brands (www.easy.com and www.easyHistory.info) and the Founder and President of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation (www.steliosfoundation.com.cy), will award the Bi-Communal Entrepreneurship prizes at the Stelios Bi-communal Business Cooperation Awards, the Foundation announced in a statement on Monday. This year’s prizes offer 10,000 euros to each of the 20 entrepreneurs, each member of 10 two-member local bi-communal businesses, with the total amount of the awards for 2023 being 200,000 euros.
As stated, the Stelios Bi-Communal Awards have become an institution in Cyprus and have been organised since 2009, with the total value of the awards granted by the Stelios Foundation reaching 4,390,000 euros (including this year’s 200,000 euros prize).
It is noted that the Bi-Communal Business Cooperation Awards competition focuses exclusively on Greek and Turkish Cypriots’ business activities, who can compete for
a cash prize of pound 20,000 (pound 10,000 for each entrepreneur – member of the bi-communal team), adding pplications for the Stelios Bi-Communal Awards can be submitted from Monday, January 29, until Friday, March 15, 2024 and interested teams can apply by clicking on the relevant link on the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation website www.steliosfoundation.com.cy and downloading the application form, which should be emailed to marios.missirlis@stelios.com.
According to the terms of the Awards, eligible to participate are Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots whose business has a turnover of at least 10,000 euros per year and employs at least one staff member besides the owner, with the applicants having to prove their shared business endeavours in both communities
Winners and candidates of previous Stelios awards are welcome to apply again this year, provided they meet all the criteria, continues the statement, adding that the Award Ceremony for the Stelios Bi-Communal Awards for Business Co-operation will ta
ke place on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the Central Offices of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, located at 5 Markou Drakou Street, Nicosia.
The statement includes also quotes by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who, referring to the Bi-Communal Awards, said that ‘business collaboration between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots cultivates and strengthens relationships of trust between the two communities’ adding that ‘the joint activities developed with our support contribute to the creation of partnerships and cooperatives, as well as the social and economic development of the island”.
Source: Cyprus News Agency