{"id":7998,"date":"2024-03-14T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/?page_id=7998"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:52:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T08:52:11","slug":"framework-of-principles-and-strategic-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/oi-theseis-mas\/framework-of-principles-and-strategic-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Framework of Principles and Strategic Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 268px; max-width: 1920px; margin: 0 auto;'  ><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-7998'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-i69z6w-fa15af41e12a003b6357b2035734eb06\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-i69z6w-fa15af41e12a003b6357b2035734eb06{\npadding-bottom:25px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-i69z6w-fa15af41e12a003b6357b2035734eb06 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-i69z6w-fa15af41e12a003b6357b2035734eb06 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-i69z6w-fa15af41e12a003b6357b2035734eb06 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_layerslider  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Framework of Principles and Strategic Objectives<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-fuysig-0d2011dfd844f33de2971eca613b7b5d\">\n.flex_column.av-fuysig-0d2011dfd844f33de2971eca613b7b5d{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-fuysig-0d2011dfd844f33de2971eca613b7b5d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k1vspqfc-3d49f7bd340e027479df6bae0ffc0702 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Since its establishment, OPEK has set as its primary goal to contribute to the progress and development of public life in Cyprus. This objective remains relevant and urgent today. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2\">\n.avia-timeline-container.av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 .av-milestone-date{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 .av-milestone-icon.milestone-icon-hasborder{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 .av-milestone-icon-inner{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\ncolor:#90cb27;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 .av-milestone-indicator{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 .av-milestone-article-footer{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 i.milestone-char.avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#90cb27;\nstroke:#90cb27;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"avia-timeline-1\"  class='avia-timeline-container av-k1vppre6-a6f0aafa87b91ab1eb3e8353dd8bb0c2 av-slideshow-ui  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last ' ><ul class='avia-timeline avia-timeline-vertical av-milestone-placement-left avia-timeline- avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-timeline-animate'>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-9mrsyg-0c9946876bed455cb02feb51d95950eb av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-%ce%b1' ><strong>\u0391<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue89a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>The membership in the EU stands as the most significant element and incentive in advancing our society. This isn&#8217;t a result of a &#8220;Eurocentric bias&#8221; but rather a rational evaluation. A deliberate commitment to European humanism, principles, processes, and the ethos of the EU contributes, among other things, to recognizing the following pivotal aspect: Neglecting any sector of public life, when addressing the necessity for modernization, will eventually reveal its adverse impacts on other domains.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-73mze0-1a52182b962e68602107d635b700f038 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-%ce%b2' ><strong>\u0392<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue89a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>The modernization process must be tackled comprehensively and inclusively. For example, expecting economic growth without concurrently establishing institutional goals and means for development, coupled with the simultaneous enhancement of other sectors, is unrealistic. Economic development within an environment characterized by political system clientelism, lack of transparency, incompetence, and corruption results in slow and fundamentally distorted growth. Ultimately, this approach will either lead to a collapse or, in the best-case scenario, result in an impasse.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-2g5j7c-65097b87d7efab9a6f7c3b4a32b37e6f av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-c' ><strong>C<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue89a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>The perspective of modernization is not a opportunistic declaration. It is a continuous process where objectives are intricately linked to both strategies and the practices followed. If declarations and strategic goals exude &#8220;modernization,&#8221; while everyday choices and practices &#8211; at any level &#8211; reflect conservatism, automatically those declarations and strategic goals are nullified, becoming void of substance.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-20jrfs-14ce3f8f898ff73a5e4863a1dc1d24af av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-d' ><strong>D<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue89a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Dialogue, consensus, rationality, and documentation are indispensable prerequisites for any modernization effort. Simultaneously, and intertwined with these, is the continual reference to the regional and international context, the effort to liberate thinking and planning from the microcosm of Cypriot society, and the pitfalls of communal insularity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-21z7ag-640adb895d3fbe0e8479383538b03041 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-%ce%b5' ><strong>\u0395<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue89a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>As a result of the above, the following emerge:<\/p>\n<p>(1) The achievement of social, political, and economic progress is impossible without the assimilation of European methodologies and values. Merely invoking EU membership when seeking advantages in the Cyprus issue or economic benefits does not genuinely make us EU members. While some EU countries, especially in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, also face difficulties in assimilating EU membership, the daily European orientation is an uncompromising requirement for progress in any sector for Cyprus, given its size, geographic location, and the Cyprus issue.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Transforming Cyprus into a modern and &#8220;normal&#8221; state, as recent official rhetoric suggests, is inconceivable without the definitive and complete separation of state and church. A modern European state necessarily implies a secular state. The strong involvement of the church in state affairs, whether informal (e.g., appointments, including ministers and high-ranking state officials) or institutionalized (e.g., in education), is a relic of past centuries, entirely incompatible with the Enlightenment and modern European humanism.<\/p>\n<p>(3) The modernization of Cyprus and the prospect of reunification based on the Bizonal Bicommunal Federation cannot be separated from the use of rationality. Using &#8220;modernizing&#8221; discourse when addressing issues like corruption or the clientelist party system becomes invalid and unreliable if, at the same time, we choose traditional, stereotypical, xenophobic, and conspiratorial discourse in the Cyprus issue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7671,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7998","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7998"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8072,"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7998\/revisions\/8072"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opekcy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}