Competent and capable public authorities are key to ensuring good democratic governance. This is why the Centre of Expertise for Good Governance continues supporting implementation of the National Training Strategy in Cyprus, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Unions of municipalities and communities, and the Cyprus Academy of Public Administration.

Three training of trainers' sessions are being held online in June. They are dedicated to refreshing the knowledge of the toolkits on Civil Participation and on Monitoring and Evaluation of trainings. In addition, new Council of Europe toolkits will be introduced, such as the Strategic Municipal Planning, the European Label of Governance Excellence, the Leadership Academy, and the latest toolkit developed by the Centre of Expertise, the Resilience Building Strategies (ReBuS), which incorporates crisis management and resilience building into strategic planning. The ReBuS, as well as other toolkits, enhances and facilitates the cooperation between municipalities, fostering the understanding of cooperation and integration, and supporting the objectives of local government reform in Cyprus.

In the following phase, the Cypriot trainers trained in the implementation of the Council of Europe tools will be providing training and practical support to all local authorities of Cyprus.