Cyprus Piloting COMCY completes the first piloting sessions of the VRCARE project – bringing immersive VR-based training to childcare professionals, teachers, students, and elderly care teams across Cyprus. What does it look like when innovation meets real-world care? Over the past weeks, COMCY brought the answer into focus – piloting the VRCARE immersive training scenarios across three distinct settings in Cyprus. The sessions marked a pivotal milestone for the project: taking carefully designed virtual environments out of the lab and testing them where they matter most, with the people who work and study at the heart of care. Kindergarten Classrooms Step Into a New Dimension The first piloting session took ...

Multilingual Sports for Holistic Preschool Development What if children could learn languages while running, jumping, and playing? What if physical activity became a natural pathway to communication, confidence, and curiosity? These are the questions at the heart of the European project PLAY, an initiative that reimagines early childhood education through movement, interaction, and joy. Designed for children aged 1 to 6 years, PLAY brings together education, sport, and language learning in a way that feels natural to young learners. At this early stage of life, children explore the world primarily through movement and play. The project builds on this instinct, transforming everyday physical activities into meaningful opportunities for learning, social ...

Virtual Reality in healthcare education is rapidly transforming how social and healthcare training is designed and delivered. As digital technologies evolve, new opportunities are emerging to create immersive, practice-based learning environments. The VRCARE project explores how VR can be integrated as a complementary methodology in healthcare education, with a particular focus on childcare and elderly care settings. Supporting experiential learning in care environments Traditional training approaches in social and healthcare education often struggle to fully address complex aspects of care practice, such as ethical decision-making, meaningful interaction, sensory awareness, and emotional responses. These elements are difficult to teach through theory alone. VRCARE responds to this challenge by introducing practice-based, immersive ...

Strengthening Inclusive Pathways for Migrants Across Europe Brussels, 27–28 November 2025 We proudly participated in the 10th European Migration Forum (EMF) in Brussels, joining civil society organisations, EU institutions, social partners, and local actors committed to shaping fair and effective integration policies across Europe. Organised by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the Forum remains the EU’s key platform where those working closely with migrants can speak directly to policymakers. This year’s theme, “Harnessing migrants’ skills in the EU,” focused on how Europe can better recognise and support the talents and potential of migrants to benefit individuals, communities, and national economies alike. COMCY at Roundtable ...

Introduction: Seeing, Hearing, and Touching Language For many children, learning English as a foreign language is a gateway to new opportunities and cultures. But for students with learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, ADHD, or auditory processing challenges, the process can often feel like trying to catch words that keep slipping away. They may struggle to remember vocabulary, link sounds to letters, or stay focused during conventional lessons that rely heavily on reading and writing. This is where multisensory learning becomes a transformative approach. Rather than treating language as a purely mental exercise, it engages the whole body and mind. Children learn not only through what they see and hear, but ...

EmpowerHer: Invitation to Employers and HR Professionals to Interviews The EmpowerHer Project, led in Cyprus by the non-profit organisation COMCY (Centre for Competence Development Cyprus), is launching a new round of Focus Groups and Interviews with employers and HR professionals. Why this initiative? Women with a migrant background often face multiple challenges in entering the labour market – from language barriers and cultural differences to limited access to support structures. Employers, on the other hand, frequently seek guidance on how to adapt their onboarding practices to the needs of multicultural teams. Through these meetings, COMCY aims to create a structured dialogue with companies and HR departments in Cyprus, to: Capture ...