€31m to transform Cyprus’ welfare services

A €31 million reform will deliver the first comprehensive and holistic modernisation of Cyprus’ Social Welfare Services, affecting every aspect of their operation, department director Maria Kyratzi said on Wednesday.

“This is a reform aimed at improving the functioning of the Social Welfare Services and substantially upgrading the country’s social protection system itself, with social cohesion, equality of opportunity and the safeguarding a decent quality of life for all citizens at its core.”...