The report describes the aims and objectives of the European Citizens Initiative (ECI) �Invest in Education� in Cyprus, analyses the themes around which the petition was promoted � better education and increased spending on research/development � and gives an overview of the snow-ball approach the Cyprus Volunteer� Team applied in their successful campaign for securing the minimum number of support statements required for Cyprus. The publication recounts how an incidental individual involvement in the 7-European Country Member ECI Organising Committee developed into a fully-fledged National Volunteer Team, which achieved a European first by securing twice as many of the minimum required signatures for Cyprus, despite the fact that the overall European goal was not met.
The report serves as a best practice example for similar Initiatives and a brilliant role model for civic society activity.