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PANCYPRIAN UNION OF CHEMISTS

Established 1960

~ Sir William Ramsay ~Scottish chemist | Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904

CONTACT DETAILS

• Postal Address: P.O. Box 28361, 2093 Nicosia, Cyprus

• Telephone: +357 99611079

• E-mail: [email protected]

• Website: www.chemistry.org.cy

Bank account

Bank: Bank of Cyprus

Branch: 0125 – Acropoleos

Beneficiary: Pancyprian Union of Chemists

Account number: 0125-01-001420

IBAN: CY89 0020 0125 0000 0001 0014 2000

Swift Code: BCYPCY2N

mailto:[email protected]

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EXECUTIVE BOARD 2017-2019

Name Position

Leontios Philotheou President

Elias Elia Vice-President

Elena Koupanou Secretary

Panayiota Piera-Pantziarou Treasurer

Constantina Kapnisi-Christodoulou International Relations Secretary

Charalambos Papatryfonos Professional Issues Secretary

Antonia Kakoulli Public Relations Secretary

Androula Hasikou-Konstantinidou Member – Clinical Laboratories representative

Elena Anastasi Member

OUR OBJECTIVES

Pancyprian Union of Chemists (PUC) was founded in 1960, the same yearwith the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, and is the Scientific andProfessional Union of Cypriot Chemists.

The main objectives of PUC are:

• Communication and exchange of information among Cypriot Chemists aiming at promoting the Chemistry Science and safeguarding

the scientific and professional interests of Chemists.

• The provision of information to PUC members through the website www.chemistry.org.cy as well as through our Chemistry

Newsletter

• The protection and regulation of the Chemistry profession through the Chemical Registration Council.

• The provision of consulting services to the state with the appointment and participation or our members as ex officio members in a

number of Public Sector Advisory Committees and Organizations.

• The intervention on educational issues, environmental issues, public health issues, food safety, quality assurance, research and

technology, industry and other issues related to the chemistry profession.

• The organization of educational seminars and conferences as well as local, regional and international conferences.

• The organization of the Pancyprian Chemistry Olympiad for Secondary Education in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and

Secondary Education Chemistry Teachers and the representation of Cyprus in the European and International Chemistry Olympiads.

• The representation of Cyprus through our participation in International Associations: IUPAC, EuCheMS, Eurachem

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CHEMISTRY

Food

Safety Plastics

Materials

Packaging

Environment

Energy

Fuels

Mineral

wealth

Public

HealthEducation

Medicines

Quality

Assurance

Analytical

Clinical

Laboratories

Research

Technology

Industry

PUC

Chemistry

The Central

Science

CHEMISTRY

Inorganic

Organic

Analytical

Physical Chemistry

Food

chemistryClinical

Chemistry

Forensic Chemistry

Biochemistry

Environmental

Chemistry

Chemical

technology

Pharmaco-chemistry

Geochemistry

PUC

Chemistry

The Central

Science

OUR MEMBERS

Subscription fees: €10

Annual membership fee: €20.

Press here to register to PUC.

Members of PUC may be those holding a university degree or

an equivalent degree issued by a university or other equivalent

institution in the subjects of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Food

Chemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Food Science and Technology,

Other Chemical Technologies, Chemistry Engineering, Science

or Environmental Technology or any other relevant scientific

discipline to be approved by the Executive Board.

Benefits and services to members:

• Participation in PUC activities

• Representation of members in decision-making centers

• Defend and protect the profession of Chemist

• Subscription to our Chemistry Newsletter

• Advisory services to members

• Provision of career guidance information

• Reduced fees for conferences and seminars both in Cyprus

and at European level

More than 800 chemists and chemical engineers are

registered in PUC, who are mainly employed in the

following areas:

• State General Laboratory

• Research institutes

• Clinical and analytical laboratories

• Private sector

• Hospitals

• Public and semi-governmental sector

• Higher education

• Secondary education

• Food industry

• Pharmaceutical industry

• Consulting services

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OUR

DIVISIONS

Quality Assurance Division

Our Memorandum of Association provides for the establishment of

Divisions for any distinct and important area of Chemistry with particular

importance to Cyprus.

On the basis of the aforementioned provision, the Quality Assurance

Division operates with significant action in its area of responsibility.

Quality Assurance Division Objectives

• Interaction between mebmers

• Activating new colleagues and stepping up their career paths

• The active and continuous presence in local and European actions

• The transfer of knowledge and experience

• The representation in Eurachem and other relevant European networks

Areas of interest

• Laboratory check

• Analytical laboratories

• Clinical laboratories

• Microbiological laboratories

• Forensic chemistry

• Metrology Quality Management /

Quality Systems in Industry (Food,

Drugs, etc.)

Participation in European networks

• Εurachem

• EuCheMS

• Eurolab

• The Pancyprian Union of Chemists publishes and disseminates

electronically to its members the electronic newsletter “ABOUT

CHEMISTRY".

• Each edition focuses mainly on a specific topic, while it also contains

short news, references to current topics, educational issues, news from

Europe etc.

• The publication is made by a small-scale editorial committee in which

each member of the PUC may participate.

• Each PUC member can suggest topics and publish in the PUC

newsletter

OUR PUBLISHING

ACTIVITY

REPRESENTING

CYPRUS ABROAD

INTERNATIONAL

ACTIVITY

In its international activities, PUC is a member of the European

Chemical Sciences (EuCheMS) and Eurachem.

A very close cooperation exists

between PUC and the Association of

Greek Chemists with which we co-

organize summits, workshops and

conferences including the Greece-

Cyprus Chemistry Conference which

the two countries host alternately.

PUC is also a member of the

International Union of Pure and

Applied Chemistry IUPAC

ACTING AS A

SCIENTIFIC

COUNSELOR TO

THE STATE

• Chemists Registration Council

• Food Safety Committee

• Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Council

• Cyprus Organization for the Promotion of Quality

Pancyprian Council of Chemical substances

• Poisonous substances Council

• Cosmetics Council

The important role of PUC is recognized by the state, since our

Executive Board appoints ex officio members of the following

Public Sector Advisory Committees and Organizations.

• Pancyprian Chemistry Olympiads

• Gymnasium – 3rd grade

• High School – 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade

• International Chemistry Olympiad ΙChO

• European Union Science Olympiad EUSO

OUR ROLE IN EDUCATION

CHEMISTRY

OLYMPIADS

PUC is responsible for organizing every year the Panyprian Chemistry

Olympiads as well as representing Cyprus to the European and

International Olympiads. This is achieved, in collaboration with the

Ministry of Education (Directorate of Secondary Education and Head of

Chemistry Division), the Chemistry Olympiads Committee, the

Association of Chemical Teachers and the Department of Chemistry of

the University of Cyprus.

Our Union is responsible for organizing each year the following

Olympiads:

SOCIAL,

SCIENTIFIC

AND

EDUCATIONAL

ACTIVITIES

Chemistry Conferences

Greece-Cyprus Chemistry Conference

Chemistry in Education Conference

Training

Seminars

Accreditation

Quality Assurance

Open Summits

Quality Assurance

Food Safety

Antimicrobial resistance

Pharmaceuticals

PUC participates and organizes a series of activities for its members,

training seminars for all interested parties, scientific conferences and

open summits for the public. Some of the activities are listed below.

PUCTHE LINK BETWEEN

CHEMISTRY RELATED

ORGANIZATIONS IN

CYPRUS

PUC

Academia

Higher Education

Universities

Clinical Laboratories

Hospital Laboratories

Ministry of Education

Chemistry Division

Secondary Education

Private Sector

Industry

Laboratories

Chemists Registration

Council

State General

Laboratory

Pancyprian Union of Chemists, is the link between all chemistry related

organization in Cyprus.

• PUC has signed Memorandum of Collaboration with the State General

Laboratory and the Department of Chemistry of the University of

Cyprus.

• It works closely with the Ministry of Education, the Chemistry

Inspectorate and the Association of Chemical Teachers for the

organization of the Chemistry Olympiads.

• PUC appoints 4 out of 7 members of the Chemical Registration

Council. The Chemists Registration Council is the body responsible

for the registration and licensing of Chemists, for taking disciplinary

measures against registered chemists including the imposing of

penalties such as deleting a registered chemists from the Registry.

• PUC works closely with the Department of Chemistry of the University

of Cyprus for conferences, workshops, summits and events.

• PUC collaborates with the private sector, providing training programs

to chemists.

• PUC relies on the support and cooperation of private sector

organization in organizing the various activities of the union.

PUCTHE LINK BETWEEN

CHEMISTRY RELATED

ORGANIZATIONS IN

CYPRUS

PUC, OUR

HISTORY AND

OUR PEOPLE,

PUC and the Cypriot chemists who voluntarily serve the Union

either through the Executive Board or through other positions, have

promoted the profession of Chemistry and the Science of

Chemistry in Cyprus since 1960.

Times change, but chemistry remains topical.

Chemists who voluntarily served our Union, kept PUC alive and

pushed the chemistry profession to recognition.

PUC Presidents

1960-1988 : Renos Symeon

1988-2001 : Dr Costas Michael

2001-2007 : Dr Kyriakos Tsimillis

2007-2015 : Prof Epameinondas Leontidis

2015-2017 : Dr Christina Valanidou

2017- : Leontios Philotheou

PANCYPRIAN UNION OF CHEMISTS

Established 1960

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