Official Launch of the Mind REset programme

Junior Achievement Cyprus & Lidl Cyprus · Continuing together for the 6th year

Promoting Environmental Entrepreneurship in Schools!

Junior Achievement Cyprus, in collaboration with Lidl Cyprus, with the institutional support of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth and under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, is presenting the innovative Mind REset programme for the sixth consecutive year. The programme is aimed at students in Years 5 and 6 of Primary School and 1st and 2nd Years of Lower Secondary School (Gymnasium), and aspires to foster environmental awareness and entrepreneurial thinking among young people in Cyprus.

Mind REset is an educational and interactive programme comprising five lessons, designed to introduce students to the world of environmental entrepreneurship. Through the programme, students are invited to examine the impact of food waste on our everyday lives and to propose sustainable solutions for the protection of resources and, by extension, the environment.

At the same time, participants develop skills and promote their own entrepreneurial ideas and products that contribute to sustainability. To date, more than 16,400 pupils across Cyprus have had the opportunity to take part and gain valuable knowledge and experience through Mind REset.

As part of last year’s programme, two teams of pupils from Dasoupoli Primary School (K.B) and Egkomi Gymnasium Kyriakos Neokleous were named the Mind Resetters of the year 2026. Their ideas for environmental protection impressed the judging panel and earned them the grand prize: an educational trip to Austria, where they also distinguished themselves.

The official launch of the programme was marked by the Teacher Training held on 20 October 2026 at the Lidl Food Academy in Nicosia. The event was addressed by Mrs Fotini Christopoulou, Inspector of Primary Education; Mrs Zianet Hadjiosif, Inspector of Secondary General Education of the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth; Mrs Maria Achilleos, Technical Engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment; Mrs Maria Roukoudi, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability at Lidl Cyprus; and Mrs Antigoni Komodiki, Chief Executive Officer of Junior Achievement Cyprus.

During the training, the teachers taking part in the programme received the necessary guidance and educational material to implement the programme in their schools. Participants also had the opportunity to exchange views and network with their colleagues.

Junior Achievement Cyprus extends its warmest thanks to the dedicated teachers who, with their passion and commitment, help to shape the citizens of tomorrow in Cyprus with sustainability as their guiding principle. Thanks to their support, Mind REset continues to be a cornerstone of environmental education and youth development.

Since last year, Mind REset has changed, been renewed and returned with fresh energy and a new thematic focus. We have moved from the consequences of plastic in our lives to Resource Conservation, and specifically Food Waste, maintaining our dedication to environmental wellbeing.

We are not alone on this path, as we walk alongside our strategic partners at Lidl Cyprus and their strategy for the careful management of resources.

For more information, please contact Christoforos Malekos at christoforos.malekos@jacyprus.org.