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Greek municipality is looking for partners |
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Action/Measure: active European citizenship (town twinning citizens' meetings, networks of twinned towns, citizens' projects, support measures)
Name: Municipality of Farkadona
Location: Region of Thessaly - Central Greece.
Population: about 16.000 inhabitants.
Urban environment: include small cities and villages
Natural environment: include low-height mountains, flat land, small forests and several rivers.
Cultural heritage: byzantine and other traditional monuments, ancient cities, and well-kept traditions.
Economy: basically based on agriculture, cuttle-breating, commerce and some industries.
Local authority's main goals:
- use of local advantages, participate in programmes funded from the EU, exchange experiences with European partners, activate the civil participation in democratic processes
- to fight: unemployment (mostly on youths), poverty, ageing of population,
- to provide: specialized social facilities, high-level services and urban facilities for the residents,
- to protect: cultural and environmental heritage, susceptible social groups,
- to promote: specialized knowledge in new production and promotion methods, the use of new technology, the reclaim of green energy sources,
- to encourage: youth entrepreneurship, investments, extraversion of local economy,
- to support: mobility of people and ideas, intercultural contact,
- to ensure: sustainable economic, social and urban development,
- experience: local actions concerning the issues and goals generally of municipality and especially of programme,
- local planning: if you accept our proposal for partnership, we would like to promote a town twinning with you and finally join together in a network of twinned towns with similar goals and actions.
We are looking forward to your answer as soon as possible!
Contacts:
Asikis Kostas
Head of Planning' Office
Municipality of Farkadona
tel. +302433350020
E-mail: dimosfarkadonas@yahoo.gr
_________________ Best regards,
Slovenian Information Office for Europe for Citizens Programme
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