Athens Institute for Education and Research

8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece

Tel.: + 30 210 3634210. Fax: + 30 210 3634209. Email: atiner@atiner.gr

 

Timetable of Actions Taken for Establishing an Academic Village in Greece

Date

Action

September-December 2014

Various sites in the area of Marathon, Avlida and Anavyssos are considered.

24 June 2013

The General Assembly of ATINER has decided to reconsider the establishment of the Academic Village taken into consideration the current housing market in Greece.

12 September 2012

A letter was sent to all interested members to express their interest for buying a house (click for the letter).

12  June 2012

Professor of Architecture Nikos Patrikios visited and approved the property.

15 May 2012

The property owners have decided to sell the land to ATINER.

26 August 2011

A new government decision allows to build about 6,000 square meters in the Aulida property of 300,000 square meters (see Government Gazette No. 219/26 August 2011)

2009-2010

A decision has been made to go ahead with the Aulida site. Now, the difficult task starts with the building permission and the infamous Greek bureaucracy.

2nd of April 2009

A meeting took place between a construction company, the President (Gregory T. Papanikos) and the three consultants of the Institute (Mr. Fortis, Mr. Kritikos and Mr. Kardaras) for an area in North-Eastern Attica. A preliminary agreement was signed. By the end of the month we will have details and by the end of May we should be able to decide whether we can go ahead.

15 of June 2008

The President (Gregory T. Papanikos), the Vice-President (Nick Pappas) and the Secretary (Chris Sakellariou) of the Institute met with the owner and land developers of an area in the vicinity of Corinth. 

May-June 2008

A lot in the area of Aulida was explored. Please see the order given to a real estate agent (click here for the letter) and our evaluation provided by our real estate consultant (click here for the letter).

November 2007

A lot was found in Marathon and an application was made to the Ministry of Culture. The decision was not positive because the area is considered of archaeological interest.

Summer 2007

A number of lots were examined in the area of Attica and the surrounding Prefectures of Boiotia, Korinthia and Argolida but no decision was made. More than 10 lots were inspected.

20 of March 2007

A letter was sent to the Mayor of Grammatiko expressing an interest to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter). The City of Grammatiko is located in Attica, next to the Village of Marathon (Athens belongs to the prefecture of Attica). Our interest is for a lot in the area of Rhamnous.

February 2007

Preparation of an Executive Summary of the Academic Village Project (click here for the summary).

September 18, 2006

The City Council of Villia decided to offer us 300 stremmata (click here for the letter).

September 4, 2006

A 2nd detailed letter was sent to the Mayor of Villia expressing an interest to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter). The City of Vilia is located in Western Attica (Athens belongs to the prefecture of Attica).

June 10, 2006

A meeting took place in Villia with representatives from ATINER and the City of Vilia. The Major suggested that a land area of 25 hectares (250 Stremmata) could be given to build the Academic Village. Another meeting is scheduled for the 3rd Week of June, at ATINER’s Office, to discuss the legal details.

June 1-2, 2006

It was decided to use the ACADEMY of the City of Vilia as the venue of the conference on philosophy.

May 4, 2006

A letter was sent to the Mayor of Villia expressing an interest to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter). The City of Vilia is located in Western Attica (Athens belongs to the prefecture of Attica).

March 17, 2006

A letter was sent to American Academics Listed in the Directory of the Hellenic Academic Community  (click here for the letter)

March 17, 2006

A Letter of Interest Form was drafted to be signed by all that are interested in Participating in the Academic Village Project (click here for the form)

March 3, 2006

The Mayor of Desfina (Delphi area) responded positively to our request to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter)

February 27, 2006

The Mayor of Loutraki responded negatively to our request to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter)

February 20, 2006

A letter was sent to the Mayor of Loutraki expressing an interest to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter)

February 14, 2006

Our legal advisor on this project made some initial remarks on how to establish the legal base for the academic village (click here for his remarks).

February 13, 2006

A letter was sent to the Mayor of Desfina (Delphi area) expressing an interest to establish the Academic Village in their area (click here for the letter)

February 12, 2006

Members of ATINER (Gregory T. Papanikos, Theo Theophanides, George Boletis) and our Technical Advisor met with the Major of Marathon Mr Euangellos Mexis and the Member of the City Council Ms. Matina Mylona in the Town Hall of Marathon. The Mayor responded positively with a letter to our letter of the 12th of January 2006.

February 10, 2006

Members of ATINER (Gregory T. Papanikos, Theo Theophanides, Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos, George Boletis) and our Legal and Technical Advisors met with Mr Grigoris Niotis at ATINER’s office to discuss the implementation process.

December 31, 2005

The President (G.T. Papanikos) and the Vice-President (N. Pappas) met with the MP and ex Minister Grigoris Niotis to discuss the possibility of establishing the village as part of the Greek Government’s Policy of Omogeneiaka Xoria (for Greeks abroad). This means that the land will be given for free and the infrastructure will be subsidized by the Greek state. Mr Niotis is the Vice-President of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Greeks Abroad.

December 28, 2005

The Executive Committee of ATINER discussed the details of the project and decided to hire a legal expert (Mr Alexandros Voutsas) and a Technical Advisor (Mr. Christos Spirtzis).

June 16, 2005

The General Assembly of the Athens Institute for Education and Research decided to explore the opportunity to establish an Academic Village. Marathon was chosen to be the first priority of a potential location. Loutraki and Delphi were also mentioned as potential sites. In the same meeting, it was decided to establish chapters of ATINER in USA, Canada, Asia, Australia and Europe.