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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 |
|
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. |
