{"id":13730,"date":"2022-11-17T10:41:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T10:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/ekponisi-eidikoy-anaptyxiakoy-programmatos-eap-agrafon-ti-lever-symvoyloi-anaptyxis-ae\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T22:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T22:27:21","slug":"ekponisi-eidikoy-anaptyxiakoy-programmatos-eap-agrafon-ti-lever-symvoyloi-anaptyxis-ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lever.gr\/en\/ekponisi-eidikoy-anaptyxiakoy-programmatos-eap-agrafon-ti-lever-symvoyloi-anaptyxis-ae\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparation of a Special Development Program for Agrafa by \u201cLever \u2013 Development Consultants SA\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13730\" class=\"elementor elementor-13730 elementor-7960\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b46eb1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b46eb1a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7705fd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7705fd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fb8d1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8fb8d1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLever \u2013 Development Consultants SA\u201d, a member of the \u201cSamaras &amp; Associates\u201d Group, undertook the preparation of the Special Development Program (SDP) for Agrafa, a pioneering plan, being a comprehensive and important initiative targeting the mountainous area, which was presented today by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. It is, in fact, a unique example of a development plan for Greece, aiming to become a model for the mountainous areas of the Mediterranean and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SDP for Agrafa \u2013 with a total budget of approximately 90 million euros, will be completed in November 2022 with a project implementation period during the current programming period. The interventions concern projects in the field of upgrading infrastructure, developing the productive fabric and economic development opportunities, as well as public protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More analytically, the Agrafa Regional Development Plan constitutes a policy of \u201cterritories\u201d (politiques de territoires), in the context of supporting the goal of sustainable development, not through an approach of sectoral interventions, but through the design and implementation of an integrated cross-sectoral policy with strong synergy characteristics. It essentially constitutes the transition to the implementation of modern development policies, in which spatiality is the main element, strengthening local development, in a place of unique value, so that it becomes worthy of residence, ensuring new balances between people, production and culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CEO of \u201cLever \u2013 Development Consultants SA\u201d, Thodoris Karipides, states in this regard \u201cIt is our honor to draft the Agrafa Special Development Program, the first comprehensive initiative to strengthen actions in the mountainous municipalities of Agrafa for the local development of the economy and the development of the population in this excluded mountainous volume. The EAP finances investments in infrastructure and services, so that Agrafa can be transformed from a deprived, excluded mountainous region of the country into a place worth living. The Agrafa Special Development Program will be the pilot for the development of the 38 small mountainous municipalities of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main challenge facing the Plan is the threat of desertification of the mountainous area, i.e. approximately 50-60% of the national area, which is exacerbated in combination with population aging, low birth rates and the distorted development model of the concentration of economic activities in the capital and urban centers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Budget, schedule &amp; benefits<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of approximately 90 million euros is distributed at a rate of 47% (42 million \u20ac) to actions for \u201cUpgrading infrastructure and services\u201d, 36% (32 million \u20ac) for \u201cDevelopment of productive fabric &amp; economic development opportunities\u201d and 17% (16 million \u20ac) for \u201cPublic Protection and Networking of social structures and individual citizens\u201d. The Agrafa Regional Development Plan will be completed within November 2022 and the completion of the projects will take place during the current programming period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The specific Agrafa Regional Development Area attempts to respond to the critical challenges through the following Strategy development directions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The historicity of the Agrafa area with over 4,000 years of continuous presence<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The participation of Agrafa in the Alpine zone of the Mediterranean<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The uniqueness of Agrafa in the Greek area<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mountains of Agrafa were and are obliged to live with their own resources, of course with technological and financial support from central development resources<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agrafa is a place that productively and socially maintained a population of 50,000 people in the pre-revolutionary years of 1800 AD.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The multilateralism and internal capacity of Agrafa can organize a large number of residents &#8211; producers, who will operate productively supported by modern conditions of productive, social and political organization based on innovation, technology and the protection of their natural and historical environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above with two additional conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infrastructure that will unify the space of everyday life and production with the spaces of the paths of Nature and History<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective networking of public protection (civil protection) against all risks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the Strategy and the Action Plan, interventions will be implemented whose results will change the physiognomy and image of the mountainous area of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agrafa, establishing it as a model place for the development of mountainous areas, a destination, a place of residence, a place of professional activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this context, the sectors that are sought to benefit are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgrading of public space.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housing policy, with the provision of incentives and facilities, which may include social housing or other housing provision programs on favorable terms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agricultural &amp; Livestock Sector with actions such as the &#8220;Mountain Integrated Land Reparcelling&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, through tax tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domestic Tourism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research &amp; innovation in mountainous areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broadband and new technologies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small businesses and cottage industries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy saving with actions such as the installation of LED light bulbs in settlements, the use of RES on a small scale in homes and businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dealing with emergencies (health or natural phenomena) through the creation of a strong intervention network. Utilizing existing solidarity relations between permanent residents and strengthening them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The priority axes and the categories of actions they include are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgrading infrastructure and services<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Road Safety<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgrading public space<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protection, management and promotion of environmental resources<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Energy saving<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Development of productive fabric and opportunities for economic development<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of alternative forms of tourism<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of culture<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preservation and promotion of monuments<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of trails and thematic routes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening the promotion and production of local products<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interconnection of local resources with the scientific community<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infrastructure and investment attraction actions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Protection and Networking of social structures and individual citizens<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upgrading the provision of social services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flood protection projects<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of alternative means of transport<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infrastructure projects (water supply\/sewerage)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening the capacity of Municipalities to deal with natural disasters disasters<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthening the\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">administrative capacity\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Municipalities<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ee8f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7ee8f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d880467 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d880467\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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