Address: 16-18 Leonidou St, 104 37 Athens

Telephone: 210 5201611-2, 210 5220469

Fax: 210 5222743

E-mail: aeda@aeda.gr

The City of Athens Development Agency SA was founded in September 1996 and operates as a limited company whose goal is to develop actions and initiatives and offer services that seek to upgrade the quality of life of cities and achieve sustainable urban development.

The company's shareholders are the City of Athens, the Local Union of Municipalities and Communities of Attica (TEDKNA), the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the National Technical University of Athens and the City of Athens Insurance Agency.

The Agency's goal is to discover innovative approaches to urban planning and management and propose policies that will contribute to the economic development of cities and citizens. as well as social cohesion.

The Agency's key areas of concern and activity are urban development in the greater sense, social policy, environmental policy, culture and information technology.

• It conducts applied research on basic sectoral problems faced by primary and secondary Local Government.
• It monitors, records and provides reliable and constantly-updated information on the agency's areas of activity.
• It collaborates with numerous European Municipalities and Regions, as well as international and national bodies, such as research and academic institutions, training centres, non-governmental organisations (NGO), European Cooperation Networks (Eurocities etc), as well as private companies.
• It submits proposals for the implementation of programmes to national, European and international organisations on behalf of the City of Athens.
• It acts as a technical advisor for the City of Athens concerning the funding of urban regeneration projects aimed at achieving sustainable development.
• It carries out economic, social and environmental studies.
• It intervenes in and contributes to the formulation of policies on urban centres through the submission of proposals to Local Government agencies.
• It implements, manages and coordinates approved actions and programmes assigned to the agency.

In its 12 years of operation, the City of Athens Development Agency has managed to achieve its goal of consistent growth potential through a range of scientific activities and initiatives, including European and National programmes, research, the organisation of international and European events and the "PROSOPSI" façade renovation programme.

The City of Athens Development Agency seeks to claim a sizeable component of existing European programmes and the 4th Community Support Framework, areas in which it has proven experience. In addition, the agency intends to expand its activities within and beyond national borders through active participation in programmes involving bodies of various countries, with a special emphasis on the Balkans and Southeastern Europe.