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.
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.