REGION CENTRAL MAKEDONIA

  Prefecture   IMATHIA

                                                                          NATURAL S.P.E

   Date of Initial Completion: 10/9/1996                1st Update: 11/3/1998             2nd Update (CHAP.I):  14/12/1999

                                                            Date of Last Update: 13/2/2001

  e_mail: fysicert@acn.gr

I. Identity of Organisation

The Organisation is a member of the: International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

Address

ALEXANDRIA Postal Code 593 00 Street:  24, N.PLASTIRA STR. & 42 ETHN. ANTISTASEOS

Tel. 23330-24440, 23330-23161 Fax 23330-24440, 23330-23161

Contact Persons: KONSTANTINOS IGNATIADIS Tel. 23330-24440, 6977 477347

Legal Status

The Organisation is Other since 1994

Aims

Control and certification of biologic agriculture products, promotion of organic agriculture and sustainable

Members and Friends

With voting right: 18 of whom have paid their membership fee: 10

Material Substructure

Office: Granted for free, Operating days: Daily,  Operating hours: 9.00-18.00

The organisation has access to personal computer and it is mainly uses it for Publications / mail / office assistance

 / electronic filing – data base

There are databases in Paper its morph and structure is Personal files of cultivators, regulations and decrees /

Activities Hall: 150 individuals(provided from the municipality)

The payble members of the organisation are: 6 persons

For the organisation are offering voluntary work: 6 persons.

Remarks: Five partners take part in the L.T.D. (geotechnicals) responsible for the administration is the general

assembly, which consists of five participants and the manager, while there are nine regional collaborators (six

inspectors, 3 members of the committee)

Administrative board

Ignatiadis Konstantinos                                      Administrator

Siogas Theodoros

Papaioannou Anastasios

Dominikos Ignatiadis

Topalidou Sousana

II. Activities

General Issue: Natural resources management

Issue-Topic: Organic agriculture

From: 1994  To: 1996                                               Range:  Local

Activities - Results:

Control and certification of organic products according to the specification of the Regulation 2092/91. Around 80

producers have already been audited.

Participation in specialised educational programmes regarding organic farming techniques and the rationalisation of

agriculture production and countryside life in general.

Organisation of lectures in collaboration with Alexandria municipality regarding the shift in consumer behaviour

towards the consumption of organic products  (1994-96).

Elaboration of sustainability studies on behalf of individuals and organisations  (1994-96).

Future Plans

General Issue: Natural resources management

Issue - Topic: Ecological agriculture

                                                                                    Range     National

Future Activities:

Institution’s development through the improvement of the control’s quality over the ecological products (human and

technical support), submitting the Institute in the European Certification organizations network. Establishing branches in

the western Greece (Ioannina)


III. Source of Information

Source of information: Centers for Organic Farming Abroad (Center of Organic Farming of Insbruk

(Austria), University of Cassel (Germany), University of Hoenhaim (Germany)

Subject: Organic gardening.

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                   2-4 times a year.                                           Ours                     Perfect

Source of information: Ministry of Agriculture.

Subject: Legal information on organic farming

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                     3 time a year.                                             Ours                     Perfect

Future plans

Contacts with other European Union control institutions.

IV. Relations with the Press

Title: O POLITIS

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Newspaper           Local        1/1994-9/1996                    5 times                          Common                     High

Title: IMERISIA VEROIAS

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Newspaper           Local        1/1994-9/1996                    10 times                            Ours                        High

Title: LAOS VEROIAS

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Newspaper           Local        1/1994-9/1996                    3 times                             Ours                        High

Title: THESSALONIKI

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Newspaper         National      1/1994-9/1996                    2 times                             Ours                        High


Title: AGROTIKOS SINERGATISMOS PASEGES

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Magazine           National      1/1994-9/1996                    5 times                          Common                   Perfect

Title: GEOPONIKA

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Magazine           National      1/1994-9/1996                    5 times                          Common                   Perfect

Title: GEORGIKI TECHNOLOGIA

Subject: Organic farming- sustainable development

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Magazine           National      1/1994-9/1996                    3 times                          Common                   Perfect

V. Relations with Mass Media

Title: TV IMATHIA

Subject: Organic gardening- sustainable development

Type                   Rang             Time Period                   Frequency                        Initiative             Satisfaction level

T.V.                     Local        1/1994-9/1996                    2 times                          Common                   Perfect

Title: VEST KOZANIS

Subject: Organic gardening- sustainable development

Type                   Rang             Time Period                   Frequency                        Initiative             Satisfaction level

T.V.                     Local        1/1994-9/1996                    2 times                          Common                   Perfect

Title: TYPOS FM BEROIAS

Subject: Organic gardening- sustainable development

Type                   Rang             Time Period                   Frequency                        Initiative             Satisfaction level

Radio                   Local        1/1994-9/1996                    2 times                          Common                   Perfect


VI. Relations with others ENGO

Name: Dio-Organisation for the Quality Check and Certication of Biological Products

Subject: Biological Cultivation

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                      1/1994-9/1996                                                         Common                 Very High

Name: Ecological Movement of Drama

Subject: Participation in a demonstration

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                      1/1994-9/1996                                                         Common                 Very High

Name: Ecological Association of Veroia

Subject: Participation in a demonstration

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                      1/1994-9/1996                                                         Common                 Very High

VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies

Name: Agricultural Corporations Union of Alexandreia

Subject: Information for farmers about biological cultivation

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                                                                                  Common                    Perfect

Name: Municipality of Alexandreia

Subject: Waste management programme

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                                                                                  Common                    Perfect

Name: Development enterprise of Kozani

Subject: Educational programmes for new farmers

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                                                                                  Common                    Perfect

Name: Development enteprise of Florina

Subject: Advisory in  a corporation for new bio-cultivators

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                                                                                  Common                    Perfect

Name: Agricultural Corporation of saffron producers of Kozani

Subject: Programme for Saffron's biological cultivation

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1994-9/1996                                                                                                  Common                    Perfect


Future plans

Promotion through local development investing programmes to the production manufacture sector and trade of

biological products

VIII. Printed material of the ENGO

Title: Biological culivation and substainable development

Type                                       Time period                                                     Frequency               Way of Publication

Magazine                             1/1995-9/1996                                             6 TIMES ANNUALLY                 Alone

Title: Biological cultivation and substainable development/lists with the controled

biocultivators for everyone who is interested

Comments: The lists are  informed every three months

Type                                       Time period                                                     Frequency               Way of Publication

Leaflet                                 6/1996-9/1995                                                     3 TIMES                         Alone

Future plans

Publication of a calledar on 1997