REGION KRITI

Prefecture HERAKLIO

KIVOTOS ("ARK") - URBAN COMPANY OF ECOLOGICAL ACTIONS

Date of Initial Completion: 25/7/1996 Updates: 1st --- 2nd Update (CHAP.I): 22/12/1999

Date of Last Update: 27/2/2001

I. Identity of Organisation

Address

HERAKLION Postal Code 712 02 Street: 12, CHANDAKOS STR.

Tel. 2810-286480 Fax 2810-286490

Contact Persons: NIKOS LEVENTAKIS Tel. 2810-286480

Legal Status

The Organisation is Civic non Profit Organisation since 1992

Aims

Development-dissemination of ecologic consciousness - activities in collaboration with the Organization of local

governments, authorities, people, other ecological associations (Greece European Union) or independently

through the implementation of training programmes , demonstrations, publications, programmes in the mass

media. Also through the materialization of studies or programmes or through management activities through

studies and researches and dissemination of biological cultivation and through the undertaking of social upgrading

Members and Friends

With voting right: 75 of whom have paid their membership fee: 75

Material Substructure

Office: Granted for free, Operating days: Daily, Operating hours: Office hours

Vehicles: Recyclement car (for the paper transportation)

Remarks: The goal and the reasons for establishing the association is the intervention on sections of economical

interest (the acceptance from public authorities) where the representation by the Radical Ecological Movement of

Heraklio was not possible. Another target is uniting the ecological organizations of the whole Crete, while the Radical

Ecological Movement of Heraklio is limited in the prefecture of Heraklio. Using scientific powers in the service of

Ecology is another of Kibotos targets. The Kibotos Association is established and sub functioning untill the tax status

quo of the civil non- profit associations is clarified

Administrative board

Leventakis Nikos President

Flitzanis Nikos

Kindelis Manolis

Loufardaki Maria

Voredou Katerina

II. Activities

General Issue: Natural resources management

Issue-Topic: Agriculture

The activity took place in 1995 Range: Regional

Activities - Results:

Submission of an application to the PEP for conducting a research project entitled: 'Residual substances in the

agricultural products in Crete'.

General Issue: Quality of life

Issue-Topic: Working environment

From: 1993 To: 1994 Range: Local

Activities - Results:

Elaboration of a study on the causes of fatal cases of cancer evidenced among the staff of the financial services of

Heracleon municipality.

and cultural development activitiesGeneral Issue: Waste management

Issue-Topic: Recycling

The activity took place in 1995 Range: Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Purchase of a car by the Ecological Radical Movement of Heracleon, to be used in the collection of paper for recycling.