REGION PELOPONNISSOS
Prefecture LAKONIA
ECOLOGICAL
CONNECTION OF LAKONIA
Date of Initial
Completion: 12/9/1996 1st Update: 16/2/1998 2nd Update (CHAP.I):
17/12/1999
Date of Last Update: 2/3/2001
I. Identity of
Organisation
Address
SPARTI Postal
Code 231 00 Street: 14, KONSTANTINOU
PALEOLOGOU STR.
Tel. 27310-27313 Fax 27310-24060,
27310-27313
Contact Persons: KIRIAKOS
MICHALAKAKOS Tel. 27310-27313, 6976 795323
Legal Status
The Organisation
is Civic non Profit Organisation since 1989
Aims
Protecting the
environment / promoting ecological
awareness in Greece using all the necessary means /
supporting ecological and
environmental friendly activities / elaborating and assigning the elaboration
of studies
and researches on others
Permanent abolition of crop dusting
with toxic substances / repairing the damages made to Eurota and
recognizing it as a biotope and
historical monument which needs special protection / characterizing Taygetos,
Parnona and Lakonikos gulf as a
protected area etc
Members and
Friends
With voting
right: 50 Without voting right: 60 of whom have paid their membership fee: 30
Material Substructure
Office: Guest,
Operating days: Daily, Operating hours:
Office hours
The organisation has access to
personal computer and it is mainly uses it for Elaboration of documents
There are databases in Paper its
morph and structure is Basic protocol / files of general mail and of the
associations activities / files of scientific – ecological issues
Activities Hall:
Rooms of the Municipal, of hotels and of the Greek Mountain Association of
Spartis are used
Vehicles: The cars of the members are
used
For the organisation is offering
voluntary work 1 member.
Administrative
board
Michalakakos
Kiriakos President
Vachaviolos Ilias Vice President
Mitrakos Ioannis Secretary
Vavaroutsos
Georgios Treasurer
Smirnios Kostas Member
II. Activities
General
Issue: Ecosystems protection
Issue-Topic: Evrotas
From: 1989 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Informing the
public about the land grabbing activities in the coastal forest, the illegal
drinking water drinking
activities, the pollution of caused
from household waste and pesticides.
Submission of an
integrated management proposal to the Sparta municipality in relation to
Evrotas. Parts of the
proposal were incorporated in DEYAS'
proposals for the inclusion of Evrotas projects into LIFE programme.
Issue-Topic:
Taigetos
From: 1990 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Action taken to
declare Taigetos mountain a national park, in collaboration with the
mountaineering club of Sparta /
Informing and sensitising the public
through the local media/ Organisation of two meetings.
General Issue: Environmental
protection
Issue-Topic: Aerial crop spraying
From: 1989 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Sensitisation of
the public through the media / Direct interventions made to the prefectural
Directorate of Agriculture,
the Ministry of Agriculture, local
communities / Publication of an informational leaflet.
General Issue: Natural resources management
Issue-Topic: Organic agriculture
From: 1989 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Informing
agriculturists-farmers / Organisation of a meeting in collaboration with the Greek Organic Agriculture
Society which resulted in the
submission by farmers in Laconia of 200 applications for their participation in
organic
General Issue: Protection of wild fauna
Issue-Topic: Hospitalisation of
injured birds
From: 1989 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Hospitalisation
of more than 60 birds of pray in collaboration with EKPAZP.
General Issue: Refuse management
Issue-Topic: Recycling
From: 1990 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Submission of
proposals to the municipality regarding the integrated management of refuse
through the sensitisation
of the public and the carrying out of
recycling programmes.
General Issue: Urban environment
Issue-Topic: Regeneration projects
From: 1990 To: 1998 Range: Prefectural
Activities
- Results:
Submission of
proposals to the municipality for the regeneration of Chimaros area and the
construction of recreation
areas such as groves e.t.c
III. Source of
Information
First hand observations – Citizen
denunciations/ Greenpeace/ WWF/ Hellenic Ornithological Society/ Hellenic
Wildlife Hospital/ Hellenic Society
for the Protection of Nature
IV. Relations with
the Press
Title:
LAKONIKA (SPARTIATIKA) NEA
Subject:
NGO's activities
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper Local 1/1990-9/1996 occasionally Ours High
Title:
PARATIRITIS/LAKONIKOS TIPOS
Subject:
NGO's activities
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Newspaper Local 1/1991-9/1996 once a
month Ours Perfect
Title: NEA
OIKOLOGIA (N.O.)
Subject:
Manipulative proposition for the river Eurota/ a two-day session on organic
farming.
Type Circulation Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction Level
Magazine National 1/1995-9/1996 2 times Ours Perfect
V. Relations with
Mass Media
Title: ELLADA TV
Subject: NGO's activities
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
T.V. Local 1/1994- circumstantially Common High
Title: SPARTI TV
Subject: NGO's activities
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
T.V. Local 1/1994- circumstantially Common High
Title: FLY FM
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio Local - High
Title: RADIO SPARTI
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio Local - High
Title: Greece FM (ELLADA FM)
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio Local - High
Title: Municipal radio station (DIMOTIKO RADIOFONO)
Subject: Environmental issues
Type Rang Time Period Frequency Initiative Satisfaction level
Radio Local 1/1990-12/1994 production every 15 days Ours High
VI. Relations with others ENGO
Name: Association of Ecological Agriculture of Greece
Subject: Co-organising meeting on
biological agriculture
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 5/1995-5/1995 Ours High
Name: New Ecology
Subject: Participation in M.Modinos'
lecture at the meeting for ecological agriculture
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 5/1995-5/1995 Ours High
Name: Ecological Movement of Patra
Subject: Sending the newspaper
"En Aithria"
Nativity Time period Initiative Satisfaction level
No 1/1995-9/1996 Theirs High
VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies
Name: Greek alpine association of Sparti
Subject: National park of
Taigetos-quarries closure
Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1993-9/1996 Common High
Name: Municipal enterprise of water supply-Sewerage of Sparti
Subject: Eurotas
Time Period Initiative Satisfaction level
1/1993-12/1994 Ours Low
VIII. Printed material of the ENGO