REGION WESTERN GREECE

  Prefecture   ETOLOAKARNANIA

         CENTER FOR ECOTOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF ETOLIA

    Date of Initial Completion: 2/8/1996                 1st Update: 18/2/1998             2nd Update (CHAP.I):  15/12/1999

                                                            Date of Last Update: 15/3/2001

  e_mail: cpetro@tee.gr

I. Identity of Organisation

Address

MESOLLOGI Postal Code 302 00 Street:  KENNEDY SQR.

Tel. 26310-23288, 26310-25250 Fax 26320-23609, 26310-23288

Contact Persons: PETROPOULOS CHRISTOS Tel. 26310-23288, 26310-25250

Legal Status

The Organisation is Civic non Profit Organisation since 1990

Aims

Informing the public on issues of environment, sensitizing the citizens and promoting regional environmental

values / ecotourism (organizing tours aiming at the information and sensitization of the citizens)

Members and Friends

With voting right: 35

Material Substructure

There are databases in Paper its morph and structure is Thematic: the file will be given in the Center for

wetlands environmental information (Ministry for the environment physical planning and public works YPEHODE

and Local Association OTA)

Activities Hall: 50-150 inidviduals (school room, radio station of Messologgi, cultural centers)

Performance material: Projector and screen of projecting slides

Remarks: The members of the Administrative committee are succeeding each other every 6 months

18/2/1988 – The activities have stopped since 1995 due to family and other obligations of the leading members. The

organization might have been reestablished in 1998

Administrative board

Pergantis Fotis                                                  Member of the Administrative Board

Roussopoulos Giannis                                        Member of the Administrative Committee

Petropoulos Christos                                         Member of the Administrative Board

II. Activities

General Issue: Environmental protection

Issue-Topic: Local environmental issues

From: 1990  To: 1994                                               Range:  Local

Activities - Results:

Action taken through public information, bringing charges, and documentation in relation to local environmental issues.

Despatch of documents to relevant agencies and local government organisations, and publication of articles in the

Co-operation with EKVI for the monitoring of the estuary.

General Issue: Information - Sensitisation of the public

Issue-Topic: Environmental education

From: 1990  To: 1994                                               Range:  Local

Activities - Results:

Visits to schools, distribution of printed informational material, screening of transparencies regarding environmental

issues of Agrinio-Mesologi area.

Provision of support to teachers in their environmental education duties and especially in relation to the special

themes of environmental education and the organisation of environmental groups consisted of pupils.

Implementation of a public information/sensitisation programme which is part of the Mesologi municipality estuary's

management programme.

Implementation, on behalf of GREEK SALT-PANS S.A. of a public information/sensitisation programme.

Implementation, on behalf of WWF international, of a public information/sensitisation and environmental protection


Issue-Topic: Events

From: 1990  To: 1994                                               Range:  Local

Activities - Results:

Organisation of various public events including presentations and discussions on local environmental issues.

Organisation of a meeting with the participation of Agrinio Citizens Committee, the Mesologi municipality, the Agrinio

municipality and all interested agencies and the public in general, entitled ' Acheloos river diversion - Evinos dam:

environmental, socio-economic impacts

Participation of a representative of the organisation to all official meetings of environmental NGOs.

Co-organisation with the Aitoliki Society for the Protection of the Environment, of the 6th Pan-Hellenic Conference of

Environmental Organisations.

III. Source of Information

Printed material of environmental NGOs

Source of information: Prefecture Fund

Subject: Regional works

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1992-12/1994                                   Once a month                                             Ours                    Moderate

Little response

Source of information: Section of Environment overseen by the Prefecture (Urban Planning)

Subject: Regional works

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1991-12/1994                                   Once a month                                             Ours                       High

Source of information: Department of Planning overseen by the Prefecture.

Subject: Planning of works

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1991-12/1994                              Once every 6 months                                        Ours                       High

IV. Relations with the Press

Title: MESOLOGGITIKA CHRONIA

Subject: local environmental issues

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Newspaper           Local       1/1991-12/1994             6 times per year                       Ours                      Perfect

Title: GIOFIRIA (AITOLIKO)

Subject: local environmental issues

Type                 Circulation      Time Period                     Frequency                       Initiative            Satisfaction Level

Newspaper           Local       1/1991-12/1994             6 times per year                       Ours                      Perfect

V. Relations with Mass Media

Title: Radio station of Mesologgi

Subject: Local environmental issues

Type                   Rang             Time Period                   Frequency                        Initiative             Satisfaction level

Radio                   Local       1/1991-12/1994             4 times per year                   Common                     High

Title: RADIO ACHELOOS

Subject: Local environmental issues

Type                   Rang             Time Period                   Frequency                        Initiative             Satisfaction level

Radio                   Local       1/1994-12/1996             4 times per year                   Common                     High

VI. Relations with others ENGO

Contact with and information from environmental organizations during the conferences.

Name: Aitolian Society of Environmental Protection (the year  1992 had the title 

"Epitropi Agriniton Politon" (Committee of Agrinio Citizens)

Subject: Co-organising the meeting for Aheloos -Evinos and  the sixth Pan-Hellenic Conference for Environmental

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                     2/1992-10/1995                                                        Common                     High

Name: WWF International

Subject: Programme of  environmental sensitisation and protection

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                     1/1992-12/1994                                                           Ours                    Very High

VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies

Name: Ministry of Environment, Physical planning and Public Works-Department of

environmental planning

Subject: Protection of local environment

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1991-12/1994                                                                                                    Ours                     Moderate

Name: Department of environment (Urban planning)

Subject: Accusations for works and activities

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1991-12/1994                                                                                                    Ours                         Low

Name: Greek Salterns S.A

Subject: Sensitisation programme from greek sallterns S.A

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1991-12/1994                                                                                                    Ours                       Perfect

Name: Municipality of Mesologi

Subject: Sensitisation programme from greek sallterns S.A

Time Period                                                                                                       Initiative              Satisfaction level

1/1991-12/1991                                                                                                    Ours                         High

VIII. Printed material of the ENGO