REGION WESTERN GREECE

  Prefecture   ACHAIA

       SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL

                                                                               OF PATRAS

   Date of Initial Completion: 16/7/1996                     Updates: 1st ---                 2nd Update (CHAP.I):  30/12/1999

                                                             Date of Last Update: 5/3/2001

  e_mail: tiniakou@upatras.gr

I. Identity of Organisation

Address

PATRA Postal Code 262 25 Street:  28, DOIRANIS STR.

Tel. 2610-429887 Fax 2610-429887

Contact Persons: LEONARDOS TINIAKOS Tel. 2610-328533, 6944 714894

Legal Status

The Organisation is Association - Union since 1975

Aims

Protecting and conserving the environment of the broader area by alighting the citizens and the authorities and by

 activities that are needed

Members and Friends

With voting right: 400 Without voting right: 1600 of whom have paid their membership fee: 400

Material Substructure

Office: Rented, Operating days: Daily,  Operating hours: 18.00-20.00

There are databases in Paper its morph and structure is Incomes - outcomes

Activities Hall: It depends on the issue

Performance material: They rent equipment whenever it is needed

For the organisation is working with fee 1 person.

Administrative board

Dimopoulos Panagiotis                                       President

Tiniakos Leonardos                                           Vice President

Krestenitis Grigoris                                            Secretary

Gazis Spiros                                                     Treasurer

Vellopoulos Vlassis                                            Member

Levetsios Achilleas                                            Member

Marazioti-Sfaellou Vivi                                       Member

Konstantakopoulos Konstantinos                         Member

Morfis Giorgos                                                  Member

II. Activities

General Issue: Environmental protection

Issue-Topic: Co-operation

From: 1988  To: 1996                                               Range:  Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Exercising pressures for the participation of environmental organisations within the Prefectural Environment

Committee which resulted in a positive outcome

Issue-Topic: Development projects

From: 1986  To: 1996                                               Range:  Regional

Activities - Results:

Evaluation of studies regarding the large development projects in the area

Issue-Topic: Green - forests

From: 1975  To: 1996                                               Range:  Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Organisation of tree-planting on an annual basis

Issue-Topic: Industrial pollution

From: 1978  To: 1996                                               Range:  Prefectural

Activities - Results:

Litigation at an administrative level (Ministries, prefectures) and organisation of various events (debates, road

closures) in order to minimise the environmental impacts stemming from industry operation in Achaia surroundings.

Construction of a waste management plant  (positive outcome) and installation of an underwater pipe by the

aforementioned plant.

Battle against the cancellation of an aluminium plant operation in Diakofto / Battle against the construction of TITAN' s

 coal-depot.

Battle against the sitting of a fibre-dyeing plant in Kamares and of a petrochemical plant in Galatas and Neochori.

Issue-Topic: Waste management

From: 1981  To: 1995                                               Range:  Local

Activities - Results:

Contribution to the dislocation of Patra's rubbish dump.

Issue-Topic: Water pollution

From: 1975  To: 1996                                               Range:  Local

Activities - Results:

Collection of 40,000 signatures and various interventions to the Greek government and the European Union in favour

 of the construction of a waste management plant in Patra.

Undertaking of annual measurements of the pollution level of Patra gulf.

Attempts made to ameliorate drinking water quality in Patra.

III. Source of Information

Each member receives his own informative material, non-intensive collaboration with University Professors upon

relative issues

Source of information: Sotiris Grigoropoulos

Subject: Biological cleansing (waste treatment)

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Giorgos Kallergis

Subject: Hydrogeological issues

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Panagiotis Drakatos

Subject: Biological cleansing (waste treatment)

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Theodoros Stathis

Subject: Waste treatment ETVA

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Stilianos Tsonis

Subject: Waste treatments (biological cleansing)

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                  Perfect

Source of information: Ioanna Iliopoulou

Subject: Measurements of marine pollution

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Euaggelos Maraziotis

Subject: Radioactivity measurements.

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: K. Goudas

Subject: Studies and waste treatments (biological cleansing)

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Ioannis Derorakis

Subject: Microbiological measurements of water

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Xenofon Kondakis

Subject: Microbiological measurements of water.

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Dimos Papailiou

Subject: Studies of waste treatment ETVA

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

Source of information: Maria Papapetropoullou

Subject: Microbiological studies.

Time period                                             Frequency                                            Initiative             Satisfaction level

1/1975-7/1996                                      Occasionally                                           Common                 Moderate

IV. Relations with the Press

Publications of the daily and periodic press, local and Athenian/  Regularly writing articles for the newspaper En

V. Relations with Mass Media

Participation in local and national mass media productions, aforetime we participated in local stations productions

on a weekly basis.

VI. Relations with others ENGO

Name: Ecological Movement of Patra

Subject: Local issues

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

Yes                                     1/1993-7/1996                                                         Common                 Very High

Name: Association for the protection of Marine Turtle

Subject: Issues on Sea Turtle

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                      1/1991-7/1996                                                         Common                 Very High

Name: Hellenic Ornithological Society

Subject: Issues on Wild Fauna

Nativity                                 Time period                                                           Initiative             Satisfaction level

No                                      1/1991-7/1996                                                         Common                 Very High

VII. Relations with Public and Private Bodies

VIII. Printed material of the ENGO