Transforming Athens into a more accessible city

Mayor Kaminis presented the“City Resilience Strategy”, which includes dozens of actions and innovations to be implemented through to 2030, highlighting an open, vibrant, proactive and more accessible city that also includes crisis management policies as well as the creation of green spaces, which the Mayor said are expected to increase by two percent each year.

The long-term strategy is drawn up in collaboration with the Athens municipality and the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) network, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping cities around the world become more resilient to emerging physical, social and economic challenges.

“In recent years, Athens has had to face unprecedented crises, and the municipal authority has struggled to deal with the major social impact of the economic and refugee crisis,” said the Mayor.

“Cities must create the means and tools that will aid them in safeguarding their future… Athens’ cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Strong Cities network produces tangible results for the development of a strategy that maximizes the city’s potential, while proposing new solutions,” Mayor Kaminis said.

Addressing the event, Alternate Economy Minister Alexandros Haritsis underlined the need for close cooperation between government and local administration and he also added that the government aims to finance municipalities not eligible for European funding from its 1 billion euro Public Investment Program.