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WESTERN GREECE profile

DAFNI KEK

Vocational training centre

Patras

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Western Greece : GENERAL DATA OF THE

REGION

• The Region of Western Greece stretches from the northwest part of the Peloponnese to the western tip of the Greek mainland. It is one of the 13 Regions of Greece, is separated in 3 administrative districts, the Prefectures of Aitoloakarnania, Achaia, Elia and covers an area of 11.350 square kilometres (8,6% of the total area of Greece).

 • For the most part the terrain is mountainous (45,3%) or hilly (25,6%), while only

29,1% consists of plains. All three prefectures have extensive coastal areas along the Ionian Sea and the Gulfs of Ambrakia, Patras and Corinth.

• According to the 2001 census, the population of the Region of Western Greece is 741,282. This makes it the fourth most populated Region of Greece, with 7% of the country’s total population. 

• Today the Region of Western Greece is a modern communications and transport hub that connects Greece to the rest of Europe. The busy port of Patras is not only the Region’s capital but also the country’s main gateway to Western Europe.

 

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Western Greece ( Dytiki Ellada )

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Leader FUNDING 2007-2013

LOCAL NETWORKS OF WESTERN GREECE : 3 FOCAL POINTS

• AITOLIKI LOCAL DEVELOPMENTAL AGENCY 6.750.000

& TRIHONIDA A.C LOCAL DEVELOPMENTAL AGENCY 5.900.000

• LOCAL DEBVELOPMENTAL AGENCY OF OLYMPIA 7.350.000

• ACHAIA LOCAL DEVELOPMENTAL ACENCY."6.300.000

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Main Developmental Strategy/ option of Western Greece Region ( 2007-2013)

Βasic pivot is the upgrading of the Total Sustainable Rural Development by

• The Improvement of the Natural & Cultural Environment

• The Improvement of the rural areas and development of Local Productive

Systems

• The protection of the Environment and Development of the Sustainable

energy recourses

• Linking tourism with primal sector focusing on : local products and

Mediterranean nutrition

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Strategic Objectives

 

• The general development objective for the region has been defined as "the utilization of the region's key position and its comparative advantages in order to overcome unemployment and intra-regional inequality problems".

 

•     Sustainable rural development

a)      Rural development (viable and integrated development for rural areas and improvement of agricultural competitiveness)

b)      Interventions in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas.

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DAFNI KEK profile • Activated in regional level mainly in suburbs of Achaia Prefecture • Established on 1996 . Status : non profit • Organizing vocational training courses for unemployed • Focusing on tailor made courses according to detected needs of enterprises • Member of national networks, i.e Skywalker. • Centre for Cambridge examinations in ICT • Contemporary agricultural methodology . Topics : ecological products and procedures / water management /

milk producers quality frame • Member of European networks and associations ( EAEA – www.eaea.org , NILE –

www.intercultural-learning.net )•

TRAINING PROVIDERS IN ACCORDANCE TO CONTEXT – INPUT-

STRATEGY

TRAINING NEED DIAGNOSISACCORDING TO DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIES

REFLECTIVE ELABORATION AND COURSES DEVELOPMENT

DELIVERY AND INTEGRATED EVALUATION

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Trihonida lake

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Olympia village

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Olympia 4

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Olympia 2

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Olympia village 3