Partners - Municipality of Ilioupoli

General description

The Municipality of Ilioupoli is one of the 43 municipalities in the Attica region. It is located in the eastern part of Attiki, only 8,5km from the center of Athens, at the foothills of Hymettus Mountain. The population of the Municipality exceeds 100.000 people in an area of 13.500 acres, where 8.500 acres are the populated area and 5.000 acres is mostly forests in the Hymmetus Mountain. The population cosists mostly senior and higher education with moderate income status and high environmental awareness.

Municipality of Ilioupoli and the Environment

Environmental initiatives and activities are the first priority for the Municipality, such as energy saving programms, sustainable solid waste management, Hymmetus forest protection, etc.

Forest fire protection is on the top of the agenda of the environmental actions in the Municipality. The poor environment in the grater area of Athens, the high dense population and the climate conditions such as high temperatures, resulted in 3 major forest fires during the perion 1995 -2005. More specifically, in 22/06/1998 a vollunteer fireman named Dimitrios Karamolegos was the first volunteer in Greece that lost his life during the fire.

The Municipality is constanlty trying to enchance the forest fire prevention through the motivation of the local communities, the communication and awareness activities, volunteer actions, etc. In this direction, Municipality of Ilioupoli is an active member of SPAY (the union of Municipalities for the Hymmetus Mountain protection and Development).

Municipality Role in the Forest Cities project

In the framework of the forest fire prevention enchancement, Municipality of Ilioupoli is an associate beneficiary of the Forest Cities project. In the framework of this project, the Municipality will: