The Mayor of Troizinia – Methanon, Anastasios Mougios, spoke to cityhub in regards to the priorities of the municipality he manages, on the similar time expressing his intention to implement methods to strengthen the area.
What sort of individuals put themselves in public judgment?
The individuals who put themselves within the judgment of the residents, for any workplace, have a standard attribute universally and that is associated to the priority for the frequent good. The individuals of the native authorities are additionally characterised for his or her love and keenness for his or her place. Native self-government presents particular challenges and objectively these concerned should face them, as they’re, in each manifestation of politics, nearer and on to the citizen. Insurance policies should be direct and focused.
With what priorities?
The essential precedence of the elected officers should be the redesign of the Municipalities, within the dynamic atmosphere of each day and rising threats. Sadly, nevertheless, in Greek territory, small municipalities face specific difficulties in planning and implementing growth insurance policies, as sources and means are scarce. The legislative initiatives of latest years strengthen the standing of smaller municipalities, however the difficulties stay. No self-administrative will dispute that the shortage of human sources is a extra vital concern for the Mayors than the financing of the Municipalities, which is being strengthened.
Does the geographical dimension of a municipality play a job in all this?
The Municipality of Troizinia Methanon has an space of 240 sq. km, of which 80% is forest space and extends over 70 km. The challenges of cleansing plots, frequent areas and forests, particularly in the summertime season, are huge. We’re referred to as to beat ourselves and be inextricably depending on volunteer teams.
The prolonged drought leads us to troublesome choices in the course of the summer season season and we depend on our appeals for restricted consumption. With out doing injustice to the initiatives of the State, we acknowledge the common and extraordinary funding to the Municipalities.
The place are we going as a rustic? Can we intend to “empty” the Area of Greeks and fill the city facilities? And who will preserve the District? Will they arrive from different international locations? Will it stay abandoned? What about growing old and elder care?
The Municipal Authority has a predominant goal associated to the brand new technology and the aged. As a way to strengthen our place as a Municipality within the coming years and to not be led to desertion within the winter months, we’re pursuing, planning and methodically implementing the repatriation of our younger individuals. Individuals who left to work, research and search a greater fortune in one other metropolis. We plan and implement the circumstances and infrastructure, so that every one of them return to our Municipality and represent the non secular, and never solely, capital of the long run.
Along with our younger individuals, we additionally care for the aged, with the intention to keep away from conditions of isolation. We stand by them with dignity. We plan and day-after-day we’ll strengthen these actions, in order that our grandparents don’t really feel minimize off from the area people and its developments.
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