In order to implement the three-year plan Culture is Athens, we utilize our own forces, the two cultural institutions of the Municipality of Athens that have in their potential people many years of experience and important know-how, the Organization of Culture, Sports Youth (OPANDA) and Technopolis , but also Athens Regeneration SA .
Collaborating with the Ministry of Culture & amp; Of Sports and the Attica Region , we continue the creative synergies with cultural institutions of the city through the Athens Culture Net , while at the same time we are open to new collaborations, to new possibilities .
Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA)
The Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA ) serves what its name suggests: highlights the unbreakable relevance of culture and sports in Athens. With his actions he brings the arts, letters and sports, close to the citizens of Athens, thus contributing in the entertainment and the formation of a modern, collective consciousness and in the promotion of the cultural identity of the city.
OPANDA is not just a structure of the Municipality of Athens. It is an active nucleus of culture, sports and creative learning, which listens to the pulse and needs of the modern era in the city. Gives life in every neighborhood of the city, fills the daily life of everyone, residents and visitors, young and old, regardless of gender, nationality, social group and age. With music and theater performances, with art and exhibitions, with festivals and with high quality services in specially designed sports venues, OPANDA seeks daily to give the “salt” of life, well-being, to the citizens of Athens.
Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens
The Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens is housed in the old gas factory of Athens, a rare industrial monument, which has been transformed into the most vibrant cultural space in heart of the city, open and accessible to all, with more than 1,000,000 visitors a year.
The vision of Technopolis is to support the development of different communities and to contribute in every way to the improvement of the quality of life of the Athenians and the visitors of the city.
Concerts, exhibitions, performances, screenings, educational programs and activities of the Industrial Gas Museum, seminars dedicated to new technologies, initiatives for the development of entrepreneurship and innovation by INNOVATHENS powered by Samsung and social events are just some of the 900 events that take place every year in Technopolis.
Athens Culture Net
Athens Culture Net (ACN) is the cultural network of the Municipality of Athens, a connecting link that unites cultural institutions, large and small, public and private creating an active cultural and artistic context for people living in the city, visitors, artists and institutions.
The network was developed with the idea that collaboration is an important factor for the success of any cultural community and its goal is to offer support, solutions and networking, in order to increase access to quality cultural planning in all neighborhoods of Athens.
At the same time, the object of the network is the promotion of the modern culture of the Greek capital, together with the unique heritage of antiquity, in order to make the city of Athens an attractive and hospitable destination for foreign visitors.
Athens Culture Net members:
Art Athina,
Atopos Contemporary Visual Culture,
Higher School of Fine Arts,