ROP Budget

Total Cost:	1,634,545,544	euro
Public Cost:	1,554,945,544	euro
Community Participation :	1,116,641,725	euro
National Participation:	438,303,819	euro
Private Participation:	79,600,000	euro

Strategic Objectives

The strategic development objective set for the Attica Region is the promotion of the international role of the capital, combined with measures to alleviate intra-regional disparities and improve the quality of life. This general objective further defined through the following basic objectives:

n              Strengthening of the international role of the capital

n              Improvement of the quality of life and the environment

n              Alleviation of unemployment and social exclusion

n              Upgrade of infrastructures and sustainable management of resources in the western areas, the less-favoured urban areas and the peripheral zones

n              Rehabilitation of the sites affected by the earthquake of 7 September 1999

These objectives are addressed through 6 priority axes and 31 measures.

Selected Basic Indicators

The basic results expected from the completion of the programme are as follows:

n              Construction of 2.36km of Attica ring road

n              Creation of 2 new landfill sites

n              Training for 7,652 individuals

n              10 Integrated Urban Development Programmes

n              Improvement and completion of 20km of national and provincial road network

n              Support for 524 manufacturing and tourism SMEs under Regulation 70

Implementation Progress

508 projects have been approved up to date, their total public cost amounting to 74.1% of the overall public cost of the programme. Total budget contracted (legal commitments) corresponds to 59.2% of the overall public cost of the programme, while expenditure to date on the whole programme amounts to 39.1% of the overall public cost of the ROP.

Important projects have already been completed or are now approaching completion, including:

n              "Kifissou Avenue, Section from km position 0+700 – 3+060", with a budget of €161,115,187

n              "Regional General Hospital of Western Attica", with a budget of €17,159,624

n              "Repair of Athens National Archaeological Museum", with a budget of €8,655,735

n              At the same time work is proceeding regularly on the project "Athens Metro – Extension to Peristeri, Sepolia – Ag. Antonios – Peristeri – Thivon (civil engineering projects)", with a budget of €100,000,000.