Municipal Kypseli Market: The first market of social entrepreneurship and urban regeneration in Greece

CIVIL SOCIETY, Our News, Social Entrepreneurship

Elena Lambrou, from Impact Hub Athens, welcomed the Agora Erasmus+ Program (2019) participants in a bold community prototype, the Municipal Kypseli Market, the first market of social entrepreneurship and urban regeneration in Greece. Following a participatory model of management and revival of the urban commons, the Municipality of Athens chose through an open process the Impact

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Welcommon Hostel: A Unique Model of Socially-responsible and Sustainable Tourism in Athens

CIVIL SOCIETY, Our News, Social Entrepreneurship

“We are part of the social change we want to see happen.” Fotoessa chose Welcommon Hostel as the main venue for the Agora Erasmus + activities (2019) and the stay of its participants since it is a unique model of socially-responsible and sustainable tourism in Athens. Nikos Chrysogelos presented the aspirational Welcommon project which combines

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CIVIL SOCIETY

CIVIL SOCIETY

Civil society, according to Ernest Geller, is a set of diverse non-governmental institutions strong enough to offset the state, which, while not preventing it from fulfilling its role as a guarantor of peace and an arbitrator of great interests, can nevertheless prevent it from dominating and extirpating the rest of society. In Fotoessa, we are

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