Successful Participation of the Municipality of Heraklion in Estonia within the framework of the Programme “City to City for Building Our Europe – C2C4EU” - Europe for Citizens 

            With success and important new ideas for improving the digital services of the city and fighting bureaucracy for the benefit of citizens, the mission of the Municipality of Heraklion in Narva, Estonia, was completed as part of the Europe for Citizens Program entitled "City to City for Building our Europe" (http://www.c2c4eu.eu/) implemented by the Department of European Programmes of the Municipality of Heraklion.

            The Thematic Unit of Works, entitled "The Future of Europe: Opportunities and Challenges", included the presentation of good practices by each partner of the Programme (Gerace-Italy, Kistelek-Hungary, Municipality of Barcellos - Portugal, Development and Economy Department of Narva - Estonia, District Administration of Teruel - Spain and Municipality of Heraklion - Greece).

            The Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure and European Programmes, was represented by the Municipality of Heraklion, Mr. Ioannis Anastasakis, Dr. Community Engagement Specialist “Demoscopio”, Member of the “Institute for 21st Century  Agoras”, Alexandros Christakis and Journalist & Systemic  Design  Facilitator, Maria Kakoulaki. The presentation of the mission of the Municipality of Heraklion, within the framework of the Programme, had as theme: “The Future of Europe: Opportunities and Challenges” and “The Demoscopio of Heraklion as a new entity of Structured Democratic Dialogue of Innovation and Entrepreneurship”.

            The Demoscopio was presented as the collective undertaking of a society that needs more civic participation through their involvement in the design and implementation of policies that concern them. The Demoscopio of Heraklion is also in line with the overall objective of the programme, which is the development of strong, dynamic and long-lasting city communication networks, with a shared vision of cooperation between public institutions and the citizens themselves. In the framework of the mission in Narva, Estonia, the Greek mission had the opportunity to be informed about the technological miracle that has been achieved over the past 15 years in the country.