Organizers

PELOPONNESE FODSA

The Regional Association of Solid Waste Management Entities (FODSA) of the Peloponnese Region was established in 2012. It has operated since 2014 pursuant to the official decision by the Greek Government to merge the seven (7) solid waste management entities in the Peloponnese Region and form the Regional Association of Solid Waste Management Agencies (FODSA) of the Peloponnese Region as a Public Law Legal Entity of the Peloponnese Region.

FODSA focuses on providing integrated management of solid waste, in accordance with the Regional Waste Management Plan. In particular, its central goal is to identify and implement the objectives and actions for temporary storage, transshipment, sea transport of MSW, processing, recovery and disposal of solid waste within its territorial jurisdiction in
accordance with the relevant joint Ministerial Decision. Specifically, FODSA engages in planning the solid waste management projects preparation and monitoring for the implementation of the Regional Solid Waste Management Plan (PESDA) of the Peloponnese Region, while solid waste management concerns temporary storage, transshipment, treatment, recovery, and disposal of solid waste in the allocated region.

The project «Integrated Waste Management of the Peloponnese Region» is implemented according to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) method, through an agreement with the reputable Greek company TERNA. This ongoing agreement provides for the construction of three Waste Treatment Units (WTP) with a maximum capacity of 200,000 th/year, three Landfills and two Waste Transfer Stations (WTS).

The project «Integrated Waste Management of the Peloponnese Region» solves the environmental problem of the Peloponnese Region for a period of more than 30 years, ensuring compliance with the rules of European legislation on the environment and achieving consistently high environmental performance. The project complies with all the
good practice standards of the circular economy established by the European Union.

Currently, the Peloponnese FOSDA, through an open international bid, has signed a contract for a pilot project that will provide fifty-eight (58) Recycling Multi-centres for sorting at source of the waste produced at its members – local and regional authorities. These Multi-centres will be equipped with a material processing system (compression of plastic and metal materials and breakage of glass materials) with the aim of minimizing the volume of
materials to be recycled separately at the source, in order to reduce the energy and environmental impact of the recyclable materials transportation. Each Recycling Multi-centre is used for separate sorting at source of plastic, metal, glass and paper materials.

B’NAI B’RITH

B’nai B’rith was established in the USA some 180 years ago as a philanthropic and educational organization. In 1843 a dozen German-Jewish immigrants gathered on New York’s Lower East Side to confront what they called “the deplorable condition of Jews in this, our newly adopted country.” Since its establishment, B’nai B’rith has grown immensely and today its presence and activities successfully span the globe. Through its headquarters in Washington, the World Center in Jerusalem, and the very active PHILON Chapter in Athens, B’nai B’rith is thoroughly engaged in supportive efforts on behalf of Hellenic issues, closer cooperation between Greece and Israel, and more broadly amicable relations between Jews and Greeks globally.

The B’nai B’rith commitment to aid humankind grew out of its founders’ decision to create an insurance policy to award members’ widows $30 toward funeral expenses, a stipend of one dollar a week for the rest of their lives, a stipend for each child, and the assurance a male child would be taught a trade. Victims of a Baltimore flood in the mid-1800s were the first recipients of B’nai B’rith disaster relief funds, and the first international assistance project provided funds to Moses Montefiore in 1865 to assist victims of a cholera epidemic in what was then Palestine. B’rith later raised and distributed funds to those affected by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the Galveston, Texas, flood of 1900, and the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

Since those beginnings, when natural and manmade disasters strike in the United States or around the globe—or when communities are in need—B’nai B’rith helps from the outset and remains to rebuild to the end. One of the most compelling attributes of the B’nai B’rith approach to disaster relief is that we often provide both immediate, short-term and long-term relief, long after other first responders have left a disaster site. Today, B’nai B’rith Connect engages the next generation of leaders for B’nai B’rith International. Through events at embassies, missions, disaster rebuilding sites and fundraisers, we have a network of up-and-coming leaders who convene, exchange ideas, have a chance to learn from world leaders and provide vital assistance to communities in need.

HELLENIC-ISRAELI-AMERICAN INSTITUTE

Out of a deep sense of responsibility towards three Peoples who have many and essential common characteristics, the “Hellenic-Israeli-American Institute (HIA Institute)” was established aiming to contribute to the wider intercultural coexistence and creation, promoting in-depth cooperation through the operation of an international institution which will constitute:
(a) a community of progressive and democratic persons and organizations;
(b) a creativity and innovation network, and
(c) a catalyst of cherished ideas and initiatives aimed at peaceful coexistence and creative cooperation.

In particular, the Institute will be active in Greece but also internationally and will function as a hub of creative synthesis, providing relevant support services and combining related sciences, technologies and cultural resources in order to:

• Identify and promote possibilities for scientific, cultural, technological and
development cooperation mainly between institutions, businesses and individuals and invites them to collaborate while promoting, facilitating, strengthening and ensuring the successful outcome of the respective collaborations. All of the above actions and other related services make up a single organizational system that will act as a catalyst and will constitute the main function and mission of the Institute.
• Plan, support, manage and participate in scientific, technological, cultural and development projects.
• Support private and public agencies in achieving related goals, in adopting strategic planning and programming principles, in the effective use of the most advanced technologies, and in formulating policy and strategy for science, technology, education, training, social, cultural and economic development.
• Form and implement educational and training programs.
• Organize cultural, informative and educational events. It is in this scope that HIA established the “Sparta Symposia of Ideas”, an international institution dedicated to the generation, synthesis, and promotion of humane, scientific, civic, and disruptive ideas, based on the classical paradigm and aimed at improving global understanding, sustainable environmental conditions, and peaceful co-existence.

The goals of the Institute are charitable and exclusively scientific, educational, artistic, cultural, educational and developmental. The main purpose of the Institute is the promotion of Hellenic-Israeli-American cooperation and the establishment and operation of specialized centers which will research, plan and promote individual actions towards the achievement of the above purpose. The intended cooperation generally aims at the formation on behalf of the centers of initiatives which will highlight and promote a balanced set of critical forces coming mainly from Israel and Greece and aiming at intercultural understanding, peaceful coexistence, scientific progress and sustainable development for the benefit of corresponding peoples and more broadly of humanity.

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Board of Conference

Directors

Program Coordination & Public Affairs

Angelos Kolokouris, President, GICI

Community & International Relations
Victor Batis, President, B’nai B’rith Athens

Research & Cultural Issues
Rita Gabbai, Vice President, B’nai B’rith Athens

Entertainment & Local Relations
Christina Makryssopoulou, Municipality of Sparta

Figure 1: Silver tetradrachm of King Areus I; struck c. 267–265. Obv. Head of Herakles/ Alexander wearing a lion’s skin headdress. Rev. [ΒΑΣΙΛΕOΣ ΑΡΕΟΣ] Zeus seated in his throne, with eagle standing on his right hand and a sceptre in his left. Source: Walker (2009: p. 61); L.77. Figure 2: Silver obol of King Areus I. Obv. Bearded head of Herakles with lion skin. Rev. Club with knots and six-ray stars. Source: Grunaeur (1978: Group II).

A LITTLE OF HISTORY

At about 300 BC, a wise and long-reigning leader, King Areus of Sparta sent a letter to the High Priests of Jerusalem addressing them as brothers and proposing a friendly alliance between the two peoples. The Areus initiative and ensuing consistent events are recorded in the Book of the Maccabees and the History of the Jewish People by the historian Josephus Flavius. Following the strong and long-standing symbolism of the above, the Sparta-Israel Forum aims to further promote Hellenic-Israeli cooperation within a worldwide horizon and towards the mutual benefit of the two historical peoples.

In a broader sense, Sparta-Israel Conference aims at a deeper acquaintance and mutual understanding between Greeks and Israelis, following the historically recorded friendship between ancient Sparta and the People of Israel. In the belief that Greece is entering a new phase of reflection and redeployment of its productive and intellectual forces, we believe that the activities of the event are part of a new perspective on international relations and related initiatives. In this direction, substantial scientific announcements will be made about the ancient friendship between Sparta and Jerusalem and the centuries of productive presence of the Jewish people in the region of Sparta. Looking forward, new and promising initiatives will be contemplated towards the same direction.

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