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Joint Press Release of 35 organizations from around the world

Today, 16 March 2017, more than 25 European Community networks and alternative providers of Internet access, with the support of organizations around the world, are sending an open letter to EU policy makers. At a time when the EU is paving the way for a major reform of telecommunications policy, the letter makes some recommendations to ensure the continued development of the citizens' initiatives, which provide an alternative, democratic and sustainable way of managing telecommunications infrastructures. and achieving EU policies on broadband access.

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We are pleased to host on our website a chat with Ms. Ioanna Boubounara from Flambouro Elassona, a student who has managed to excel in this year's Panhellenic exams and to be admitted at the School of Health Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki without an hour of private tutoring. The use of the internet and easy and quick access to it seems to be a catalyst in this endeavor.

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After 6 months, the first Ashoka Impact program in Greece, in which Sarantaporo.gr NPO participated, is completed! On October 24 2016, the project participants will present to the evaluation committee and the public the work they have done all these months in the program’s framework. The seven initiatives involved in the program have had the opportunity to tailor their business plan appropriately, ensuring its sustainability, while adopting growth strategies in order to multiply their positive impact on society. Accenture and The People’s Trust are allies in helping participants achieve their goals.

Accenture has seven senior executives who have been monitoring the initiatives on a weekly basis, providing consultancy and guidance. The People's Trust, as part of its goals to boost entrepreneurship in Greece, will provide the 3 social entrepreneurs whose project meets the criteria of the committee responsible, financial support of € 8,000 each, in order to further support their business steps. Financial support is also linked to Accenture's advisory services.

The event will take place at Orange Grove on October 24, 2016 at 6pm.

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For residents, but especially for professional farmers and breeders in the area of Sarantaporo, opposite Olympus, in the municipality of Elassona, the weather is probably the most important factor affecting their daily lives and professional activity. This was also confirmed by a survey of questionnaires by professionals in the area during the current year (G. Klisiaris, 2016). However, the reliability of the weather forecast offered by various providers does not meet the citizens' need for timely and reliable information. For locals it is a common experience that no provider consistently gives a reliable weather forecast throughout the year. The consequences can be significant, such as last May with the hailstorm in Dolichi, causing damage to crops, trees, tobacco, vineyards and more.

Aiming at providing a reliable weather forecast for the area, Sarantaporo.gr has partnered with the startup Ex Machina1, which has provided a state-of-the-art weather station for this purpose. The station was placed at a site of the Sarantaporo.gr Community Network next to the village square of Sarantaporo on Sunday 14/02/2016 and, utilizing the Sarantaporo.gr wireless community network in the area, began sending online meteorological data to the known US network Weather Underground. There one can find the weather forecast for Sarantaporo from this provider as well as the current weather conditions in real time.

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