Agias Marinas 55
45221 Ioannina
Greece
- Arts
The Public Benefit Enterprise of Culture Environment Youth and Athletics of the Municipality of Ioannina (KEPPNADI) is the largest and most important cultural organisation in the region of Epirus Greece. It consists of the Cultural Centre of Ioannina, the Municipal Conservatory, the Schools of Modern and Traditional Dance, the Visual Arts Workshop, the daily Centres of Creative Activity for Children and the Intercultural Center for Social Integration “Akadimia”. The main axis of the Enterprise activity is divided between events organisation and management and art education. The Enterprise manages two main venues (with capacity of 650 and 200 seated respectively) and hosts all kinds of activities (conferences, music concerts, film screenings, art exhibitions, dance performances, live theatre etc). The Enterprise is mainly funded by the Municipality of Ioannina. Other sources of income are school fees and ticket sales. The annual budget of the Enterprise for the year 2022 is 1.750.000,00€ . The organisation is managed by a Board with eleven (11) members. Staff is comprised of 168 of various job roles.
The Enterprise has a long and fruitful collaboration with national and local authorities (Ministry of Culture, Prefectureof Epirus, University of Ioannina etc ), foreign Embassies and Cultural Institutions in Greece (Embassy of the Czech Republic, Embassy of the Republic of Slovakia, Embassy of Israel, Embassy of Azerbaijan, The Goethe Institute, The Hellenic American Union, Italian Cultural Institute in Athens etc), NGO's (UNHCR Greece, IOM Greece, Open Society Foundation etc)
The mission of KEPPNADI is to educate the citizens of Ioannina in Arts and Culture and to organise cultural events in the Municipality of Ioannina,
Through the past years the Municipality of Ioannina has grown to become one of the main city hosts for refugees. Responding to a high demand for sufficient and tailor made services for the local population, the Enterprise founded on January 2021 the Intercultural Center for Social Integration “Akadimia” in an effort to provide assistance with interpretation services/cultural mediation to all the Municipal Services and their Bodies as well as organize social, cultural, sports events and other actions of cultural osmosis.
Annual music Festivals. Weekly film screenings, Art exhibitions, seasonal events, conferences about history, book presentations about politics and society.
KEPPNADI can provide the technical know how and infrastucture to host or organise important events which can further the collective discussions in any given topic.
KEPPNADI is expanding its links with networks of people and organisations in Greece and abroad. Furthermore, in an effort to involve more young people in relevant discussions and actions, we believe that a collaboration with the ALF Network can help us achieve this goal as well as contribute to a wider discussion about today's issues and topics.