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1997 Piraeus (Hellenic Republic), 3rd conference - OUTLINE
PROFILE OF PIRAEUS
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) SCHEDULE
MEETING OF MAYORSThe mayors who participated in the meeting can convey these experiences to their technical experts in their cities and investigate to what extent international experiences and solutions can solve local problems.<Osaka> The senior advisor to the Mayor of Osaka, Mr. KAZUNE IHDA, reported in detail about the plans for the New City of Water Osaka and the "City Attractive to International Visitors" program. He also discussed Osaka's future city planning, giving useful information about the usage of water for environmental conservation, and he presented excellent examples of cityscape designs providing access to water. He presented also public facility development in Osaka, waterfront amenities, and the concept of promotion of exchange through the usage of water. Among such projects and events, Osaka is bidding to host the Olympic Games in the year 2008. <Piraeus> The Mayor of Piraeus, STELIOS LOGOTHETIS, discussed the Piraeus programme for rehabilitation of the Saronic Gulf, the integrated biological treatment installation on the Piraeus island of Psyttalia, the recycling possibilities of waste water, and the re-operation of tourist beaches. <Shanghai> The deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Municipal Government, HUNG YUE JIN, offered a full description of the Shanghai Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project. In order to ensure implementation of the management plan for Suzhou Creek, SMG prepared the contract of preferential policy for the comprehensive use and development of the land along the banks. The management implemented by SSCRPHO in the city proper is stricter than that in other areas of the city in order to guarantee good results from the rehabilitation work. The management foundation of Suzhou Creek, Shanghai, will be set up. All interested societies and people will be made aware of and help to finance this project. The rehabilitation of Suzhou Creek will cost over 20 billion RMB. SMG hopes and encourages governments, banks, large financial organizations and large groups all over the world to provide funding and technology in the form of lower-interest loans, grants, technical assistance and cooperative development. Under the leadership of SMG and the care and support of the people of Shanghai and overseas, we are sure that the targets of comprehensive pollution control of Suzhou Creek will be achieved. A new Suzhou Creek will be appearing in the next century. <Hamburg> Environmental policy developments and problems in Hamburg were analyzed by Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt, Head of the State Ministry of Environment of Hamburg-Germany. The social and socio-geographic polarization trends in the city cause further problems, which have to be counteracted by political measures. Developments and improvements in environmental policy have been achieved, such as the reduction of air polluting emissions, the reduction of influence from factories and sewage works, lowering water consumption, an increase in recycling cleaning Hamburg's water, and groundwater conservation. <Larnaca> As an outcome of the presentation delivered by the Mayor of Larnaca (Cyprus), we considered: 1. The necessity to have integrated development plans, which take into consideration the historic particularities, social facts and, economic activities of the coastal areas. The existence of an institutional framework that makes these development plans legal and valid. 2. The funding of local authorities by governments to promote and implement development plans in ports. 3. The conflict of the port and tourist activities developed in the coastal areas. 4. The high concentration of population in the coastal areas that led to urban problems related to the sufficiency and quality of the services provided such as water, sewage management of rain water more acute. <Taganrog> The systems of technogenesis safety of towns' and regions' objects were presented briefly by the deputy Mayor of Taganrog, Mr. IONOV. <Varna> Mrs. KANCHEVA IVANOVA MARIANA, representative of the Mayor of Varna, discussed the Eutrophication and Blossoming of the Black Sea, providing recommendations for controlling the pollution. RADOUL KOVATCHEV, General Secretary of the Black Sea Club, discussed the corresponded institution of the Black Sea organization. <Odessa> Mr. KODISKI, the representative of Odessa, discussed the local water problems of Odessa. All the cities presented high level technology and projects of common interest, which can be evaluated by their own experts and further elaborated through visits and first hand experience of local solutions. Experts' session <Coastal Areas> MEETING OF THE DIRECTORIAL CITIES
PIRAEUS DECLARATION
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Piraeus, or Peiraeus is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. It is the capital of the Piraeus Prefecture. It was the port of the ancient city of Athens, and was chosen to serve as the modern port when Athens was re-founded in 1834. Piraeus remains a major shipping and industrial centre, and is the terminus for Line 1 (the "green line"), the electric train service now incorporated into the Athens Metro. 
The Directorial cities are the following: Birmingham, Belgrade, Chicago, Hamburg, Melbourne, Montreal, Piraeus, Sendai, Shanghai, Venice, Vienna and Osaka. The discussions went on with the selection of the city to host the next conference of ICAP, which in accordance with the Constitution, takes place every three (3) years. The next conference will take place in the year 2000. A proposal was made to have Vienna host the 4th conference. Vienna expressed the wish to undertake the necessary procedures for the 4th conference. The proposal was unanimously accepted. Being ICAP's Secretariat, we will take all necessary steps so that this conference will also be successful and we hope to have your cooperation. 
At the end of the MEETING OF THE DIRECTORIAL CITIES, we dealt with the draft declaration of Piraeus, which was approved. The declaration will be announced next by the Towns of Piraeus.