Just a few months before the completion of the construction of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) and its delivery to the Greek State, the 61st regular assembly of the Special Advisory Committee of the Greek State with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) was held, for the first time, inside the SNFCC worksite. The assembly aims towards the timely preparation and collaboration between all involved parties, in order to safeguard the optimal future operation of the project.
The assembly took place at the new building facilities of the Greek National Opera (GNO), and specifically inside the Alternative Stage, while media representatives were given the opportunity to attend the meeting and pose their questions to the members of the Special Advisory Committee of the Greek State. Furthermore, as the meeting was livestreamed via the SNF website, the general public was also encouraged to send their questions to the members of the Committee, thus acquiring more immediate and comprehensive information regarding the project’s development.
The 61st regular assembly of the Special Advisory Committee of the Greek State with the SNF for the SNFCC mainly focused on issues regarding the future operation of the SNFCC, as well as the actions that each body involved in the Committee must implement in the coming period, towards the successful completion and the optimal future operation of the project. During the meeting, the results of the recent SNFCC impact study conducted by The Boston Consulting Group and commissioned by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation were also presented.
Key role in future operation
Apart from representatives of the SNF and the SNFCC, the Committee’s meetings are also attended by representatives of all the institutions and official bodies which are contributing to the implementation of the SNFCC and will have a key role in its future operation, such as the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, the Municipality of Kallithea, the Greek National Opera and the National Library of Greece. Furthermore, the Committee’s meetings are attended by representatives of the Organization “Friends and Patrons of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center”, as well as representatives of the project’s management team, Faithful & Gould, and the contractor, the joint venture Salini Impregilo-Terna.
“The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is now nearing completion and, within the coming months, we will be in a position to deliver the project to its final owner, the Greek society, who we are certain is going to embrace it and look after it”, said Andreas Dracopoulos, Co-President of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. “The SNFCC was designed, constructed and will soon be completed, based on the needs of Greek society and, in particular, its uncompromising potential for growth. It is a contemporary project which introduces a new model of collaboration between the public and private sectors, with society having—even from the early stages of construction—an active role in shaping its identity. The SNFCC will be delivered to the Greek State and, as such, to society, within the specified timeframe and grant budget, free of any outstanding economic burdens for its future owner and manager.”
Largest donation in recent Greek history
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center was designed by architect Renzo Piano and after its completion it will be donated to the Greek state.
The National Library of Greece (NLG) is a 23,000 m2 building that will house the existing functions of the NLG, serving the needs of researchers (National Research Library), but also an entirely new part of the library, with an extended range of functions, open to the general public (National Public Lending Library).
The Greek National Opera (GNO) has a total surface of 28,00 m2. It host one of the most important performance halls of our century. The proper planning and design of the space, as well as the technical equipment of the stage, make this new building a fully functional space, suitable to host world-class opera and ballet performances.
The €596 million grant by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation for the construction and complete outfitting of the complex, is the largest donation in recent Greek history and one of the largest single donations worldwide, in the field of Arts & Culture.
Sources: Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Wikipedia
RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations , Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism report
