| ΚTIMATOLOGIO S.A. |
Athens, July 21st, 2008
PRESS RELEASE
Ktimatologio S.A. and the World council of Hellenes Abroad issued the following release:
Ktimatologio S.A. and World Council of Hellenes Abroad have entered co-operation to better inform the members of the Omogenia on the implementation of the Hellenic Cadastre in 107 additional regions; the new generation cadastral survey commenced on June 17th and will be completed on December 30th for the Greeks abroad.
Along the lines of this co-operation, SAE officials from the seven SAE Regions, Canada, United States, Central and South America, Europe, former Soviet Union countries, Africa, Middle East, Oceania and Far East attended a three-day training programme at the Ktimatologio S.A. main offices in Athens on July 16-18.
The training aimed at familiarising them with filling out ownership declarations to be able to provide basic instructions to Greek expatriates regarding the process of filling out the form. It is underlined that the declaration can only be filled out by the interested parties and not by SAE or Ktimatologio S.A.
Printed information material will be available soon in all SAE regional offices so that the organised Greek communities can be provided with it and then undertake to have it distributed to federations, communities and individual expatriates. The material in question is also available in printable form on the website: www.ktimatologio.gr .
Information material will also be available to participants attending SAE Regional Conventions which will take place in the fall in Canada, the USA, Chile, Germany, Russia, Egypt and Australia.
Other institutions will also provide similar informational material after consultation with Ktimatologio S.A.
You can find attached a document that briefly presents useful information.
Especially for Greek expatriates, apart from the general information provided by the regional SAE offices, Ktimatologio S.A. can also be contacted at the 24-hour telephone number 0030 210 6505600 or the e-mail ktimagen@ktimatologio.gr for any kind of technical questions.
Mr Christos Goulas, President of Ktimatologio S.A. BoD, stated: “Greece proceeds with the implementation of the Hellenic Cadastre in 107 new regions. We call on our expatriates to declare the real estate property they own in these regions by December 30th starting now and not wait for the last minute to do so, thus participating in a project of national range necessary to our country. The declaration to the Hellenic Cadastre is mandatory and the procedure is simple. Ktimatologio S.A. is considering all possible ways to come closer to Greek expatriates and help them settle permanently their real estate property back home. We thank the World Council of Hellenes Abroad for its substantive service in briefing the expatriates and are looking forward to continuing the good effort underway”.
SAE President, Mr Stefanos P. Tamvakis stressed: “The significant effort taking place at home with the Hellenic Cadastre project concerns us all, even those of us born and living abroad who own real estate in Greece. Within our powers, SAE and our regional offices will assist in this effort in the immediate future by providing information material and general directions both at our offices and during the regional conventions. I believe that this is yet another way for SAE to display its usefulness to the Greek State and to each of us who live abroad.”