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Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts 
The Association of “Friends of  Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts” was founded in 2017 and has as its statutory purpose the support and dissemination of the theme promoted by the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts in Samos. The main purpose of the Association is the moral and material support of the Museum and its various actions around the shipbuilding and maritime heritage of the Aegean and the promotion of Samos as a center of boatbuilding tradition.

In particular, the Association aims (1) to connect the museum with the local community, (2) to promote the monuments of the maritime cultural heritage of the Aegean, sensitizing both the wider public and  social actors about the value of maritime exhibits / monuments, the need to save them, and the desire of  developing a long-term and sustainable maritime heritage management policy, (3) to cultivate young people's interest in the Aegean maritime heritage through educational activities, guided tours, cruising of traditional vessels and more, (4) to support the research, educational, exhibition, cultural and publishing activities of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts with printed and digital material, lectures, conferences, and special events, (5) to participate in the production and promotion of digital material and multimedia applications, in documentary productions, television and radio programs, films and videos related to the maritime tradition of the Aegean.
ELLINIKI ETAIRIA Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage
ELLINIKI ETAIRIA – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ELLET), a non-profit / non-governmental organization, has been fighting since 1972 for the protection of the environment and our cultural heritage.
ELLET's activities also cover the intangible cultural heritage, such as the wooden boat craftsmanship - a living traditional art form practiced in Greece for centuries.

ELLET's actions for the protection and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage include:
• the publication of short guides that promote traditional building techniques, aiming to raise public awareness about the values ​​of these techniques and to inform professionals about the correct methods of restoration of historic buildings.
• the award-winning programme "Greek Paths of Culture", through which the inextricable link between monuments and natural landscape is highlighted.
• the "Producers’ Saturday" which gives the opportunity to producers from all over the country to come and present their local, organic agricultural products to the public.
• ELLET also participates in two important European programmes: a/ INTERREG IRC-HERMeS: concerning the documentation of four Balkan cities’ architectural heritage through a specially designed digital platform and aiming at a common strategy for the protection and promotion of this heritage. b/ the EU programme Life IP AdaptInGR 2019-2026) concerning the adaptation of landscape and cultural heritage to climate change.

 Through the Architectural Heritage Council (SAK), ELLET systematically works for the preservation and promotion of architectural heritage. SAK assigns and supervises exemplary restorations of important monuments in Greece and abroad, undertakes actions for the restoration and reuse of historic buildings and for the revival of the country’s traditional settlements.

ELLET supports the requests of civil society, regarding the protection of our architectural heritage and coordinates the work of associations in the historic centre of Athens. Through the Thessaloniki Branch and its Local Committees, ELLET covers areas outside Athens dealing with problems of local communities. It also promotes public awareness,  through programmes such as the "Panorama of Ecological Films" and its parallel action "The Panorama of Ecological Films Travels",  always in collaboration with local associations / communities.
Urban Planning Research Lab, School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens

The Urban Planning Research Lab (UPRL) is the oldest research institution of the School of Architecture of  the National Technical University Athens (NTUA). Its founder and first director were Professor Antonis Kriezis (1964 to 1968), followed by the professors Athanasios Aravantinos (1969 to 1994), Georgios Sarigiannis (1994 to 2007), Polyxeni Kosmaki (2007 to 2010), and Dimitris N. Karydis (2011 to 2015). Since 2016, director of the UPRL is Professor Konstantinos Serraos.

In this long course, the UPRL functioned as a pilot research center, which elaborated research projects on behalf of organizations of the wider public sector, with a radiation that soon covered many regions of the country. At a time when research on the interpretation of the production processes of the urban space was very limited, the UPRL introduced new, innovative directions for the spatial management. At the same time, it organized training programs for public officials, and thus it provided scientific knowledge and know-how with an emphasis on intervention directions for the spatial development and the improvement of the urban environment. Already before 1980 a series of such important applied surveys was completed, for Epirus' Thessaly, Peloponnese, Andritsaina, Kalamata, Penteli, etc., as well as the extensive "Survey of Urban Planning Standards".

Currently, the UPRL systematically promotes interdisciplinary cooperation on issues of spatial interest, at national and international level, and is inextricably linked to the support of the educational process at the School of Architecture of NTUA, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, providing new scientific knowledge, documentation data, research material, etc. The main areas of research and scientific activity of the UPRL are the Urban Analysis [among others: recording and evaluating spatial data, monitoring the evolution of urban space, assessing socio-economic and environmental dimensions of the urban environment, etc.], and the Urban Planning and Urban Design procedure [among others: innovative design methodologies, feasibility and expediency of urban interventions, urban regeneration, environmental urban planning, etc.]».

Research Laboratory of Didactics of Mathematics and Learning Technologies, Department of Mathematics of the University of the Aegean 
The University of the Aegean  is actively contributing to the creation of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts. A laboratory of the Department of Mathematics is anticipated to be housed inside the premises of the Museum aiming to study boatbuilding and maritime crafts using mathematical and computational techniques. Members of the Laboratory of Didactics of Mathematics and Learning Technologies are involved in related projects which aim to promote the importance of traditional wood shipbuilding through an interdisciplinary approach which combines Mathematics, Computer Science, History, Museology and other scientific fields. 

The Platform Team

Katerina Papadopoulou, Dr. Lawyer, Collaborating Teaching Staff of the Hellenic Open University for the MPS Administration of Cultural Units.

Georgia Papadimitriou, Social & Political Scientist specializing in Sociology & Communication, Education  Sciences  & New Technologies and Direction in Audiovisual Recording and Research, Head of Audiovisual Presentations for the Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts Association.

Nefeli Varouchaki, MSc Conservation Architect, Scientific Associate of ELLET’s Architectural Heritage Council (SAK). 

Myrevi Nasiou, Political Scientist - Cultural Heritage Management Consultant, Researcher at the University  of Piraeus, Associate of the Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts Association.

The Scientific Committee

Kostas Damianidis, Architect, Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts.

Lena Stefanou, Dr. Archaeologist - Museologist, Hellenic Open University, Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts.

Eleni Maistrou, Architect, Emeritus Professor of the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens, Chairman of ELLET’s Architectural Heritage Council (SAK).

Andreas Papasalouros Assistant Professor, Research Laboratory of Didactics of Mathematics and Learning Technologies, Department of Mathematics of the University of the Aegean.

Konstantinos A. Serraos, Professor, School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens, President of the Urban Planning Research Lab, Member of ELLET

©  2021 Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts
©  2021 Friends of the Museum of Aegean Boatbuilding and Maritime Crafts
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