Excerpt from GreekReporter
Astypalaia, soon to be home to a massive investment by Volkswagen, could become a “model island” for sustainable tourism and development, the CEO of Deloitte Greece Dimitris Koutsopoulos stated to AMNA on Wednesday.
Deloitte, a consulting and financial advisory firm, recently released a comprehensive study of its “Astypalaia 4.0” project.
The plan is aimed at analyzing possibilities for sustainable tourism and development on the island of Astypalaia, as well as increasing its population.
“Astypalaia 4.0,” the firm’s largest corporate social responsibility project, was conducted on a pro-bono basis in collaboration with the island’s municipality and Axion Hellas, an organization focused on supporting remote island communities in Greece.
In order to gain a full picture of potential development and sustainability strategies, the plan was led by experts in a variety of fields.
Astypalaia development will have “significant impact” on community
Through support from both public and private sources, Deloitte suggested developing the remote island of Astypalaia, located in the Dodecanese island chain, along four fundamental axes.
These include improving and developing the island’s infrastructure, boosting the local economy and fostering entrepreneurship, protecting the environment and encouraging sustainable practices, and modernizing the island through digital investments.
The firm has proposed a detailed model for accomplishing these lofty goals in its plan, including a “set of specialized actions” for each axis of development.
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