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With Constantinos Zannetos, who has been a councillor with Ayia Napa Municipality since 2016 that Why did you decide to apply for the position? Local
government issues and engaging with the public were something that interested me from a young age. The contribution to the issues that concern my hometown and in particular to the issues that concern the youth, the involvement with the strengthening of the tourism product, have been the driving force for me to submit my candidacy.
Tell us about your role as a councillor for the Ayia Napa?
We have to face important responsibilities and challenges on a daily basis. As Chairman of the Youth, Sports and e-Government Committee, we promote the development of programs and actions to unlock and develop the potential of the new generation of the place, but also their creative contribution to the formulation of youth policies focused on modern challenges. As a Municipal Councilor in a Municipality that has a huge contribution to the economic development due to the huge tourist attendance 16
it has every year, the development of the tourism industry and the strengthening of our tourism product, which bring new jobs and more working positions, has a significant part of my actions on a daily basis. Also, e-Government was an important step for the modernization of our Municipality, which we implemented to a large extent, helping the citizens, especially since the pandemic began. Finally, let me mention that I am a member of the Personnel Recruitment Committee.
What responsibilities do you have? In
addition to my duties as Chairman of the Youth, Sports and E-Government Committee and member of the Personnel Recruitment Committee, I am Chairman of the Ayia Napa Youth Council, which produces work independently of the Youth, Sports and E-Government Committee. The Ayia Napa Youth Council has set a goal to offer to the community and to support in every way the young people of the Municipality. We carry
out activities, such as tree planting, social donation, support for vulnerable groups, the Youth Festival, etc., which encourage our youth to offer and support each other and also to be active in many ways. Also, until the arrival of the pandemic, we organized information events to enhance the tourism product. For example, we had organized the 1st Tourism Conference and for the first time, people that they were involved in tourism, could participate for free and be informed about digital tourism, new techniques, marketing issues etc. All of these, are an important step for us, because the ultimate goal is to support young people and give them access to the new techniques, in order to help them to improve their job, their knowledge and generally the society.
What do you love about Ayia Napa?
I only feel blessed to have been born and raised in
