The selected intervention area for the creation of the Ierapetra Open Trade Center is the center of the commercial core of the city of Ierapetra. Within its " contour" a large number of commercial enterprises, businesses providing personal services and catering to a much lesser degree.
Through the implementation of the proposal for the emergence of the commercial area in a modern commercial market, the intended results concern:
; Strengthening and stimulating the economic activity of the intervention area.
; The development and promotion of the political and natural resources of the region.
; In the urban and aesthetic upgrading of the commercial area of the site
; In increasing the “attractiveness” of the area.
; The financial support of the region through the further promotion of the city and its financial resources and the creation of new jobs by upgrading and operating the commercial area.
In the context of the creation of the ACP Ierapetra, the Municipality will undertake on the one hand the Upgrading of Public Space and specific actions such as Construction of pedestrian roads, reconstruction of squares – surrounding monuments, planting of high greenery, trees, upgrading street lighting change of lighting styles and construction of rainwater drainage system and on the other hand the Supply and Installation of smart city systems with the provision of smart systems for environmental lighting systems. The Trade Association, for its part, will take steps to highlight the identity of the commercial area and promotion – promotion of the commercial area.
The aim of the ACP Ierapetra is to implement a set of coherent and interrelated interventions in the intervention area, in order to improve the functionality and aesthetics of the intervention area and to organise the economic activity developed within this region by adopting and using smart applications. Justify?">The Ierapetra Open Trade Center will contribute decisively to the development of the local economy and stimulate the entrepreneurship of Ierapetra, as it will create networks of cooperation between local businesses and will lead to the development of joint actions for the benefit of businesses, consumers and the whole of the Municipality of Ierapetra.
Note that the Ierapetra Open Trade Center aims to strengthen commercial enterprises that are mainly active in the intervention area and to highlight the dynamics of the region in cultural and tourist resources. It is expected to contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of the local economy and the extroversion of local businesses, signalling the transition to quality entrepreneurship, leading to innovation and the creation of sustainable jobs.
