Apano Meria SCE

Our mission is to protect the environment and preserve the cultural heritage in a sustainable way that respects the natural landscape and its specific characteristics. Our vision is to develop business activity in line with the potential of the region. We believe that active participation is the key to systemic change.

The Social Cooperative Enterprise Apano Meria was created in 2015 through an open assembly of Syros citizens, which recognized the need to prevent excessive touristic development through the encouragement of mild activities, especially in the protected areas of the island (Natura 2000).It was officially founded in 2017, in order to promote, protect and preserve the northern part of the island (Apano Meria) and until today it supports the actions of the Municipality for the promotion of geotourism. From 2020 we work to support the sustainable activities of the local population, such as primary production and the development of forms of tourism that respect the land and its inhabitants (e.g. hiking, environmental, geological, archaeological, rural tourism, climbing or diving, etc.).