General Information

The Public Benefit Enterprise of Culture Environment Youth and Athletics of the Municipality of Ioannina (KEPPNADI) is the largest and most important cultural organisation in the region of Epirus Greece. It consists of the Cultural Centre of Ioannina, the Municipal Conservatory, the Schools of Modern and Traditional Dance, the Visual Arts Workshop, the daily Centres of Creative Activity for Children and the Intercultural Center for Social Integration “Akadimia”. The main axis of the Enterprise activity is divided between events organisation and management and art education. The Enterprise manages two main venues (with capacity of 650 and 200 seated respectively) and hosts all kinds of activities (conferences, music concerts, film screenings, art exhibitions, dance performances, live theatre etc). The Enterprise is mainly funded by the Municipality of Ioannina. Other sources of income are school fees and ticket sales. The annual budget of the Enterprise for the year 2022 is 1.750.000,00€ . The organisation is managed by a Board with eleven (11) members. Staff is comprised of 168 of various job roles. The Enterprise has a long and fruitful collaboration with national and local authorities (Ministry of Culture, Prefectureof Epirus, University of Ioannina etc ), foreign Embassies and Cultural Institutions in Greece (Embassy of the Czech Republic, Embassy of the Republic of Slovakia, Embassy of Israel, Embassy of Azerbaijan, The Goethe Institute, The Hellenic American Union, Italian Cultural Institute in Athens etc), NGO's (UNHCR Greece, IOM Greece, Open Society Foundation etc)