Capital of Greece’s Western region, Patras is also the principal port looking towards the Ionian islands and Italy.

Founded in the 3rd millennium BC, Patras flourished during the Mycenaean and especially the Roman periods, up until the 9th century AD. From the 13th century, it belonged to the Franks, to the Byzantines, to the Venetians and at other times, to the Turks.

Patras developed rapidly after liberation from the Turks in 1821, and thanks to the increasing commerce it enjoyed as a port city. Everywhere beautiful neo-classical buildings still embellish this city whose roads lead to the sea, making a strong and picturesque impression. Artistic and spiritual life remains very intense today. Gradually, heavy industry has also developed, increasing the population. Today, Patras is one of the most influential cities in Greece, with its port continuing to play the important role it has always held throughout its long history.

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Patras is a city in Greece. It has a population of 222,460. The majority group makes up 90% of the city’s inhabitants. The ethnic composition of Greece foreign population in descending order comprises: 64.91% Albanians; 6.53% Bulgarians; 4.52% Romanian; and 3.17% Pakistani. 65% of the city's total population are foreign-born.
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Employing advances in social media technology for cultural mediation

The city of Patras – and the Hellenic Open University (HOU) which it hosts - has played a leading role in developing a new innovation for cultural mediators based upon social media.

The SONETOR project, «Training of Cultural Mediators utilising new Social Networking Software», is a Development of Innovation LLP multilateral project which is funded under the Life Long Learning Programme-Leonardo da Vinci Programme, co-funded by the European Union and officially started on the 1st of February 2012. SONETOR is a transnational project which aims at developing a training platform that will integrate existing social networking applications with modern adult education methodologies and specially produced content and services, in order to assist Cultural Mediators in developing skills and competences through formal and non-formal learning and in applying them during their work with immigrants.

In the website you can find useful links to information about the subject and the aims of SONETOR project, as well as the training platform itself. If you work or are interested in the field of Cultural Mediation, through the platform, you will receive training in issues related to the role and activities of the Cultural Mediators. The training scenarios in the platform are set in fields such as Health, Education, Legal Support, and Public Services. Through other social media in the platform you will have the ability to explore and learn from the experience of others working in the field through their recorded experience and views of other cultural mediators. You will also be able to post your experience and issues and receive the views of other professionals in the field on the issues you raise.

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