The Municipality of Spata–Artemida has paid 474,092.55 euros this year to Attica Development S.A., the Local Government Development Organisation with which it has signed at least eight programme contracts. This is the total amount covered by the 37 payment orders from January up to Friday 6 November that we found on the ‘Diafania’ transparency portal. The last two, for 12,749.68 and 6,506.28 euros, were published on Friday.
A programme contract is an agreement between public sector bodies and is not subject to a tender process. The local authority uses it to obtain staff and technical assistance that it does not have itself, for studies and for the management of premises.
The three who are paid every month
Three-quarters of the amount goes towards three contracts that are paid in fixed monthly instalments, totalling 29,376.84 euros per month:
- ‘Christos Bekas’ Cultural Centre and Multifunctional Cultural Venue at the historic 1st Primary School of Spata (contract 37099/2024): €12,749.68 per month, €140,246.48 in 11 instalments this year. Following an amendment in August, the contract runs until 25 March 2027.
- Administrative support for ‘quality of life’ (28893/2025): €10,120.88 per month, €101,129.94 in 10 instalments. The amendment in June extended it from 7 May to 7 December 2027. The title does not specify which service it covers.
- Administrative and technical support for the Technical Services Directorate (53787/2025, until 6 August 2028): €65,595.13 in 11 instalments. The instalment was €4,731.84 until March, €5,855.65 in April and €6,506.28 from May onwards, i.e. 37.5 per cent higher following the first amendment in January. On 15 October, a second amendment was signed, which was approved by Decision 616/2026 of the Municipal Committee.
If the instalments continue at the same amounts, the three contracts will cost around 352,500 euros a year.
The studies on Christoupoli and the Cultural Centre
The other five contracts were paid in a single instalment:
- €84,072 for the structural adequacy assessment, the reinforcement of the load-bearing structure and the repairs required to restore the Christoupoli sports facilities (OT G11) to working order, payment on 4 February.
- €42,036 for the preliminary study on the energy upgrade of the Artemida Cultural Centre, on the same day.
- €32,085 for technical support to the departments in drawing up tenders for supplies and services (contract until December 2028).
- €6,696 for the repair and maintenance of school buildings (contract until 2031).
- €2,232 to support the construction of two projects: the Artemida Cultural Centre and Christoupoli (until 2029).
Christoupoli is the very same project for which the local council is earmarking 1.25 million euros, with the bulk of the funding due in 2027. The design work was paid for in February. The project has not yet begun.
What isn’t visible
The payment orders state how much is being paid, not what work is being carried out. They do not specify how many people are working at the Cultural Centre or the Technical Services under the contract, nor what has been delivered. Our search on Diafania was carried out using the word ‘Development’, so a document with different wording may be missing. If the total changes, we will correct it.
Source: Municipality of Spata–Artemida, 37 payment orders to Attica Development S.A. – A.O.T.A., issued between 20 January 2026 and 6 November 2026, Diafania; Municipal Committee Decision 616/2026 (Diafania 7 October 2026).
