The Regional Development Company of Crete has officially joined the Network of Cities with Lakes as an Associate Member, marking the beginning of a new collaboration centered on Lake Agia and the Agia Small Hydroelectric Power Plant (SHPP). As part of this new collaboration, the President of the Network, Mr. Andreas Stergiou, visited the SHPP
The Small Hydroelectric Power Plant (SHPP) of Agia was officially included in March 2026 in the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH)—a Cultural Route of the Council of Europe since 2019 that features institutions and sites from 28 countries. The Regional Development Company of Crete, which has managed the Agia Industrial Heritage Site since 2021,
The Regional Development Company of Crete S.A., aiming to rescue and highlight the collective memory of the SHPP Agia through personal narratives, within the framework of the Oral History – Memory Research Project, seeks to collect and document testimonies related to the history of the artificial lake of Agia and the surrounding area. The call





