General Director: Vagia Touri
The General Director is responsible for smooth operation of the City’s Technical Departments included in the General Directorate, and particularly the organization, coordination, monitoring and assessment of their work. In particular, the General Director:
- Manages the planning of activities and work schedules for the departments, in cooperation with the General Secretary and the relevant heads of technical services, so as to be in harmony with the City’s periodical general objectives;
- Ensures the suitable management of the departments’ resources (human resources, technical equipment, infrastructure, internal operating procedures, etc.), so that they may implement their activities and action plans effectively and efficiently;
- Establishes the goals, determines the indexes and monitors the action plans for every Directorate under their responsibility;
- Prioritises, checks and approves the agenda-activities of each Directorate;
- Coordinates the operation of the technical services, in cooperation with the relevant heads of department;
- Monitors, checks and assesses the sound operation of all services, in relation to their action plans and the achievement of their periodical objectives;
- Assesses the adequacy and efficiency of each department’s resources (human resources, technical equipment, etc.), and formulates proposals for additions thereto, or for improved performance;
- May convene regular or extraordinary Coordination Councils, attended by representatives of all City services or such services as are relevant to the subject matter;
- Signs documents in accordance with the document signing system implemented by the City, on matters pertinent to the General Directorate’s activities;
- Represents the General Directorate wherever necessary;
- Cooperates with other General Directors and/or other entities, so as to ensure the smooth implementation of the General Directorate’s duties.
Office of Administrative Support to the General Directorate
- Provides secretarial support to the head of the General Directorate;
- Monitors, processes and files all correspondence addressed to the head of the General Directorate, in accordance with the relevant protocol;
- Schedules, organizes and arranges meetings to be attended by the head of the General Directorate;
- Ensures that the Office’s correspondents fulfil their Electronic Governance duties (CRM).
The General Director for Technical Works and Projects presides over the following directorates:
- Directorate of Buildings
- Directorate of City Planning & the Urban Environment
- Directorate of Construction
- Directorate of Road Works, Sewage & Communal Areas
- Directorate of Electricity
- Directorate of Mechanical Engineering
- Directorate of Cleaning Services & Recycling
- Directorate of Urban Green Spaces & Urban Fauna
