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EOA Nicosia Exceeds Development Permit Applications After Initial Challenges

Published March 18, 2026, 12:15
EOA Nicosia Exceeds Development Permit Applications After Initial Challenges

The article describes the challenges faced by the EOA Nicosia during its first 20 months of operation as a unified development licensing authority for the entire province. Despite the initial lack of a complete structure, staff, and office space, as well as difficulties with the new computerized system “IPPODAMOS”, the EOA managed to reverse the situation and now issues more development permits than it receives. This was achieved thanks to the hard work, cooperation, and responsibility of the EOA’s administration and staff, as well as the targeted interventions of the Ministers of Interior and Research, Innovation and Digital Policy. The article emphasizes that the initial period was particularly difficult, with the simultaneous management of pending applications, new priorities (such as the Urban Amnesty), and the need to adapt to a new system.