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Furthermore, its contribution specializes in promoting recycling in the Municipalities of Eastern Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki. It addresses employment, promotes renewable energy sources and energy saving, and manages traffic. Additionally, it advances the circular economy, manages water resources, operates social structures, and supports the operational planning of Local Authorities. Moreover, it aids the Network of Greek Expatriates Elected Local Government of Europe. Finally, an important asset for the implementation of the above objectives is the experienced and scientifically trained human resources of the company.

For the MedSeaRise project , ANATOLIKI S.A. will be participated as Lead Partner who will have a multitasking role in the project, contributing with the expertise of its technical scientific staff to the development of the planned activities, ensuring the proper management and coordination of the proposal and committing for the wide dissemination of the achievements and results to a wide group of stakeholders and interested groups in Greece. Meet the team here.

In the project, ARPA FVG brings its expertise in climate scenario data identification, analysis, and post-elaboration. Additionally, the skills of the Regional Center for Environmental Modelling, a sector of the Agency, enable ARPA FVG to handle the computational activities required to download and organize large datasets. They also post-elaborate the data to create summary subsets necessary for assessing climate change impact risks and summarizing information to support the methodology and deliver data.

Furthermore, within the framework of MedSeaRise, the Agency carries on case studies on sea level rise related risks for both anthropic and ecosystem impacts, which are considered relevant in the north Adriatic area. Moreover, it supports the Project Partners in conducting similar activities in their own geographical areas.

The decades-long program conception of the Institute, the unique marine research institution in Montenegro dedicated to scientific investigation with a focus on Biological, ecological, taxonomic and hydrographical research of marine life, and Preservation and advancement of the environment in the Montenegrin littoral.

The research has a multidisciplinary approach, primarily focused on the Southern Adriatic. IMBK has a long expertise in marine biology, marine ecology, and marine and coastal surveys. Besides fundamental research, the Institute is involved in many projects of a more practical nature, including the conservation of the environment, marine fisheries, aquaculture, and integrated coastal area management, through which scientific research is put to practical use. Since 1965 the Institute of Marine Biology is publishing scientific magazine „Studia marina“. IMBK leads and partners in several domestic, bilateral, Interreg, EU projects, H2020, etc.

With a focused service mission for businesses, the Chamber actively supports internationalisation and trade. Providing crucial business information, advice, and access to finance, it also supports innovation, digitalisation, and sustainability, while implementing comprehensive business and professional training programmes. Serving as a central hub for regional companies, the Chamber, headquartered in Barcelona, operates in all economic sectors, connecting with approximately 420,000 businesses. Moreover, its strategic position across its demarcation is reinforced by 12 territorial Chambers and strong connections with the business and research ecosystem, as well as public administrations.

The OMRG in fact integrates multifarious expertise through the background of its academic staff, such that it can address a diverse array of sub-disciplines linked with the field of oceanography. These sub-disciplines include physical oceanography, biological and chemical oceanography, geological oceanography and marine meteorology. The core academic staff within the OMRG include Prof. Alan Deidun, with an expertise in marine ecology, ocean governance and Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), Dr Anthony Galea, specialised in marine hydrodynamics and modelling and Dr Adam Gauci, whose areas of interest include Machine Learning (ML) protocols, remote sensing and oceanography instrumentation. The OM core group is then assisted by additional research staff, including Ms Audrey Zammit, Mr Alessio Marrone and Mr David Ramirez. The Group’s collaborative portfolio is extensive, given that the research group is currently representing the University of Malta within a substantial number of externally-funded projects within the ambit of numerous EU and national funding programmes, including the Interreg MED, Interreg Italia-Malta 2014-2020, JPI Oceans, Erasmus+ and MCST Space Fund ones, even coordinating a number of the same projects, including CORALLO and CALYPSO. As a result, the research group delivers a substantial research output each year in the form of peer-reviewed publications and manages to expose the numerous post-graduate research students (PhD, MSc) it supervises to the deliverables of the same projects. The OMRG also coordinates the Master of Science in Applied Oceanography, which is offered on a full-time, taught basis over the course of one calendar year and which combines both theoretical and applicative aspects of oceanography, such that students can partake of overseas research visits, work placements and numerous instrument field deployments opportunities at sea. In addition, the OMRG actively participates in the Bachelor of Science undergraduate course offered by the Department of Geosciences and services a substantial number of alternative University of Malta Departments and Institutes through regular lecturing, include the Institute for Earth Systems, the Institute for Renewable Energy, the Faculty of Laws and MEDAC. The Group also manages, on behalf of the University of Malta, a long-standing fruitful relationship with the International Ocean Institute (IOI), with Prof. Alan Deidun (Malta’s Ocean Ambassador and CIESM national delegate for Malta) directing the IOI’s Malta Training Centre which delivers an annual, accredited, international course on ocean governance. The OMRG also coordinates a total of three national citizen science campaign, as follows: Spot the Jellyfish, running since June 2010, Spot the Alien Fish, running since January 2016, Spot the Alien, running since January 2018, making the research group Malta’s foremost entity for the conduction of marine-oriented citizen science campaigns. The three campaigns are supported by the International Ocean Institute (IOI), the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) as well as the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA). Through these campaigns, the OMRG regularly liaises with a broad array of marine and maritime stakeholders, promoting good ocean literacy practice, consistent with the targets of the UN’s Ocean Sciences Decade (2021-2030). Further information about the Oceanography Malta Research Group can be gleaned on our home page.

The first settlement was created in the early 1920s to house refugees from Asia Minor, Pontus and East Thrace, who fled or were forcibly sent to Greece as a result of the Greco-Turkish War.Among the refugees 117.000 were settled in Thessaloniki Up until 1943 Kalamaria was part of the Municipality of Thessaloniki.

On 1st of January 1943 it became an independent administrative unity, counting 10.500 residents.The municipality is separated into 10 geographical districts, which have been given names reminiscent of the refugees’ former homelands.

The economic development of Kalamaria is mainly supported by recreation activities, particularly those in the coastal area, which is extended to 6,5 km and more specifically the beach of Aretsou, a highly developed centre of recreation. Wholesale and retail trade and commerce also constitute an important economic activity with important commercial sites installed in the historical centre as well as the periphery of the municipality.