The project on the ‘supply of equipment and the integrated monitoring system’, which has been included into the National Recovery and Resilience Plan is in the process of signing the relevant contracts.
It should be noted that besides the actions which are included in the relevant commitment, the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency, aiming at the strengthening of the patrolling of marine protected areas has signed two contracts for the supply of 12 vessels for the scientific monitoring, supervision and patrolling of Natura 2000 network sites (in October 2025 with an 18-month implementation period from the date of signing).
With regard to the monitoring support via the mapping platform of Global Fishing Watch, a memorandum of cooperation has been signed between the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Global Fishing Watch, and the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation in November 2024. The purpose of this memorandum is the collaboration of these bodies to enhance the national surveillance system for marine protected areas. Following this memorandum of cooperation, a relevant decision was made by NECCA (May 2025) to accept funding for the training of the agency’s staff regarding the development of the Global Fishing Watch platform. At the present stage, the preliminary phase of the implementation of the memorandum of cooperation is underway.
