HELMEPA continues to support young scientists in their effort to obtain further educational qualifications for their personal development as well as for the benefit of society, by awarding scholarships for postgraduate studies in the maritime field and that of environmental sciences. The 3 new scholars for the 2020-2021 academic year will be added to the 43 young people, who since 1998 have received HELMEPA scholarships for studies at well-known universities in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, France, Spain, Cyprus and Greece.

HELMEPA’s first online Workshop titled “Safety at Sea” was successfully held on July 2nd, with 140 participants from Greece and Cyprus.

The Covid-19 pandemic may have not allowed the coastal cleanup campaign, coordinated by HELMEPA every May throughout Greece, to go ahead, but we are pleased to notice that our Member and cooperating entities are organizing coastal cleanup actions throughout Greece.

On Monday 29 June 2020, following the elections of the General Assembly of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association-HELMEPA, the elected nominees, according to the Articles of Association, convened and formed the Board of Directors with the following composition:

The 38th annual General Assembly of the Members of the Hellenic Marine Environment Association – HELMEPA and the elections for the new Board of Directors, took place on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020, and for the first time online.

Την 8η Ιουνίου, η παγκόσμια κοινωνία τιμά τους Ωκεανούς θυμίζοντας σε όλους μας πως χρειάζονται την προστασία μας. Τους οφείλουμε την ευαισθησία και την κατανόηση μας καθώς από τη θάλασσα εξαρτάται η ίδια η ζωή μας.

In these special circumstances that humanity is currently experiencing, the celebration of this World Environment Day is an opportunity to consider that we are just a link in the chain of life on our planet and that we must always act with respect for our natural environment, without degrading it. For 2020, the United Nations has therefore chosen the moto “It’s Time for Nature”.