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On Thursday 30/09/2021, the inaugural event of the new European project entitled: "Development of a Cross-Border Network for the Promotion of Sustainable Coastal Tourism" took place at the Chamber of Chania, with a budget of € 1,340,000 and focusing on sustainable tourism development. The event was co-organized by Chania Chamber, as the lead partner of the project, together with the Laboratory of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems of School of Chemical Engineering and Environment of the Technical University of Crete, which was represented by Professor Theoharis Tsoutsos. The opening event was graced by the presence of all the institutional representatives of the multidimensional corporate structure of the pioneering project: the Mayor of Kissamos, Mr. George Mylonakis. its Director Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Marinos Stylianou, his professor Mr. Petros Kosmas Cyprus University of Technology and its President Community of Ineia, Mr. Yiagos Tsivikos. During the event, Mr. Giorgos Zervos also made an intervention from the Ministry of Development, Special Secretary for the European Regional Development and Cohesion Fund, who confirmed the importance of the effective utilization of the significant available European and national resources for the sustainable regional development and upgrading of the country's tourism product. While the participation of Mrs. Stella Tomazou and Mr. Asterios Phylatos, on behalf of the Administrative Authorities of Cyprus and Greece for the "INTERREG VA "GREECE-CYPRUS 2014-2020" Program, was also important. THE Antonis Rokakis, as President of the Chamber of Chania, the leading partner of the new European project, after welcoming all the important collaborators stressed: «At the Chamber of Chania we innovate, effectively utilizing every available financial tool in practice. We are connected with the island of Cyprus by long-standing national and historical ties, which we must highlight and further develop with projects such as today. At the same time, we are implementing our new strategy of sustainable development and upgrading of our Tourism product with the new European project "Development of a Cross-Border Network for the Promotion of Sustainable Coastal Tourism", With which we secured resources €1.340.000. Today we are starting to promote the establishment and operation of model Communities for the Protection and Promotion of Coastal Ecosystems, utilizing the scientific support of the most modern models for measuring bearing capacity, starting from the lagoon of Balos. We prioritize programs that promote experiential experiences and corporate social responsibility practices oriented towards sustainable development. At the same time, we have already proposed to the competent bodies the creation on our island of a permanent "Observatory for the Protection of the Coastal Natural Wealth of Crete", Which can be based on the extremely experienced and tested scientific core, ELKETHE and the Technical University of Crete».

At the official coordination meeting of the Cross-Coastal-Net project (Cross-Coastal) the recent very important findings from his investigations were presented to the entire corporate structure Renewable & Sustainable Energy Lab for the lagoon of Balos. They concern the carrying capacity, the tourist demand and the views of all operators.

Chania Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chemical Engineers & Environmental Engineers Pol. Cr. Technical University of Crete

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