The Hellenic Republic through the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Religious affairs has officially committed to the first five years of the EMSO ERIC

On behalf of the Hellenic Republic, the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs has sent a formal letter of request to the Italian government in the person of the Minister of Education, University and Research, Professor Giannini, for the setting-up of the European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water-column Observatory as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EMSO-ERIC). Following Italy’s role as hosting country, Greece is the first member of the consortium to formally commit to the formation of the ERIC.