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iason.senekkis@nimes-metropole.fr
27
Jun

SEMEDFIRE: Advancing Fire Management in Cyprus and the region with key deliverable submissions

June 27, 2025
We are pleased to announce a significant milestone for the SEMEDFIRE project: the official submission of two crucial deliverables, D4.3 “Integrated Fire Management Strategy for Cyprus and the Region” and D5.3 “Forest Fires Community Engagement Plan for Cyprus and the Region”. These reports, developed with funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Programme under Grant...
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10
Jun

SEMEDFIRE: A Highlight at France Alumni Day in Cyprus

June 10, 2025
The SEMEDFIRE project, “South Eastern Mediterranean Excellence Development In FIre REsearch,” was proudly showcased as one of five selected initiatives at the France Alumni Day event in Cyprus. The prestigious event, held on June 6, 2025, at the Cyprus Institute amphitheatre in Nicosia, celebrated the achievements of graduates from French educational institutions and collaborating organisations,...
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23
May

French partners hosted EUC and firefighting pilots from Greece and Cyprus in Nîmes

May 23, 2025,
The SEMEDFIRE project successfully completed its second field exercise, FIELD-2, in France. From May 13-15th, the SEMEDFIRE French partners hosted EUC and firefighting pilots from Greece and Cyprus in Nîmes. This crucial event, a core component of Work Package 6, brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, fostering international collaboration and knowledge exchange in wildfire...
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30
Mar

SEMEDFIRE’s latest actions presented on Alpha TV Cyprus

March 30, 2025
Nimes Metropole’s EU Projects Manager Mr. Iason Senekkis, appeared on Alpha TV Cyprus, a nationwide Cypriot channel, on Friday 28 March 2025 to present SEMEDFIRE’s latest actions. The interview during Alpha TV’s daily news morning show “Alpha Enimerosi“, presented by one of the island’s most influential journalists and TV hosts, Katia Savva, was arranged after...
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12
Mar

The 5th Hands-On Training and 1st Field Exercise – Pau Costa visits EUC-CERIDES in Cyprus

March 12, 2025
The implementation of SEMEDFIRE’s planned actions and tasks continued in March 2025, with the 5th Hands-On-Training and 1st Field Exercise and the visit of fire management experts from the Pau Costa Foundation, in Cyprus. The Department of Forests of the Republic of Cyprus and the Excellence in Innovation and Technology Research Centre of the European...
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24
Feb

Greek and French news websites on SEMEDFIRE training

February 24, 2025
The 6th Hands-on Training Short Course of SEMEDFIRE, that was hosted by the SEMEDFIRE co-ordinator European University Cyprus – CERIDES in Nicosia, Cyprus between the 12-13th of February 2025, has been reported in Greek and French news websites. ERTNEWS.gr, the news website of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, published a short article about the 2-day event...
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19
Feb

The 6th Hands-on Training Short Course – French Advanced Partners visit Cyprus

February 19, 2025
Between 11-14 February 2025, the project teams of the two French advanced partners, the General Directorate for Civil Protection and Crisis Management of the French Ministry of Interior (DGSCGC) and Nimes Metropole, visited Cyprus for the scheduled 6th Hands-on Training Short Course. The two project teams were supported by Lt. Colonel Vaucouleur, an expert civil...
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16
Dec

The 8th Staff Exchange Twinning Visit – French partners visit Cyprus

December 16, 2024
The 8th Staff-Exchange Twinning Visit of SEMEDFIRE took place from December 3rd to December 5th of 2024. A delegation of the French partners from the Ministry of Interior – General Directorate for Civil Protection and Crisis Management (DGSCGC) and from Nimes Metropole, accompanied by a representative of the University of Nimes, travelled to Cyprus where...
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21
Nov

The 8th Staff Exchange Twinning Visit – Nicosia Risk Forum 2024

November 21, 2024
The 8th Staff Exchange Twinning Visit (SET-8) of SEMEDFIRE is scheduled for the week 03-05 December in Nicosia and Larnaka, Cyprus. The activities of the specific SET under Work Package 6 is the last exchange visit of the SEMEDFIRE project. It will also conclude the first half of the WP6 planned actions, lead by the...
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31
Oct

Kathimerini Cyprus Article – Forest Fire with a forester’s… prescription

October 31, 2024
The SEMEDFIRE project was featured in a Cypriot nation-wide newspaper and news website Kathimerini Cyprus article. The article provides important information about prescribed burning, showcased in Cyprus during the latest Staff Exchange Visit of Pau Costa Foundation, Wageningen University and Research and external Portuguese experts from AGIF. An English translation of the article published in...
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