The South Aegean Region is activating funding transferred by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance to repair natural-disaster damage in municipalities and municipal water and sewerage companies across the Cyclades and the Dodecanese.
Regional Governor Giorgos Hatzimarkos signed the relevant invitation to beneficiary bodies.
Under the National Development Programme's new procedure, disaster-repair funding for local government is activated through calls issued by the relevant region after the funding has first been transferred to it.
The Ministry transferred approximately €9.77 million to the South Aegean Region, together with the allocation table for each beneficiary, so that the Region could invite them to submit the required documentation.
The invitation signed by the Governor concerns the Special Programme for Responding to and Recovering from Natural Disasters 2026–2030, with a total budget of €9,777,000. It asks bodies selected at ministerial level to proceed to the next stage.
The call covers damage to infrastructure and networks of municipalities and municipal water and sewerage companies caused by natural disasters in winter 2025–2026. It falls under Priority Axis 3.6, “Restoring infrastructure following natural disasters”.
Its aims are to repair affected infrastructure, restore the safe operation of essential municipal networks and services, and improve island resilience to the climate crisis.
Beneficiaries include the municipalities of Amorgos, the Heroic Island of Kasos, Kalymnos, Kos, Leros, Megisti, Mykonos, Naxos and the Small Cyclades, Tilos and Tinos; the Rhodes and Kalymnos water and sewerage companies; Naxos Municipal Port Fund, acting for Naxos and the Small Cyclades; and the South Aegean Region, acting for Megisti and Tilos.
Funding by beneficiary
Megisti Municipality, with submission also through the South Aegean Region: €500,000.
Tilos Municipality, with submission also through the Region: €500,000.
Kalymnos Municipal Water and Sewerage Company: €200,000.
Rhodes Municipal Water and Sewerage Company: €2,000,000.
Amorgos Municipality: €500,000.
Municipality of the Heroic Island of Kasos: €77,000.
Kalymnos Municipality: €500,000.
Kos Municipality: €1,500,000.
Leros Municipality: €1,000,000.
Mykonos Municipality: €1,500,000.
Naxos and the Small Cyclades Municipality, submitting through Naxos Municipal Port Fund: €1,000,000.
Tinos Municipality: €500,000.
Total public expenditure: €9,777,000.
Proposals are submitted exclusively online through the National Development Programme's Integrated Information System from 31 July to 31 October 2026. The aim is to approve and deliver projects restoring critical infrastructure and improving island residents' safety and quality of life.
Mr Hatzimarkos said:
“The newly legislated procedure for managing natural-disaster repair funding gives regions a role in the final decision to include projects in the relevant financing instrument.
“Our country's regions see this new responsibility more as a sign of trust than as an administrative burden. Committed to supporting the bodies delivering critical projects in their areas and to the rules of fiscal discipline, they approach this objective responsibly.”
