The South Aegean Region, recognising the urgent need to adapt to climate change, is organising an information event to present the flagship European CARDIMED project.
The event will take place on Friday 27 February 2026 at 11am in the Regional Council Chamber, Regional Government Building, 1 Eleftherias Square, Rhodes.
What is CARDIMED?
CARDIMED — Climate Adaptation and Resilience Demonstrated In the MEDiterranean region — is funded by Horizon Europe and aims to strengthen climate resilience across the Mediterranean.
Using nature-based solutions, it seeks to reconnect human activities with natural processes, providing sustainable responses to water scarcity, flooding and soil erosion.
The South Aegean's role and the pilot projects
The South Aegean Region is an active project partner, making its islands a testing ground for innovation. The event will explain two local pilot actions.
On Sifnos, traditional knowledge is being revived through the restoration of stone terraces and dry-stone structures for sustainable water management and soil protection.
On Mykonos, innovative decentralised stormwater-management systems are being installed to address flooding and conserve water.
Speakers
Technical aspects of the project will be presented by Professor Simos Malamis, representing the National Technical University of Athens' Sanitary Engineering Laboratory, the project's lead partner; representatives of the partners implementing the pilots on Sifnos and Mykonos, Kostas Petrakos and Antonis Eleftheriou; and Vana Manolaki Angelopoulou, CARDIMED project supervisor for the South Aegean Region.
The event is open to local government representatives, technical bodies, environmental organisations, academics and any interested member of the public.
Programme
10.45–11am: arrivals and registration.
11–11.10am: introductory presentation and coordination by Vana Manolaki Angelopoulou.
11.10–11.20am: opening remarks.
11.20–11.30am: other South Aegean Region research projects.
11.30–11.40am: Simos Malamis on the activities of the Sanitary Engineering Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
11.40–11.55am: T. Seintos on the Horizon Europe CARDIMED research project.
11.55am–12.10pm: Kostas Petrakos on reviving traditional knowledge through stone terraces and sustainable water management on Sifnos.
12.10–12.25pm: Antonis Eleftheriou on decentralised nature-based stormwater-management systems on Mykonos.
12.25–1pm: discussion.
