At its meeting today, the Council of Ministers under the President of the Republic Mr.Nicos Anastasiades approved the Plan of Grants for the Revival of rural, mountainous and remote areas through the creation of authentic experiences for the enrichment and upgrading of the tourism product.
The objective of the Plan, which is part of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, is to provide support for:
(a) limited-scale rehabilitation of public and private buildings and open spaces for, inter alia, their reuse to make them accessible/suitable for experiential activities in the fields of gastronomy, creativity and manufacturing, while hosting artists, craftsmen, visiting workshops of traditional products, etc.p
(b) improving the aesthetics and accessibility of open spaces,
(c) developing forms of alternative tourism (such as religious tourism, cultural tourism, flora and fauna observation, geology, etc.) and outdoor activities (such as adventure tourism, climbing, cycling, forest recreation, etc.).)
The total budget allocated under this call for proposals for the implementation of the Plan amounts to €2,050,000, of which €1,537,500 is for 2022.
The amount of the grant to natural and legal persons (enterprises) in mountain, arid and remote areas will amount to 75% of the total cost of the eligible interventions. In the Rural areas the corresponding amount of the grant will be 65%, while in other areas, the percentage will be 50% with a maximum amount of funding per beneficiary: €200.000
The amount of the grant for Local Authorities is 100% of the total cost of the eligible interventions with a maximum amount of funding per beneficiary: €65,000
Furthermore, today, the Council of Ministers approved the appointment of the President and members of the Cyprus Medical Council for a two-year term of office: President Dr. Angelos Stylianou and members Dr. Elizabeth Constantinou, Dr. Amalia Hatzigiannis, Dr. Theodora Zachariadou, Dr. Christakis Georgiades, Dr. Theodoros Potamitis and Dr. Michael Rovanias.
The Council of Ministers also approved the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth and the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of the Hellenic Republic for the years 2022-27.
The purpose of the Memorandum is to improve the quality of education and preserve the cultural identity and heritage of Hellenism. Under the Memorandum, the participants will cooperate through the Hellenic Language Centre of the Hellenic Republic in the promotion and certification of Greek language proficiency, based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages of the Council of Europe, in upgrading the teaching of Greek language proficiency for students with a migrant background, within the Republic, as well as in the schools of the Cypriot community in the United Kingdom and in upgrading and materialising the joint celebration of the Greek Language Day.
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