SEMEDFIRE

21/03/2026

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🎓⛑️ contribution of for
👏👏 Τμήμα Δασών for the uptake and practical implementation
👏🙏 Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος - Cyprus MOA and Minister Dr Maria Panayiotou - Chair of SEMEDFIRE Advisory Board, for the support and policy advocacy.
🤗🙏 Pau Costa Foundation Wageningen University & Research Imperial College London Sécurité civile Nîmes Métropole for the insights, and the knowledge & experience transfer.
🙏 European University Cyprus Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences for the coordination, planning, preparation, facilitation, and for overall carrying through.

SEMEDFIRE is an project (GA.no.101079337) by the European Commission EU Science & Innovation within .

Στη φετινή Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Δασών με χαρά βλέπουμε την ολοένα και αυξανόμενη χρήση «παλιών αλλά νέων» μεθόδων διαχείρισης της δασικής βλάστησης.

Ιδιαίτερη μνεία κάνουμε και εκφράζουμε τα συγχαρητήρια μας για την πρόσφατη προδιαγεγραμμένη καύση που επιτέλεσε το Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος - Cyprus MOA και το Τμήμα Δασών στην περιοχή του Μαχαιρά, χρησιμοποιώντας τα πρωτόκολλα και τις πρόνοιες που προέκυψαν από αντίστοιχη δράση το Μάρτιο του 2025 στα πλαίσια του Ευρωπαϊκού Προγράμματος SEMEDFIRE που χρηματοδοτήθηκε από τον Ορίζοντα Ευρώπη.

👉 https://www.gov.cy/georgia-agrotiki-anaptyxi-perivallon/anakoinosi-tou-tmimatos-dason-gia-tin-efarmogi-elegchomenis-kafsis-stis-paryfes-tou-dasous-machaira-stin-periochi-maratheftis/

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01/12/2025

🥰🤗🙏🫂 SEMEDFIRE 🫂🙏🤗🥰
🔷🔥 From the start on 1Dec2022 and pre-Kick-Off until Final CLosure on 25Nov2025... through all , , Professorships-&-Trainerships, , , , and overall activities, which you can find at: 👉 https://semedfire.eu/activities/ 🔥🔷
👏👏👏 this has been an amazing adventure👏👏👏

🏛️🤗 SEMEDFIRE has been a strategic project for the ; the European University Cyprus, and it has achieved several -for-Cyprus with the support and contribution of several Cypriot competent Authorities, which may be found at: 👉 https://semedfire.eu/resources/ 🤗🏛️

🙏🙏🤗 and for the of the Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος - Cyprus MOA and to the Honourable who was also the Chair of our International Advisory Board, with high-level members from Greece, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon.

🙏🙏🥰 Deeply to the Consortium that conducted SEMEDFIRE, coordinated by the Widening Institution: 🇨🇾 European University Cyprus / Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences, and especially to the project's :
🔷 🇬🇧 Imperial College London
🔷 🇳🇱 Wageningen University & Research
🔷 🇪🇸 Pau Costa Foundation
🔷 🇫🇷 Sécurité civile
🔷 🇫🇷 Nîmes Métropole

🙏🙏🏛️ Sincerely thankful to the 🇪🇺 European Commission for the , within the Grant Agreement no. 101079337.

26/11/2025

🏛️ Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences Director and SEMEDFIRE Project Coordinator; Prof. in speech on & 🔥🌿

🔷👉 also proposes a📄 on & supporting the Wildfire System Reform.

EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid
Union for the Mediterranean
Laurent Alfonso

24/11/2025

🎆 is holding its Event on 🎆
🥰🤗 What a Wonderful Adventure this has been🤗🥰

📢👏 Our https://semedfire.eu/ and are some of our that will continue living after the project's end... so we are extremely that we have already our 👏📢
🚀 Keep us 🚀

🏛️ SEMEDFIRE has been an project by the European Commission EU Science & Innovation within GA.no.101079337 🔥

🚀👉 Our main have been:
✅ "Basic Fire Management Suite for Cyprus and the Region" co-developed with Imperial College London.
✅ "Integrated Fire Management Strategy for Cyprus and the Region" co-developed with Wageningen University & Research.
✅ "Forest Fires Community Engagement Plan for Cyprus and the Region" co-developed with Pau Costa Foundation.
✅ “Fire-Governance and Agencies-Interoperability White Paper" co-developed with French Sécurité civile and Nîmes Métropole

🎓 : 🇨🇾 European University Cyprus / Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences
🏛️🙏 :
🔷 Imperial College London 🇬🇧
🔷 Wageningen University & Research 🇳🇱
🔷 Pau Costa Foundation 🇪🇸
🔷 Sécurité civile 🇫🇷
🔷 Nîmes Métropole 🇫🇷

SEMEDFIRE

14/10/2025

Το 2025 ήταν το πιο δύσκολο έτος όσον αφορά τις πυρκαγιές στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, τόνισε ο καθηγητής Εκτίμησης Κινδύνου από το Ευρωπαϊκό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου Γιώργος Μπούστρας, σημειώνοντας ότι υπήρχαν πυρκαγιές σε κάθε μεσογειακή χώρα. Αναφέρθηκε στη λειτουργία των συστημάτων προειδοποίησης για τις πυρκαγιές τονίζοντας παράλληλα ότι χρειάζεται πολιτική βούληση προκειμένου η κρίση να μεταβληθεί σε ευκαιρία για αλλαγή καθώς και επικοινωνία μεταξύ των επιστημόνων και της πολιτείας και μια νέα κουλτούρα στην αντιμετώπιση φυσικών καταστροφών. Στην Κύπρο πρόκειται να ιδρυθεί Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών και Πολιτικής Προστασίας, πρόσθεσε ενώ είπε ότι χρειάζεται να υιοθετήσουμε νέες αλλά και να επαναφέρουμε και παλιές μεθόδους. Τέλος, έκανε αναφορά στο πλαίσιο Σεντάι για τη διαχείριση φυσικών καταστροφών αλλά και την αντίστοιχη στρατηγική της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής. European University Cyprus

13/10/2025

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03/10/2025

🤗🥳 We are still celebrating the mood of !!!

🎆 One week ago, on 26Sep., we once again had the pleasure of participating in the 🚀👨‍🚀👩‍🚀 , the CY-edition of ERN2025 organized by Ίδρυμα Έρευνας και Καινοτομίας/ Research and Innovation Foundation 🎆

SEMEDFIRE-team had the opportunity to welcome 🤝 to our booth several pupils, students, young researchers, and interested public, as well as relevant Officials. We had the honour to welcome, among others, the Deputy Minister of & Dr Nicodemos Damianou, the Dr Demetris Skourides and the Permanent Secretary of the Dr Elikkos Elia.

🤗🗣️ We were delighted to discuss and present our successful activities (https://semedfire.eu/activities/) and achievements (https://semedfire.eu/resources/) with our Advanced Partners, such as the:
✅ 🔥 Suite, developed with of Imperial College London.
✅ Strategy for Cyprus and the Region developed with Wageningen University & Research, as well as the simulative serious game (https://eufarmbook.eu/en/contributions/671b4843bbe71983a0215404) which was adapted and modified from the work of Wageningen University & Research.
✅ Plan developed with Pau Costa Foundation, along with our -in-Cyprus (https://semedfire.eu/the-5th-hands-on-training-and-1st-field-exercise-pau-costa-visits-euc-cerides-in-cyprus/) conducted with Τμήμα Δασών and under the auspices of Minister Dr Maria Panagiotou of Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος - Cyprus MOA, as well as our parallel relevant activities on and 🌾🌳within the ResAlliance project (HEU-CL6-GOVERNANCE, coordinated by European Forest Institute (EFI)) where we again collaborate with Pau Costa Foundation.
✅high-level Trainings on Fire Management and 🚁🛩️conducted with Sécurité civile and Nîmes Métropole, provided to Staff and Pilots of competent Agencies from Cyprus (Τμήμα Δασών, Εθνική Φρουρά, Αστυνομία Κύπρου, Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία Κύπρου - Cyprus Fire Service) and the Region (Hellenic Airforce Πολεμική Αεροπορία - HAFspokesman and Jordanian Civil Defense), as well as our soon-to-finalize on & 🏛️

SEMEDFIRE is an project by the European Commission EU Science & Innovation under .

30/09/2025

🤗 Delighted to have co-hosted on 29 September 2025, with our Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences/European University Cyprus, an in collaboration with Airbus Helicopters and with the support of Ambassade de France à Chypre 🇫🇷 and HE the Ambassador.

🔥🌳🚁🛩️🛰️
The event focused on . The participants from various and were informed about the availability of a variety of platforms and solutions, and how these could contribute to more efficient and effective .

has two 🇫🇷 : Sécurité civile and Nîmes Métropole

SEMEDFIRE is an project by the European Commission EU Science & Innovation under .

03/08/2025

🗣️ of SEMEDFIRE's Scientific Coordinator, Prof. George Boustras, at Cyprus' largest circulation Phileleftheros (Ό Φιλελεύθερος), regarding and of 🌳🔥 in .

«Δυστυχώς η χώρα μας δεν αποτέλεσε βάση του rescEU και δεν συμμετείχε στην αγορά αμφίβιων αεροπλάνων πυρόσβεσης», είπε

11/07/2025

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-&- with Τμήμα Δασών



Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences European University Cyprus
Τμήμα Δασών Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος - Cyprus MOA
Pau Costa Foundation
of European Commission EU Science & Innovation