Growthfund’s Project Preparation Facility (PPF) has been designated by the Government Committee as the authority responsible for the preparation, conduct of the tender procedures, and monitoring of the project “Development of Island Port Infrastructure”, with a total budget of €135 million, on behalf of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy.
The projects cover islands across several regions, with particular emphasis on remote and small island areas, contributing to strengthening territorial cohesion, promoting maritime tourism, and supporting local economic development.
More specifically, a total of twenty-one (21) projects and interventions are being planned:
- Region of Crete (Rethymno, Mavri Limniona Sfakion, Agia Roumeli Sfakion, Paleochora, Agios Nikolaos),
- Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (Samothrace),
- Region of Attica (Antikythera),
- Region of North Aegean (Agios Kirykos – Ikaria, Evdilos – Ikaria, Fournoi, Agios Efstratios),
- Region of South Aegean (Lipsi, Katapola – Amorgos, Aegiali – Amorgos, Folegandros, Megisti – Kastellorizo),
- Region of Ionian Islands (Frikes – Ithaca, Pessada – Kefalonia, Mathraki, Othonoi, Agios Stefanos Avlioton).