The interested parties were remotely gathered on 18 February 2021, as dictated by the pandemic restrictions, to formalize the substantial initialization of a Memorandum of Cooperation, whose signature was completed on 30 December 2020.

The President of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Dr. Athanasios C. Thanopoulos, the President of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Prof. Emmanouil Plionis, the Director of the Greek Group of Earth Observation Office (GGO) Dr. Evangelos Gerasopoulos, and the National Representative at the Group of Earth Observation (GEO), Prof. Christos Zerefos, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation, in full compliance with the current trend and need of integrating geospatial information with socio-economic data, in support of official reporting of national and European statistical indicators, as well as of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

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More information at: http://www.greekgeo.noa.gr/v2/index.php/news-events/ggo-and-elstat-memorandum-of-cooperation