4ES – 05 – Summary of the meeting with Iannis Plakiotakis (Minister for Maritime Affairs and the Islands)

Further to our meeting on April 15th with Minister Plakiotakis, here are the main subjects we covered :

• we will focus on Elafonisos’s main port legal status and we expect your feedback on the subject which is critical for the whole island’s development
• we will emphasize and investigate the private sector’s interest for investment in a new Marina project in Elafonisos and will ask for your help and support with the official procedure and your office’s know-how.
• we will expect your help for the development of a diving park in the area, a project that will help the local tourist industry to make the tourist season longer and focus to higher income and more ecological oriented tourists.
• we will expect your reaction for the issue of the big ships use of the Laconic Gulf as a lay-up anchorage, a practice that represents a real danger for the very sensitive environment of the whole area and especially for Elafonisos which is in a NATURA 2000 status.