Memorandum for the Upgrade of the Center for Exotic Animal Diseases in Evros

"Tripartite Cooperation for the Establishment of a European Zoonosis Center in Evros, Aiming to Strengthen Biosecurity and Rural Development”

A Memorandum of Cooperation and a Programmatic Agreement were signed by ELGO-DIMITRA, the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, and the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, to upgrade the Exotic Animal Disease Center in Evros. The agreement encompasses measures for the prevention and early detection of zoonoses, the improvement of biosecurity, research initiatives, and training programs for livestock farmers, to support public health and agricultural development in the region.

The signing ceremony was attended by the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Kostas Tsiaras, the Regional Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Christodoulos Topsidis, the Secretaries General of the Ministry, Spyros Protopsaltis and Antonis Filippis, the Vice Presidents of ELGO-DIMITRA, Nektarios Vidakis and Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou, the Member of Parliament of Evros, Anastasios Dimoschakis, as well as officials from the Ministry of Rural Development and Food and ELGO-DIMITRA.