1. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΝΩΣΗ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΙΟΥ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ HELLENIC MARINE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 1-ΕΜΠ/06

2. 2-ΕΜΠ/06 Environmental Consciousness Safety Spirit Security Culture A Motivated, Dedicated Seafarer

3. …we, the Shipping Community of Greece, comprising shipowners, operators, managers and agents, masters, deck and engineer officers and seamen, representing a historic industry presently operating and controlling some 50 million gross tons of commercial shipping, voluntarily commit ourselves to eliminate ship-generated marine pollution… 3-ΕΜΠ/06 From HELMEPA’s Founding Declaration of Voluntary Commitment “to Save the Seas”

4. 4-ΕΜΠ/06 The Syllabus Concept

5. 5-ΕΜΠ/06 The Training Attendance 1983 - 2005 Deck Officers Engineer Officers Various Specialties Member Companies Staff Hellenic Navy Officers Hellenic Coast Guard Officers Total No of Participants 8,353 4,374 484 717 867 246 15,041

6. 6-ΕΜΠ/06 Children of 1986

7. 7-ΕΜΠ/06

8. 8-ΕΜΠ/06 First Seagull Poster 1983

9. 9-ΕΜΠ/06 Created in 1993

10. 10-ΕΜΠ/06 Founded during “Posidonia 2002”

11. 11-ΕΜΠ/06 1989-1993 1995-1996 + = +

12. 12-ΕΜΠ/06 Contingency Planning Provided the experts a platform to:  Assess the existing level of cooperation between member States  Promote a framework of cooperation among stakeholders  Highlight common factors for common guidelines for Contingency Planning, and  Identify particularities of States or Areas for establishing European Guidelines.

13. 13-ΕΜΠ/06

14. 14-ΕΜΠ/06

15. 15-ΕΜΠ/06

16. 16-ΕΜΠ/06 “Invest little now, harvest big later!”