{"id":19283,"date":"2026-07-03T14:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/?p=19283"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T11:26:32","slug":"helmepa-at-oil-one-scholarship-award-ceremony-facility-tour-and-board-of-directors-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/helmepa-at-oil-one-scholarship-award-ceremony-facility-tour-and-board-of-directors-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"HELMEPA at Oil One: Scholarship Award Ceremony, Facility Tour, and Board of Directors Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was with great pleasure that we welcomed HELMEPA<\/strong> to Oil One\u2019s <\/strong>facilities in Drapetsona. On a day dedicated to our shared vision for a cleaner marine environment, we had the honor of hosting the annual scholarship award ceremony, giving our guests a tour of our facility, and hosting the Association\u2019s Board of Directors meeting.<\/p>\n

The events were attended by HELMEPA President Ms. Semiramis Palaiou<\/strong>, members of the organization\u2019s Board of Directors, and Mr. Dimitris Melissanidis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Scholarship Award Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event began with the presentation of this year\u2019s HELMEPA scholarships, an initiative that actively recognizes excellence and supports the next generation of scientists. The scholarships offer young people the opportunity to continue their studies in fields directly related to the sea and the environment.<\/p>\n

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In welcoming the attendees, HELMEPA\u2019s General Director, Ms. Olga Stavropoulou<\/strong>, emphasized the importance of meaningful communication between the scholarship recipients and the donors within this \u201cfamily circle\u201d of the event, while expressing her gratitude for the warm hospitality.<\/p>\n

The Tour of the Model Environmental Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Immediately following the ceremony, an extensive tour was conducted for the members of the Board of Directors, the scholarship recipients, and their families at Oil One\u2019s state-of-the-art facilities in Drapetsona\u2014a model facility for environmental innovation with an international patent.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Dimitris Melissanidis<\/strong> gave a detailed presentation on the facility\u2019s operations. In this context, he emphasized the critical role of modern infrastructure in protecting the marine ecosystem, as ship waste is now sent for complete treatment, putting the shared slogan \u201cSave the Sea\u201d into practice.<\/p>\n

The Board of Directors Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The day concluded with a meeting of HELMEPA\u2019s Board of Directors<\/strong>, which was held in a specially designed space at Oil One. The selection of our facility to host the meeting is a great honor and underscores the exceptional, institutional collaboration and the strong ties that have long connected the organization with our company.<\/p>\n

Warm congratulations to this year\u2019s scholarship recipients for their excellence, and a big thank you to the members of HELMEPA\u2019s Board of Directors for their outstanding cooperation!<\/em><\/p>\n

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It was with great pleasure that we welcomed HELMEPA to Oil One\u2019s facilities in Drapetsona. On a day dedicated to our shared vision for a cleaner marine environment, we had the honor of hosting the annual scholarship award ceremony, giving our guests a tour of our facility, and hosting the Association\u2019s Board of Directors meeting. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2026\/07\/1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19284,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19283\/revisions\/19284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}