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The Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy<\/strong> is the government authority responsible for shaping and implementing Cyprus\u2019 national strategy for research, innovation, and digital transformation. It promotes technological development, entrepreneurship, and the adoption of digital technologies across public administration, academia, and industry, aiming to position Cyprus as a regional hub for innovation and knowledge-based growth.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|off|off” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)<\/strong> is a Centre of Excellence dedicated to research, innovation, and technology development in the marine and maritime sectors. 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It promotes technological development, entrepreneurship, and the adoption of digital technologies across public administration, academia, and industry, aiming to position Cyprus as a regional hub for innovation and knowledge-based growth.Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI) is a Centre of Excellence dedicated to research, innovation, and technology development in the marine and maritime sectors. Through multidisciplinary research centres and collaborations with academia and industry, CMMI works to advance sustainable \u201cblue economy\u201d solutions addressing challenges such as maritime digitalisation, marine ecosystems, robotics, and ocean governance.Funding Acknowledgement CMMI was established by the CMMI\/MaRITeC-X project as a \u201cCentre of Excellence in Marine and Maritime Research, Innovation and Technology Development\u201d and has received funding from the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 857586; and matching\u202ffunding from the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.\u00a0ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence The ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence, based in Cyprus, is a leading research and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245513,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/245513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)<\/h4>\n
Funding Acknowledgement<\/h5>\n
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Funding Acknowledgement<\/h5>\n
Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy (DMRID) \u2013 Republic of Cyprus<\/h4>\n
Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)<\/h4>\n
ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence<\/h4>\n