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4. System running
4.1 Supplies and services
The financial requirements to implement the project are met on the basis of the
following assumptions:
• The Northern Mediterranean countries will cover their own expenses related to
participation to workshops and for national activities;
• The European Environment Agency will cover the costs of the start-up workshop
and made available its expertise, telematic infrastructures, and relevant existing
data;
The Italian Co-operation will fund the implementation of the project in Northern
African countries;
The Northern African countries will contribute the salary of the personnel
involved in the project.
Additional funds from other partners or from those already engaged in the
implementation of the project would ensure increased flexibility and effectiveness
of the project, as well as the expansion of the information system to other interested
countries of the sub-region.