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Greece:- Mitsotakis for the approval of “Greece 2.0”: “Historic moment for Europe and Greece” (Photos and Video, including Pdf of Greece2.0

“Today in Athens, the President of the European Commission was welcomed at a historic moment for Europe and Greece: at the essential starting point of the actions of the Recovery and Resilience Fund, with the simultaneous approval of the” Greece 2.0 “Plan,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis event for the presentation of actions of the National Plan of Recovery and Sustainability “Greece 2.0” held in the Ancient Market Area, with the presence of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Dialogue with citizens – Mr. Mitsotakis: “To assure the Greek people that we will ensure that resources are invested properly, transparently, in a timely manner and for the benefit of every Greek citizen.”

“I believe it is the latest act of pandemic unrest. But also the first of a new era, which, together with the European Covid Certificate, has the signature of your own efforts, Madam President. That’s why you deserve congratulations as well as thanks, “he added.

The Prime Minister said that a vision of many years, months ago became a bold proposal and is now a reality. “The Union is proceeding with the first issue of common debt in favor of its Member States. An initiative which, as you know, I have supported from the outset with eight other European leaders. Those national pioneers eventually led, and thanks to your own efforts, to community success. “And so today an ‘avat’ of the past becomes a step of the present and the future,” he underlined.

He went on to point out that Greece is one of the countries benefiting from the allocation of funds, as it is entitled to about 31 billion in grants and loans and that recognizing its own responsibility, it submitted one of the first National Integrated Plan 175 critical investments, projects and reforms.

“Together with the NSRF funds but also with the private investments, we estimate that the total funds that can be mobilized will reach 100 billion euros. So that, in a horizon of 7 years, we can create an additional 200,000 jobs and additional national growth that will reach 7% “, said the prime minister.

He also noted that the national plan of Greece met with flattering comments in Brussels. “Because it is based on the spirit of European checks but also on four key pillars: the green transition, digital transformation, employment and social cohesion, and private investment by upgrading the productive model of our country. In fact, most resources are directed to the green and digital economy. This is also indicated by the choice of the almost 8 billion that will be disbursed in 2021 to finance, mainly, island interconnection projects but also energy shielding of businesses and homes “he said and added” that is, a plan is proposed which includes projects with strong social and environmental footprint. Following on from policies that are already evolving, such as de-ligation, electrification and dynamic support for Renewable Energy Sources “.

In addition, the Prime Minister said that the “Greece 2.0” Plan will soon be presented in detail in each region of the country. “That is why here today I will suffice to mention only a few aspects that show, however, its directions. Such as the full digitization of public services and businesses. The much needed – as Covid proved – modernization of our public hospitals. The cultivation of new skills for more and better employment. And, of course, the big road projects but also the investments for energy and renewable sources “, he said.

He stressed that this program justifies every word of its title, because it is truly “National”, as, as he said, it extends to the last corner of our country, touching all Greeks, and at the same time composes a complete “Plan ». “Since his initiatives are well thought out and based on real data. But it also corresponds to the symbolism “Greece 2.0”. “Because it is, indeed, the next version of the country, it is the image of the new Greece,” he said.

Closing the Prime Minister and speaking about the Ancient Agora, where the event took place, he said “In the” heart “of our past. But also in the eternal seat of the Republic, which today welcomes a modern achievement: The Road Map for our common steps towards development. From everyone and for everyone. In a little while, in fact, in this area, we will be able to have a discussion with citizens on this issue “and he added” from the classical era this very important landmark represents the dawn but also the prosperity of our regime. And, at the same time, the economic progress of Athens and the flourishing of the Greek spirit “.

“Because here, dear Ursula, was the seat of the House of Five Hundred. This was the area of ​​trade and the courts. But it was also the point at which philosophical dialogues took place that shaped Greek culture and of course influenced Europe and European culture. Here was the square of the “Community”. That is why it was sacred “said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, emphasizing that” twenty-five centuries later, the Ancient Agora welcomes modern Europe with the same strong opposition. Because, as then, fairer prosperity means deeper democracy. And development is not meant without solidarity and reflection. These values ​​were born here to inspire and belong to the whole world. So let’s keep them for drivers in the new course we are starting now “.

Ursula von der Leyen: The “Greece 2.0” Plan belongs to the Greek people and will transform the Greek economy – It will prepare Greece for the future

“Thank you for the invitation to the cradle of Democracy and philosophy. These are critical times, after the difficult time of the pandemic. “We have positive points, such as vaccination, recovery and we can look to the future with more optimism,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Layen at the presentation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”. in the Ancient Agora. “I want to thank you Kyriakos for your contribution to the digital vaccination certificate,” he stressed.

“We are digitizing our economies. The green agreement is becoming a reality and we are preparing our societies to become more resilient. “Our 800 billion euro program, the largest since the Marshall Plan era,” said the European Commission president. which belongs to the Greek people and will transform the Greek economy. It will prepare Greece for the future. ”

“More than 65% of the resources that will be directed to Greece will be driven to the green transition and digitization,” said the President of the European Commission. “New sustainable jobs will be created. I am convinced that the actions of the plan will make Greece stronger “he added and stressed that” Next Generation EU will transform Greece and Europe. The first disbursements will take place in July. But this is not the end, we have hard work ahead of us “.

And Ursula von der Leyen ended her speech, saying: “Today Greece and the EU are going hand in hand, today we are writing history together, because your success is a success of Europe. So with honor and joy I deliver the Next Generation EU “.

Mr. Pierrakakis: “The Recovery Fund will essentially help us in the digitization of the entire state”

The framework of the actions of the Ministry of Digital Government was presented by the competent minister, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, from the Operations Center of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.

Mr. Pierrakakis stressed that “we try to digitize every service provided to Greek citizens and businesses. “The Recovery Fund will essentially help us digitize the whole state.” At the same time, he pointed out that the services provided to the citizens will be covered, such as the sectors of education, health, finance.

The minister presented the digital services of gov.gr that were “born of necessity”, as he characteristically said. He underlined that “if we needed to categorize the projects then we would have two categories. The first category concerns the dealing with the pending issues of the past, the digitization of the archives, how we will turn the paper into data “and referred to the daily relations of the citizen with the state, such as the award of pensions, the Land Registry, justice. “We need investment to have the full interoperability of both old and new systems, and the Recovery Fund will play an important role in that,” he said.

As for the second category, Mr. Pierrakakis spoke about building bridges with the future, such as highways and the innovation of the 5G network. “We are on the threshold of the 4th Industrial Revolution and we are not going to miss this opportunity,” he said.

K. Skrekas: Cost reduction and energy efficiency on the islands with the interconnections financed by the Recovery Fund

The interconnection of the Cyclades will help get rid of old polluting power plants, will support the energy efficiency of the islands and will reduce energy costs for consumers, said the Minister of Environment and Energy Costas Skrekas during the event for the event. Greek program for the Recovery Fund.

Addressing the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Minister of Environment and Energy stressed that Greece is implementing one of the most ambitious plans for the energy transition in Europe, which is expected to create more than 150,000 jobs, with the goal of 67% of electricity in 2030 coming from renewable sources. The projects financed by the Recovery Fund include investments in networks, storage units, energy savings, etc.

Mr. Skrekas presented the energy part of the Recovery Fund from Lavrio where the construction of the Fourth Phase interconnection of the Cyclades will begin in a few months, which includes the interconnection of Santorini, Milos, Folegandros and Serifos with the national electricity transmission system. energy

The project consists of the individual interconnections Naxos – Santorini, Santorini – Folegandros, Folegandros – Milos, Milos – Serifos and Serifos – Lavrio, while Sifnos and Serifos are planned to be connected with a medium voltage submarine cable.

The budget of the project is 408 million Euros, of which the financing of the Recovery Fund will cover 170 million Euros. The tender for the interconnection is expected to be completed this year. The Naxos – Santorini interconnection, which will be the first section to be built, is expected to be operational in 2023, while in 2024 the completion of the entire project is expected. The implementation of the project means:

Reliable electrification of the western Cyclades.

-Closure of the existing production units of PPC in the islands that operate with oil, ie they are expensive and polluting. The interconnection will allow the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 100 thousand tons per year in 2025 and 120 thousand by 2030.

– Increase the potential of renewable sources that can be safely developed on the islands as their production can be channeled into the national system. The additional electrical space for RES in the Cyclades due to the interconnections is estimated by IPTO at 332 megawatts.

Ch. Theocharis: Strategic choice is the overall upgrade of the Greek tourism product with emphasis on new products and the creation of new jobs

The position of the strategy of the Greek tourism industry on the next day of the Greece 2.0 program was presented online by the Minister of Tourism, Haris Theocharis, and the Deputy Minister, Sofia Zacharaki.

From Amynteo and the facilities of a winery, the Minister of Tourism Haris Theocharis noted that the Greek tourism industry promises to upgrade the infrastructure through this program and will give impetus to the creation of new jobs.

Mr. Theocharis, describing the pillars of strategic planning for tourism, pointed out that these are two. The “blue and the green”, as he explained. Agrotourism, green tourism and the actions that will accompany their quality upgrade concern the part of the green pillar. Maritime tourism, with the development of specialized products, such as the development of digital infrastructure in Greek marinas, digital access to beaches and the creation of water parks, are part of the blue pillar, as he mentioned.

The goal of both pillars remains the overall upgrade of the country’s tourism product, which goes through the goal of extending the tourist season, with the emergence of new destinations on the tourist map of the country.

G. Amyras: “Plan Greece 2.0 is a strong message of Environmental Democracy”

“A strong message for environmental democracy and sustainability”, is according to PEN Deputy Minister George Amyras the promotion of actions for the protection of the environment and biodiversity, through the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan Greece 2.0, as stressed before Prime Minister Kyriakos and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Mr. Amyras, from Parnitha, a mountain that suffered a devastating fire in 2007, accompanied by volunteers presented the National Reforestation Plan, which will be implemented with resources of 200 million from the Recovery and Resilience Fund and is expected to be completed until 2025.

“We are going to reforest and restore more than 20,000 acres in various places in Greece by planting 30 million trees,” he said, adding: “The climate crisis is getting worse day by day, year by year and requires immediate action. In Greece we have taken exactly this path “.

In addition, as it became known, RIS, with 24 million from the Recovery Fund, has undertaken the upgrade of the Firefighting Network, the restoration of the paths, the connection with the former royal palace in Tatoi, as well as the restoration of the Sanctuary of Parnitha which has been recaptured since 1985.

“We believe that we must join forces in this effort,” said Mr. Amyras, noting the important role of volunteers in the person of Mr. George Gerontidis, Maria Kalogeropoulou and Mr. M. Karamolegos, who will strengthen the reforestation program. as he said.

For her part, the President of the Commission praised the efforts of the government, RIS and volunteers for the emphasis placed on efforts to prevent the loss of biodiversity and the regeneration of ecosystems. As he pointed out: “We must take care of the loss of ecosystems at least to the extent that we take care of tackling climate change.”

On his part, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warmly thanked the volunteers. It is noted that Parnitha is 36 kilometers away from the center of Athens, with a height of 1,430 meters, is a very important green zone with enormous environmental value and biodiversity. In addition, Parnitha National Park is the closest national park to a capital in all of Europe.

Th. Skylakakis: ‘By 2026 the National Recovery Plan will add 7 points to GDP.

(A video of wha happened today, mostly in English).

 

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The National Recovery Plan will contribute to GDP growth by 7 percentage points by 2026 and will create 180,000 jobs, said today Deputy Finance Minister Theodoros Skylakakis in the context of the event for Greece.2.0 in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of the European Commission von der Leyen.

Th. Skylakakis stressed that the Greek team worked very hard in order for Greece to be in the first group of EU countries that will receive approval from the European Return for the Recovery Plan. And, as he said, there have been long productive meetings with the Commission in order to have the current result.

The Deputy Minister expressed his optimism for the effectiveness of the plan and specifically referred to the factors that lead him to this belief.

He attached special importance to the monitoring and control system of the projects that will be included in the National Recovery Plan, giving the floor to the head of the Special Coordination Service of the Fund, Nikos Mantzoufa, who proceeded with a brief demonstration of the electronic system.

Finally, the Deputy Minister of Finance described the Recovery Fund as a great opportunity for Greece.

On his part, the Prime Minister personally thanked Th. Skylakakis for his contribution to the formation of the National Recovery Plan.

Kerameos Prefecture: The digital transformation of education through the Recovery Fund

The action of the digital transformation of education was developed by the Minister of Education, Niki Kerameos, in the event for the presentation of the Greek program for the Recovery Fund, in the presence of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

In particular, he referred to the three priority axes, with a budget of 1.3 billion euros, the digital transformation and digitization of education, the upgrading of vocational education and training and the “strategy for excellence, innovation and modernization of universities”.

In more detail, Ms. Kerameos described the first axis of digital transformation, which aims to “achieve an inclusive digital education model,” as she said.

The digital transformation, with a budget of 450 million euros, will enhance the upgrade of digital and technological equipment by installing interactive learning systems in all primary and secondary schools, digital care, through the check for 200 euros to 560,000 young people for the market. , laptop or computer, robotics and STEM labs in schools and digital tools for students with disabilities and / or special educational needs.

Also, through digital transformation, digital skills will be upgraded, such as:

-creation of educational content in an interactive, accessible digital environment, which enhances the 453 curricula.

– training of 120,000 teachers in the new digital educational content and the new technological equipment of all the projects of the Recovery Fund

-upgrade and interoperability of digital services in schools.

Sp. Protopsaltis OAED Commander,: The action of upgrading the skills of human resources

The OAED Commander Spyros Protopsaltis focused on the upgrading of the human resources skills, in his speech in the context of the event for the presentation of the actions of the National Recovery and Sustainability Plan “Greece 2.0”. Addressing the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Mr. Protopsaltis noted that Greece is implementing an ambitious plan to strengthen the upgrading of human resources skills and support the creation of new jobs.

As he said, in the next period, more than 2 billion euros will be invested in two specific pillars, with the aim of equipping the human resources with the skills they need to have, such as the digital ones, and on the other hand to design programs for creating new jobs.

“We will emphasize the green and digital capabilities of human resources, to support our economy and, at the same time, we will create new programs that will provide incentives to employers to create new jobs,” said the OAED governor.

For his part, the owner of a small and medium enterprise stressed that these actions will support small and medium enterprises, to find employees with the necessary skills they need and will contribute to the creation of new jobs.

The Greece-2.0 plan in pdf click here → Greece 2.0 2021

Source:- HMERA

About Louise Inzk

Louise is Australian born and has been a Greek citizen since 1991. She has deep cultural ties with the island, often writing about Zakynthian Traditions and Culture. She is also an active member of the Volunteer Group of Zakynthos, Giostra Di Zante and is a member of the women's choir "Rodambelos". Her love of the island and all it offers saw her joining the Zakynthos (Zante) Informer admin team in 2014.

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