Digital transformation, entrepreneurship, modern skills, and financing new green tech dominated discussions at the 2nd Digital Beach Summit held on the largest beach in Europe, Monolithi in Preveza, western Greece last Thursday and Friday.
Leonidas Christopoulos, secretary-general for digital governance underscored the importance of the digital transformation in local administration, while the general secretary of public investments and the Corporate Regional Development Pact (NSRF), Dimitris Skalkos, said that the state has a great responsibility in the absorption of all open programs for digital transformation.
Mr Skalkos spoke of the financial tools that will lead to the digital transition, such as the Recovery and Resilience Fund and the new NSRF. He said that the new Recovery Fund will increase Greece’s GDP by 7 per cent well into 2026.
The head of the Projects and Programs Support Directorate at the Special Coordination Service of the Recovery and Resilience Fund, Dimitris Voivontas, stressed the importance of the Recovery and Resilience Fund.
He told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency that the Recovery Fund is the response to the consequences of Covid with funds amounting to 31 billion euros for Greece and the “mobilization” of investments amounting to €60 billion ($AUD 87 billion) by 2025.
He said, the fund has “unfrozen” investments of €10 billion ($AUD 14 million) for Greece, and the processes are expected to ramp up in the next period.
