The transformation in the field of technology in Greece is immediately discreet
First entry: Friday, October 15, 2021, 02:17
“Destiny is not a heritage, destiny is a choice” stressed, the Minister of Digital Government Kyriakos Pierrakakis, inaugurating the international exhibition Beyond 4.0 at TIF and referring to the great dimensions that has brought the evaluation of new digital technology to the improvement of development its communication with the state and the development perspective that opens up in the country.
“I think we are proving that from this phrase that we often hear for years: ‘it can’t be done, it can’t be done'” the ‘no’ disappears. “And we can very well achieve that,” said the minister.
Mr. Pierrakakis underlined the role and importance of the technology exhibition “Beyond 4.0”, which opened the gates of Thessaloniki and the symbolism of the city, in the light of “large foreign investments”, which were recently launched, such as Pfizer , Cisco, etc. He even referred to an excerpt from a recent speech by the Prime Minister on the new perspective that begins for the economy, development and investment in the region, that “Thessaloniki is becoming a seat of extroversion” and that “along with Thessaloniki, the whole of Greece is changing.” “And” it becomes a seat of large foreign investments “, while” it is oriented towards extroversion, innovation, exports “and continued:
“This happens. This is the reality and it is happening all over the country. Especially in the field of technology, a great change that is happening in Greece is immediately visible. The economic dimension of these investments is self-evident, but they also have a political dimension. They are dedicated to all those young Greeks, who during the years of crisis were forced to go abroad, because some by choice, but some unfortunately out of necessity could not find their fortune here. And now, with these investments, we are changing this landscape. “
The Minister referred to various aspects of the evaluation of digital technology in everyday life, in dealing with bureaucracy and other biological and developmental problems.
“Technology has come in the last period, in the last two years to act as an accelerator, as a mechanism of facilitation of the citizen, in general, in very difficult conditions” noted Mr. Pierrakakis, while he added that it finds application even in dealing with difficult weather phenomena, such as those facing the country today.
“The state mechanism is on full alert in relation to the management of these phenomena” said Mr. Pierrakakis and continued: “And obviously, because we are in a technology exhibition, let me emphasize that even in this very difficult management, technology It comes and plays its role, the well-known 112, the citizen’s information line, has established its great value in very difficult situations “.
In particular, Mr. Pierrakakis referred to the rationale for the recent changes in the pandemic, in order to simplify procedures and improve communication and service of many public services, citing the “two, plus one, philosophical lines, hidden behind the options of change “.
As the first, he pointed out, that the planning is not done with a focus on the state, but with a criterion of the needs of the citizen, that is, with the logic that “the state puts down with pencil and paper, not even with a system, the five, the seven processes , and makes them one “, serving the needs of the citizen.
The second perception, the minister said, is that the gov digital governance portal system. gr is built “stone – stone”, without mentioning the final “pharaonic product” and continued: “If we did it in the traditional way, which did not work, we would wait for gov.gr in its final form, no one knows then where “Choose to build it service – service is over” stressed Mr. Pierrakakis. In particular, the Minister of Digital Governance noted that in March 2020, when the effort to develop the portal began, there were about five hundred services, and they were classified in it in a specific way, “precisely because the information was not in one place, in a single way and philosophy “. Today, as he said, the digital portal gov.gr provides access to the citizen to one thousand three hundred public services. He added that in the first half of 2021 alone, one hundred and fifty online transactions and transactions were made with the service of the public, from only 8.8 first internet visits made in 2018. “It is a deposit that will remain as a positive legacy,” he added. Mr. Pierrakakis.
Finally, the “plus one” philosophical concept, as clarified by the minister, concerns all the choices that were made during the pandemic, as a legacy and as a motivation for change. The minister stressed that it was also the performance of the prime minister, all the good practices adopted during the pandemic to stay and evolve after the pandemic, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the citizen and the development climate of the country.
The inauguration was also attended and greeted by the Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis, the Minister of Interior Makis Voridis, the Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia-Thrace) Stavros Kalafatis, the Mayor of Thessaloniki Konstantinos TIF with Tafeso Tizoikos Apo Also present were the Undersecretaries of Digital Government, George Georgantas and Theodoros Livanios, the President of PEDKM Igon,
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ