Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to be actively involved in the digital transformation of the country after the important steps taken in this direction by both the private sector and the Greek government.
“Every investment that creates opportunities for more innovation [helps lay the foundations for] a modern, digital Greece that makes the most of the possibilities of technology,” Marina Stavrakantonaki, public policy manager for Greece and Cyprus at Amazon Web Services (AWS), said on Friday.
Every adult citizen avoided up to sixty visits to public administration offices in 2021 by logging to the gov.gr digital portal.
Last year, the integrated public administration systems either provided digital services to the citizens or exchanged information with each other 566,962,980 times, according to the data of the interoperability center of the General Secretariat of Public Administration Information Systems of the Ministry of Digital Governance.
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The municipality has collaborated with ATCOM and Microsoft to launch Project Athena
On 15 June, the Municipality of Athens revealed that the Greek capital will soon become a “smart city” thanks to the launch of “Project Athena”. Named after the goddess Sophia and Athens, the new initiative will use technology and innovation to overcome urban challenges.
Sustainability and environmental protection are among the key planning principles of The Ellinikon, the highly anticipated urban regeneration project in Greece, set to breathe new life into the Athenian Riviera.
Developed by Lamda Development exclusively with private funds, the project focuses on the coastal front regeneration of Ellinikon and includes the creation of a metropolitan park, residential zones, schools and special utility infrastructures, tourism, sports and entertainment facilities.
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Before COVID-19, visits to Greece’s paper-strewn labour offices were a ordeal of queues and case files, often for basic matters that in less than a year have moved online as the pandemic upended old administrative routines.
“Essentially overnight, two thirds of the visits were no longer necessary,” said Spiros Protopsaltis, head of OAED, the Organization of Employment and Unemployment Insurance.
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