Στην επιτάχυνση των διαδικασιών, με συγκεκριμένες κινήσεις και στόχους, προχωρά στο αμέσως επόμενο διάστημα το Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης και Επενδύσεων, με σκοπό την απορρόφηση κονδυλίων ΕΣΠΑ στο σύνολό τους.

This is because four years before the final closure of the current programming period 2014 - 2020, the total absorption of NSRF funds is at 1/3 and specifically at 32.7% of the program and at 35.8% if the Rural Development Program (RDP) is included.

EUR 16.6 billion remains for absorption of NSRF funds

According to the Ministry, despite the fact that from August onwards the absorption rates accelerated, the road is still long to successfully complete, without the return of funds, the program at the end of 2023 with its implementation n+3 rule. Although 2023 still seems to be a long way off, however, the timescales are extremely tight and the risk of losing resources due to failures and delays cannot be ruled out.

They even recall that EUR 13.6 billion remains to be absorbed. euros από τα 5 τομεακά και τα 13 περιφερειακά προγράμματα του ΕΣΠΑ, ενώ αν ληφθεί υπόψη και το ΠΑΑ, οι πόροι που απομένουν για να αξιοποιηθούν ανέρχονται στα 16,6 δισ. euro.

This is a difficult, but feasible under certain conditions, bet. Υπενθυμίζεται ότι από το 2014 έως το τέλος του 2019 απορροφήθηκαν 6,6 δισ. out of a total of €20.2 billion NSRF and €9.3 billion. , if the RDP is included. However, with the participation of the RDP, the initial total amount committed by Greece amounts to EUR 25.84 billion. euro.

The most problematic programmes include those of the Environment and Transport, the Reform of the public sector, but also the "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation" programme, the money for which is stagnating and the actions that have been announced are being implemented with long delays.

The Ministry of Development and Investments In cooperation with the co-competent ministries, they are called upon in the next few months to carry out the necessary exercises, assessing the projects that can be completed within the programming period and those that are delayed, in order to then decide which programmes should be supported by the transfer of resources and which should be reduced, relinquishing Community funds.

In the EU average, Greece

It is emphasized that with this performance, Greece is in the average of the European Union. That is why there should be an acceleration of the procedures, because Greece cannot afford to return resources, as other EU countries have, as sufficient to "fall" in the NSRF, large projects.

Next years' targets for the absorption of NSRF funds

Given the tight schedule, the political leadership of the Ministry has now decided to set specific absorption targets for each remaining year. The targets for this year are expected to be determined by the end of January, in cooperation with the managing authorities of the individual sectoral programmes.

The implementation of the NSRF is entering a critical phase. In the first half of the year, the Greek side will have to submit to the European Commission the its proposals for the revision of the programme. The revision of the programme by transferring funds from projects that are not 'pulling' and have no chance of being completed on time, i.e. by the end of the programming period, is crucial in order to avoid a loss of Community funds.

The fact that six years after the official launch of the programme only a third of the funds have been absorbed, shows that the rate of project production remains problematic and the proposal of the Greek side to the European Commission to reallocate resources between programmes should rule out new failures. It is noted that the NSRF regulation allows the transfer of funds between programs only once and this should be done within 2020.

Η δυσκολία της κυβέρνησης έγκειται στο γεγονός ότι, σε αντίθεση με το προηγούμενο NSFR, όπου υπήρχε μεγάλη δεξαμενή έργων που μπορούσαν να επιστρατευθούν ως εναλλακτική πρόταση, στο τρέχον πρόγραμμα δεν υπάρχει αντίστοιχη δυνατότητα, καθώς είναι λίγα τα έργα που θεωρούνται ώριμα και υπάρχει η βεβαιότητα πως εάν ενταχθούν θα μπορέσουν να ολοκληρωθούν έγκαιρα.

In the coming period and after the review of the programme is completed, the targets for the next three years will also be set, with 2023 being the peak year of absorption.

It is noted that from the current and for each subsequent year, the targets set will be higher.