March 29, 2024 5 min read
Which actions are activated with the new Operational Program “Transport Infrastructure, Environment & Sustainable Development 2014-2020”

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For the Environment, among other things, actions are activated for:

  • Integrated waste management (€270 million environment)
  • Completion of urban waste water collection and treatment infrastructure in agglomerations with a population of 2,000-15,000 inhabitants (€49 million)
  • Construction of water reservoirs, abstraction works, water refineries and construction of new external aqueducts (EUR 30 million)
  • Projects to reduce leakages in water supply networks (EUR 20 million)
  • Protection, development and promotion of public tourism funds of particular environmental, tourist, cultural and archaeological interest (€22 million)
  • Environmental studies for the sites of the national Natura network (EUR 17.5 million)
  • Implementation of desalination systems for island - coastal areas (€ 16 million)
  • Rehabilitation of contaminated sites (€13 million)

In the field of Infrastructure, among others, actions are activated for:

  • Construction of motorways on the Trans-European Road Network (EUR 513.3 million)
  • Construction of rail and road connections to ports (€41 million)
  • Installation of electrification and modern signalling and telecommunications systems on parts of the rail network (€215 million)
  • Ensuring interoperability on the rail network (€35 million)
  • Air navigation and air traffic management systems (€35 million)
  • Maritime traffic management, maritime safety and search and rescue systems at sea (€35.9 million).

Δράσεις για την καταπολέμηση της ανεργίας

The Deputy Minister of Economy noted that 4 actions are being prepared by the "Transport Infrastructure, Environment & Sustainable Development 2014-2020" and with the Ministry of Employment to combat unemployment: for community service amounting to € 400 million. action for young scientists amounting to EUR 105 million for Kindergarten EUR 185 million Euro (not including a burden on beneficiaries) - and the planning of the action for the social economy amounting to EUR 55 million is progressing. euro only for social entrepreneurship, to be announced by the end of the year-, and the action for the "community centers" – social JEPs.

Tsironis: Great strategic advantages

Mr Tsironis in his speech stressed that the new economic directions tend to treat environmental protection not as a cost, but as an investment. Especially after the recent Paris Climate Agreement, environmental protection and adaptation to climate change are one of the first pillars of entrepreneurship.

Mr. Tsironis referred to the great strategic advantages of the country which are being downgraded, recalling that while Greece is the second country in Natura areas in Europe and, while the annual turnover from the management of these areas in the EU exceeds 200 billion euros, the country's strategic advantages are being downgraded. Euro a year, our country is almost outside this turnover. The operators' request for EUR 17.5 million is not enough. The financing of Greece's Natura network is an investment and not just a cost of protection.

Waste management
On waste management, Ahn. The minister said that the priority is the rational distribution of resources, so that the projects can be completed with the minimum cost and with the maximum possibility of result. Finally, Mr. Τσιρώνης αναφέρθηκε σε παρεμβάσεις για την εξυγίανση του Ασωπού οι οποίες θα ενταχθούν στα Επιχειρησιακά Προγράμματα του ΕΣΠΑ, τονίζοντας ότι η αποκατάσταση της περιοχής σχεδιάζεται να ακολουθηθεί από ένα επιχειρηματικό πάρκο με σύγχρονες και πράσινες υποδομές, προκειμένου να γίνει ξανά πόλος έλξης για τις επιχειρήσεις που τώρα φεύγουν.

Σταθάκης: Υποδομές Μεταφορών, Περιβάλλον & Αειφόρος Ανάπτυξη 2014-2020 για ώθηση στην οικονομία

The Minister for Economic Affairs, Stathakis described the general framework that is being formed for the recovery, after the completion of the review, which in itself provides a boost to the economy, by starting the discussion on debt, the gradual repayment of public debts to individuals and the improvement of financing conditions in the banking system.

This boost will come to reinforce the momentum accumulated by the economy, which in 2015 performed much better than forecast and the signs for the continuation are positive, primarily for tourism and exports. Σημαντική υποστήριξη αναμένεται να προσφέρουν τα προγράμματα του ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020, ο νέος Αναπτυξιακός Νόμος και τοΣχέδιο Γιούνκερ. Η κυβέρνηση δίνει, επίσης, ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στην αποκατάσταση των δομών του κοινωνικού κράτους, στις θεσμικές παρεμβάσεις για την ενίσχυση της διαφάνειας και στην ανάπτυξη της κοινωνικής οικονομίας, καθώς ζητούμενο δεν είναι απλά να υπάρξει ανάπτυξη αλλά τα οφέλη της να διαχυθούν δίκαια στην κοινωνία και να μην επιβαρυνθεί το φυσικό περιβάλλον.

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