State’s digital overhaul plan

The ultimate goal of the Digital Transformation plan the government will put up for public consultation on Thursday is the overhaul of the entire state mechanism. This is a 340-page bill drafted by Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis and his Deputy Giorgos Georgantas, including some 450 projects to be implemented by 2025.

The interventions planned - ranging from the development of a fifth-generation (5G) telephony network and the digitization of public services to the creation of an artificial intelligence platform - are seen utilizing funds of 6.4 billion euros, or 20% of the total budget of the Next Generation EU fund for Greece.

The projects are split into six strategic domains: connectivity, digital skills, the digital transformation of enterprises, digital public services, innovation, and utilization of advanced technologies. They concern all kinds...