Central market infrastructures to be upgraded
Central market infrastructures to be upgraded

Central market infrastructures to be upgraded

The Ministry of Development and Investment is upgrading the infrastructure of the central markets of Athens and Thessaloniki.
RE+D magazine
11.02.2021

The upgrade will be co-financed with funds amounting to € 20m.

 According to an announcement, the applications for funding for the action entitled "Upgrading of infrastructure of OKAA/CMFO SA (Central Market and Fishery Organizations) and KATH SA (Central Thessaloniki Market) to support modern entrepreneurship" were positively evaluated and included in a 20 million euros funding (10 million euros each) ,in the framework of the Operational Program "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (EPANEK)" of the NSRF 2014-2020, with an Intermediate Management Body, the Special Service for Management and Implementation of Industry, Trade and Consumer Protection (EYDE-VEK).


It is reminded that the Central Market and Fishery Organizations (OKAA SA) and the Central Market of Thessaloniki (KATH SA) are public companies with the Greek State as their sole shareholder (Hellenic Holdings and Property Company), supervised by the Ministry of Development and Investment and the Ministry of Development and Food and are active in supplying the entire Greek population with fruits, vegetables, meats and fisheries.

With the implementation of the two projects, the aim is to achieve the optimization of the building infrastructures of OKAA and KATH, as well as the storage and maintenance infrastructures (refrigerators), the effective management of the internal traffic by the reorganization of the traffic network and parking in their premises, the upgrade of security systems through the utilization of a modern security and surveillance system and the radical upgrade of Information and Communication Technologies infrastructures.