The above was emphasized in an interview with ERT by the Secretary
General of International Economic Relations and Extroversion of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Giannis Smyrlis.
In particular, he informed that in 2020, 14 strategic investments were
completed, the so-called "fast track" investmrnts, which amount to over
2.8 billion euros and announced that in Enterprise Greece there are 20
files under evaluation, worth more than 7 billion euros. This is
happening, he said, because markets understand that investors understand
that Greece is now more hospitable to them.
The Secretary General added that it is not only strategic investments,
but the attraction of investments in general. "Strategic investments are
big, emblematic, investments that pass fast track. But we are not
talking only about them. We also have simple investments, which are not
in the range of 200-300 million euros, but are smaller investments,
which are addressed to all of Greece and now know their recipient ", he
explained.
Furthermore, he announced that in the field of investments, a network is
being created in our country which could more easily lead the investor
to his last step in Greece. "We are preparing a program, in direct
cooperation with all the Regions, with all the municipalities with HPPC
for real estate.
We started with ELITOUR (signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation for
medical tourism) "he said and stressed that in this way," we proceed to
more specialized investments now, so that all interested parties,
passing through Enterprise Greece, are guided correctly, avoiding 2-3
years of research on how they could make an investment.
As for the exporters, Mr. Smyrlis said that they managed and endured in
the crisis of the pandemic and in fact until November there was a drop
of 1% -2% compared to previous November, which he characterized as
impressive. In this context, he mentioned the government's initiatives
to help the exports of Greek products.
"We transformed Enterprise Greece very quickly in the field of exports,
we digitized it, we created webinars for companies to get in touch with
each other, where more than 1,000 Greek exporters participated,
exporters were trained so that they could digitize their own companies,
we created a pilot partnership with ebay, which will allow them to enter
e-commerce "he said specifically.
At the same time, he pointed out that these tools are necessary for the
post-Covid era and in combination with the extroversion, along with the
participation in big exhibitions, in order to strengtjen Greek exports,
and with the rebranding of the country, another big project of Greece in
full cooperation with Enterprise Greece, we will achieve our goal,
which lies in the recognition of the Greek product.
Finally, he stressed the importance of the integration of Enterprise
Greece in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasizing that this is a
very important reform that has already shown the first positive results.
Over € 7 billion of investments on their way to Greece
Over € 7 billion of investments on their way to Greece
"Greece has succeeded in a very short time, attracting giant companies, such as Microsoft, Volkswagen, Pfizer, Next e. Go, to create the image to the outside that we can now grow in other areas, apart from tourism ".
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RE+D magazine
05.02.2021