The new sustainable production model for Greece will be presented within the next few weeks, as stated by the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakos.

His statements in detail:

“At the Ministry of Development, we are working to design and present in the coming weeks the new sustainable production model for our country”, emphasized today the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakos, underlining that “the main pillar of this model will be the modern Greek industry”. Speaking at the 4th Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit organized by the Economist in collaboration with Powergame.gr entitled “Creating paths for prosperity, stability and cohesion for Southeastern Europe”, the minister pointed out, among other things, that attracting investment is one of the most critical responsibilities of the ministry of development, and the circular economy sector is constantly attracting more investment to our country.

At the same time, he announced: “from the program of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRF) we have singled out the upgrading of 20 industrial parks with funding from the Ministry of Development of 45 million euros, while it is our intention to give even more money from other financial tools in the next period ».

Regarding the transition to the European Green Deal, he noted that Greece’s ambition is to be a model while emphasizing that “the investment plan of the European Green Deal aims to activate over the next 6 years the amount of one trillion euros of sustainable investments throughout the EU”.

In addition, he expressed the intention of the ministry to create an even more attractive environment for new investments, he assured of the effort to solve the problems of attracting investments and indicated that in the coming weeks the reform is imminent whereby the ministry of development will be the exclusive body in the country that will welcome investments.

For his part, the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finances, Nikos Papathanasis, speaking at the conference, described as important events the evaluation of the DBRS house that is expected and the Prime Minister’s speech tomorrow at the International Exhibition of Thessaloniki. He noted that the Ministry of Development regulates the operation of the economy, lifted the issue of accuracy and matured the procedures for market control. In addition, he commented that the country began to trust the private sector and added: “we have succeeded in the last 5 years and created an average of 100,000 jobs per year. 500,000 Greeks have found work from 2019 to today,” he added. Mr. Papathanasis also emphasized that in 2024 there is the largest public investment program of the last 14 years and in 2025 it will be even higher and in 2026 even higher. Regarding the circular economy, he said that Greece has a strategy based on the green transition, the digital transition, training and competitiveness – supporting businesses.

For his part, Panagiotis Mourgos, managing director of the environmental management group TEXAN, characterized Greece as an important investment destination, mentioned that jobs are a decisive factor and pointed out that the group created 400 jobs and another thousand jobs will be created by 2026.