Of Chrysostom Chufi

Nearly 1 in 5 Greeks, 19.6%, faces according to the details of ELSTAT For 2024, risk poverty. That is, it has an annual income of up to € 6,510 if it is a single -person household or up to € 13,671 if they are households with two adults and two dependent children under 14 years of age.

Equally worrying is that if the various allowances and the various aids the state gives, the number of those in danger are increased by only 3.9 points in the 23.5%which means that State aid has a small social footprint.

Of course, the enemy of the good is the best but the money given to various benefits are not few. It is estimated that about 4cm € – That is, almost 2 ENFIA – They are headed each year to all kinds of benefits such as the minimum guaranteed income, housing allowance, heating allowance, family benefits such as child allowance as well as unemployment benefits or aids or aids, illness, disability or disability.

The problem is dual. And the money given does not get a place and the public has a … general picture of where his money is directed. If he did not know … about … it is certain that with the same money, it would limit them based on the “poor” numbers much more than 3.9 points.

The happy thing is that the Ministry of Finance has diagnosed the problem and already on days Kostis Hatzidakis Special committee has been set up which by the end of the year will have created the so -called National Register of Benefits and Benefits through which the various ministries paying benefits will be able to have a complete picture of the number of beneficiaries and cumulatively per VAT for the amount of the monthly benefits they receive.

The Registry will also be able to communicate with the AADE registries to deal with the timeless phenomenon that aid amounts end up to non -beneficiaries or “convenient” declaring e.g. Safe unemployed to “eat” benefits.

The design stipulates that a special platform will be created where all the available information will be entered for their benefits and beneficiaries.

Through the platform, data can be crossed between bodies granting the benefits but also with AADE which holds the key to controlling individual income and property criteria.

Crossings that cannot be done at the moment because the various bodies have no or limited communication between it or with AADE for allowances such as heating allowance or OPECA benefits.

By the end of the year the special team should have completed the following objectives:

  • Mapping of all benefits and benefits granted by the public sector. In this context, the team may utilize previous mapping projects of these benefits and benefits that have been delivered to public administration, in particular through technical assistance projects.
  • Development of Plan Regulations for the creation of an electronic national register of benefits and benefits, under the guidance and guidelines to be set by the Minister of National Economy and Finance.
  • Coordination and any subscription to the development of secondary legislation to be provided by the law to be passed.
  • Total coordination of reformin the form of a project administration group, during the phase of the implementation and development of the electronic registry.
  • Contact and meeting meetings With other ministries, general government bodies and other involved, on the issues related to the project.