Memorandum of Understanding for the Mystreet Digital Platform was signed between the Ministry of Digital Governance, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, KEDE and the University of Patras.

The aim of the Mystreet platform is to record and remove obstacles in the public space, to facilitate accessibility and to protect people with disabilities or other obstructed citizens in normal but also in danger conditions from fires or natural phenomena. At the same time, a separate memorandum was signed between the Ministry of Digital Governance and the Foundation for Technology and Research. The Memorandums of Cooperation were signed at an event by the Ministry of Digital Government: “Access for All – Digital Solutions with a Human Face”, at the ministry’s booth at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition.

According to figures presented at the event, 27% of adult Europeans have some form of disability, ie 101m in Europe. 40.5 % of young people with severe disability live in conditions of poverty and social isolation. Children with disabilities in Europe reach 11 million in our country the percentage of adults with disabilities is less than the European average, about 22.2%. However, much less are the beneficiaries of disability pensions, about 105,000 people. 22% percent of the adult Greek population are people with some activity restriction, such as permanent, or even transient mobility difficulties.

These initiatives undertaken by the Government and the Municipalities are intended to record people, as well as vulnerable groups with temporary difficulty, such as health problems at the recovery stage, or others in need of aid in conditions of natural disasters, or accidents. This cooperation ensures the possibility of registering and formal certification. There is a coordination by the relevant municipalities, the registries of members are updated and the statistics of the user are recorded without reporting sensitive personal data, only the place where they could be helped in an emergency.

The user will fill in the form, register the details, the companion as a bargaining person. The Municipality will be able to see the agencies in its territory, manage the bodies and associations and the supervision of people with disabilities, and civil protection will have an image of the individual and what condition has, or how they can be removed to be rescued in the event of a threat, or risk of earthquake, floods.

The pilot implementation started from Patras and the Municipality of Halkidiki, a common intention is to integrate other municipalities to interconnect with the Fire Brigade and then with 112 and to have interoperability with other public administration platforms.

The event was attended by, inter alia, the Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Yiannis Kefalogiannis, the Vice -Mayor of Health and Social Solidarity of the Region

Placements of members of government, academic and self -governing

The Government’s Secretary -General of Coordination, Evi Dramaliotis, stressed that the platform “is a continuation of the successful Mycoast and puts in place in the use of public space, allowing every citizen to identify violations and make complaints.” He noted that through this new platform will help to record and support people with disabilities, in cooperation with both municipalities, as well as to identify and provide assistance in natural disasters.

Professor of the University of Patras, Spyros not, presented data on people with disabilities in Greece and Europe, stressing that “the new platform will record both people with disabilities and vulnerable groups with temporary difficulties, securing coordination with municipalities and politics”. Man, but the obstacles that society places. We have to break them, cancel them. The state is investing in accessibility with projects related to schools, transport and public space. “

The Secretary -General of Local Government and Decentralization of the Ministry of the Interior Savvas Chionidis noted that “the government now provides substantial solutions for universal accessibility, which concerns not only the ramps, but the overall ability to move to the urban fabric” and called on the municipalities to participate.

The Rector of Patras University, Christos Bouras, said that the Foundation “invests in infrastructure and services to ensure equal access of students with disabilities”. The Mayor The public space belongs to everyone. ” FORTH President Vassilis Harmandaris stressed that “the Foundation continues to support the national effort for universal digital accessibility, linking the basic to applied research”. Member of the National Accessibility Authority, Gerasimos Fesian, noted that “through new applications people with disabilities become visible and not invisible, as technology provides solutions where there were exclusions to date.” Concluding the conference, the Minister of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence, Dimitris Papastergiou, highlighted the importance of the project: “We need to plan not only for 90% of citizens but also for the 10% vulnerable. Mystreet and related platforms are tools of equality and human dignity. “

The event ended with the joint assurance that the state, the government and the scientific community would continue to work together, so that no one is left behind.