The recovery for 2021 will exceed the 7.9% predicted by KEPE, said the Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis at today’s event of the Center for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) for the presentation of the 3rd Annual Report of the National Council of Greece .
According to a relevant announcement of KEPE, the minister first clarified that in 2021 we should not talk about growth but about recovery from the strong shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. He praised the findings of the report, emphasizing the low competitiveness and productivity that characterizes our country in relation to the respective eurozone countries. In this context, he compared our country with other countries in the south of Europe (Portugal and Spain), saying that, unlike Greece, these countries have taken significant steps to improve their productivity and competitiveness. He clarified that changing the productive structure of our economy is a long-term process that requires good planning and reforms. In this direction, as he said, the assistance of KEPE and the productivity council is necessary for the identification and prioritization of the intervention points for the change of the productive model of the Greek economy. Regarding the immediate future of the economy, he spoke of an unprecedented boom in fixed capital investment of 21.7%, much of which will come from the recovery and resilience of the Fund. Finally, he closed his speech by saying that the recovery for 2021 will exceed the 7.9% predicted by KEPE.
For his part, the Minister of Health Thanos Plevris, in his speech focused on the findings of the report on the health sector. In particular, he said that Greece has reduced the inefficient use of resources in the health system in recent years, while the new bills promoted by the Ministry of Health can further strengthen the resilience of the health system and the efficient allocation of resources in it. Finally, focusing on the fact that Greece ranks low in the competitiveness index related to health, the minister clarified that the ministry is moving in the direction of reversing this situation through specific legislative initiatives to be taken, while emphasizing the importance of tourism development. health for Greece.
The President and Scientific Director of KEPE and the National Productivity Council, Panagiotis Liargovas, described the institution of National Productivity Councils in the European Union and pointed out that Productivity Councils also operate in many countries around the world outside the EU. coordination of economic policies and reforms to promote productivity and competitiveness in each country separately and at EU level, through the evaluation report of the European Semester, etc.
Finally, the first researcher of KEPE and head of the Coordinating Committee of the National Productivity Council, Theodoros Tsekeris, presented the report. The presentation highlighted the need to implement a coherent network of policies with a sectoral and regional dimension in the context of national development planning to promote export-oriented entrepreneurship and innovation, enhance the quality of jobs and human capital and stimulating demand based on internationally tradable sectors of the economy. In addition, Mr. Tsekeris spoke about horizontal policies for research and development, digitization, reduction of ‘clean’ energy costs, modernization of infrastructure in the network industries (transport, energy, ICT), and business financing conditions.
SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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