Parliament: The bill for the new NSRF was voted by a majority in the competent Committee

The first elaboration of the bill of the Ministry of Development and Investments, “Management, control and implementation of development interventions for the Programming Period 2021-2027, establishment of a Societe Anonyme” National Register of Start-ups SA “was completed in the Production and Trade Committee of the Parliament.

ND was in favor of the principle of the bill for the new NSRF. From the side of the opposition, KKE and MERA25 voted against while SYRIZA, KINAL and EL.LY reserved their place in the Plenary Session.

The remarks and remarks of competent extra-parliamentary bodies that had been invited to submit their views on the bill had preceded.

Particularly:

The Chairman of the Board of the Geotechnical Chamber of Greece, Spyridon Mamalis pointed out the need for corrections so that, as he said, the management and utilization of the important funds of the new NSRF can be done with flexibility and transparency.

At the same time, he called for “the active participation of geotechnicians who have the experience of previous programs”, emphasizing that the new NSRF program is the last opportunity for the development of the primary agricultural sector and therefore it is necessary to respect the basic principles of transparency and of meritocracy.

The scientific representative of the Small Business Institute of the General Confederation of Professional Craftsmen of Greece, Antonis Aggelakis, described the bill as “an important positive step in shaping the new functional architecture of the NSRF programs”.

“The creation of a general principle of coordination is necessary in the development of the programs and in the serious representation of our country in the new NSRF”, he noted.

The financial supervisor of the Central Union of Chambers of Greece, Ioannis Voutsinas, also spoke about a “bill that is moving in the right direction”, noting that the mistakes of the past are avoided.

“The bill through the new structures that are being created radically improves the system of absorption of the new Community programs amounting to 3.9 billion. The speed, flexibility and transparency of the actions for the completion of the program are commonplace. The procedures must ensure the We recommend the representation of the chambers in each region, so as not to miss the unique opportunity for economic recovery for the next 10 years. “development prospects of the country and a necessary step of resilience of the development and prosperity of the place”, he pointed out characteristically.

Marily Christofi, a representative of the National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities, noted that “there is a lack of reports on the accessibility of persons with disabilities” and stressed the need for a new article on the use of a Greek accessibility mark, based on the national ELOT standard. as evidence “.

“The institutionalization of the use of the Greek mark as a certificate of universal accessibility is crucial for people with disabilities,” he noted.

Filippos Anastasiadis, Chairman of the Development and Entrepreneurship Committee and member of the Board of Directors of KEDE, expressed his satisfaction for the adoption of several proposals of KEDE, regarding the design and implementation of the new programs.

At the same time, he emphasized the operation of the National Registration Map of start-ups, emphasizing that “it is of great importance in the development of industry and innovation in our country.”

Aristos Doxiadis, vice-president of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation, moved in the same direction, emphasizing that the creation of a Register of Start-ups is of great importance for the development of the country as they are extroverted companies and offer well-paid jobs.

“It is positive that there is a public infrastructure that will help the corporate system. It is an important step because developments are ongoing and both resources and flexibility are needed to run the program,” he said.

Deligiannis Fokion, general manager of the Hellenic Development Company, stressed, among other things, that “in order to achieve economies of scale, there must be automatic pumping of electronic data by the services of the competent ministries and the control process must be significantly accelerated.”

“Accelerating control, automatic evaluation based on objective criteria enhances transparency while reducing the volume of bureaucracy by accelerating the absorption time of new actions,” he added.

George Papadimitriou, Chairman of the Board of the Unit for the Development of Development Programs MOD SA, stressed that “it is a bill that solves chronic problems, such as the stagnant issue of the competition for the selection of managers, which is now entering a new basis, ending a labyrinthine legislation “.

“It will bring new development with the modern bases that are coming in and it will give a very big breath to all the users of the programs”, he noted.

Platon Marlafekas, Chairman of the Board of the Intermediate Body of Business Programs for Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship, stressed the need “to clarify that all provisions of the law apply to the 700 EFEPAE executives who are throughout Greece and run the program files.”

Ioannis Hatzifanis, a representative of the Association Corporate Development Pact, expressed his disagreement with the split of the Interreg program while at the same time called for the establishment of a common framework of labor relations and the extension of legal protection of employees serving in the NSRF services.

“Employees without asterisks should be rewarded with both their development and incentives for what we will achieve in the future. Employees should be automatically secured, utilized to continue working in the new programming period. We demand substantial improvement of infrastructure and normalization of wage disputes, “he said, among other things.

Adriana Marinou Xydi, president of the Association of Employees in the Unit for Development and Management of Development Programs (MOD SA), asked for “employment in the new programming period of the NSRF, of all human resources”, which, as she said, “for 25 years contributes successfully in the management and utilization of Community programs “.

“Wage inequalities must be eliminated and a reward must be established for the achievement of the goals without exclusions but with a single utilization of the system of placement and development of the human resources of the NSRF programs.

“The spontaneous transfer of human resources to the new services must be ensured with meritocratic criteria,” he added.

The guarantee of the jobs of the employees in the NSRF programs and their utilization in the new service was also requested by their representative George Simos.

For his part, the governor of Attica, George Patoulis, described the establishment of a new service for the NSRF as “a very important development intervention, necessary for the country.”

Nikolaos Kakavas, chairman of the board of the Panhellenic Federation of Geotechnical Civil Servants, stated that he was against the bill, claiming that “a coup attempt is being made to degrade the public sector by transferring public responsibilities to a company.”

He also claimed that, for 13 articles of the bill, there was no consultation or information of the Geotechnical Chamber and asked for their withdrawal, talking about expediencies that violate any democratic principle.

Nikolaos Pavlonasios, president of the Panhellenic Association of Young Farmers, spoke about problematic points in terms of simplifying procedures and strengthening young farmers, based on the specifics of the agricultural sector.

Michalis Skordas, president of the Hellenic Network of Local Action Groups, said that he “tries to ensure the functionality of the information systems”, while emphasizing the need for improvement changes in terms of securing the jobs of the employees in the previous programs and the integration. in the new programming period.