The political leadership of the Ministry of Development and Investment, Minister Adonis Georgiadis and Deputy Minister Christos Dimas visited the facilities of CHROPEI on Piraeus Street, where the first Innovation State of the country will be created. The event was attended and guided by the Deputy Minister Mr. Dimas: Konstantinos Katsafados, Deputy Minister of Shipping, Member of Parliament for Piraeus, George Patoulis, Governor of Attica, Giannis Moralis, Mayor of Piraeus, Nikolaos Manolakos, Member of Parliament for Piraeus , Christoforos Boutsikakis, MP of Piraeus SW, Thodoris Dritsas, MP of Piraeus SYRIZA and Vassilis Korkidis, President of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Regional Chamber Council of Attica.
Mr. Dimas informed the attendees about the progress of the project (schedule, second phase of the international public tender) and presented the perspective and benefits that the establishment of the first State of Innovation will cause in the development of the wider region, but also in Greece in general. .
In a statement, Minister Adonis Georgiadis stated that “one of the first program goals of the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as he had set them in Parliament on the first day of the presentation of the government project, was the creation of an innovation center in Attica. The Ministry of Development and Investment, with hard work from the Deputy Minister, Ch. Dimas and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology, “ran” the procedures very quickly and we are today in the second phase of the tender for the award of the contractor who will implement a huge “A project that will completely change the landscape of start-ups and start-ups in Greece and Piraeus in particular. The project will create 2,500 jobs and give a professional outlet and progress to thousands of companies.”
For his part, Deputy Minister Christos Dimas, in a statement said that the State of Innovation is a place where start-ups, technoblasts and companies that invest in research and development coexist, while the goal is to create synergies for the production of products and services. “We are creating a natural headquarters of innovation in Greece in this area. The first phase of the international public tender has been completed. We have started the second phase a week ago and we hope that by the second quarter of 2022 we will have the contractor to start construction. said Mr. Dimas and added: “Together with the Prime Minister we had planned from the first moment the creation of an Innovation State in the facilities of CHROPEI. The fact that it was a place of business innovation in the previous centuries is something that we are very interested in, as “We want to highlight the historicity of the region and at the same time to succeed in the project of modern innovation, so that in addition to keeping young talented scientists in our country, we can also start attracting people who have the ability to produce within the country.”
The governor of Attica, George Patoulis, expressed his satisfaction for the project in his statements. As he said, “the State of Innovation creates 2,500 jobs while at the same time changing the whole landscape in a neighborhood of Piraeus. Through innovation and the new mood, companies will cooperate and we will keep our young people here in our homeland and this is very important.” “.
For his part, the mayor of Piraeus, Giannis Moralis, thanked the government that chose the specific area of Piraeus to create the State of Innovation. He specifically stated that “this is a very large investment that will reach 100 million euros, will create 2,500 jobs and will have multiplier benefits in the future.” He also added that it is one of the degraded areas of Piraeus, with other social characteristics and with this project the area is going to be upgraded. “We are happy that the innovation center of Greece is being created in Piraeus,” said Mr. Moralis and thanked the government for choosing the point and the fast speed it showed.
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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