The transformations of the European Union occur under crises. At its most important one, the coronavirus, the Franco-German axis was reborn and the European Commission rose to its responsibilities. It proposed a New Recovery Instrument with a budget of 750 billion euros, for a wide range of actions. In this context Greece will have to manage and absorb, during the period 2021-2027, over 50 billion euros in subventions. To achieve this, it needs both a central plan with a vision and an efficient System of Management and Control of the funds, independent of the heavy procedures of Public Administration.
· The European Commission rose to the circumstances and to its responsibilities and put forward important proposals to face up to the coronavirus crisis.
· It proposed a New Recovery Instrument with a budget of 750 billion euros.
· The implementation of a wide range of actions, is a challenge both for the European Commission and for Greece.
· Greece will have to manage and absorb, during the period 2021-2027, over 50 billion euros in subventions, both from the New Recovery Instrument and from the Structural Funds, current and future.
· The efficient management of the funds requires a visionary central planning, controlled from the office of the Prime Minister and on the ground, a System of Management and Control of the funds, with services independent of the heavy procedures of Public Administration.
· To strengthen these services, it will be necessary to employ at least 200 experts from the private sector.
You may find the full text by Dr. Marios Camhis, Retired European Commission Official 1985-2011, Former President of MOU (Management Organization Unit) 2011-2015 in pdf here (in Greek language).