The prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis He met at the Maximos Mansion with the heads of the Benefit Institutions and the National Bank participating in “21 Initiative”. At the heart of the meeting were the actions and social work of the initiative, with a focus on health, education, culture, young people’s support and climate crisis.
At the start of the meeting, the prime minister expressed his gratitude for the “21 initiative”, stressing its importance union of distinct actions of institutions for the common good. Underlined the steady commitment of the government since 2019, to Cooperation of the wider public with civil society and public institutions, pointing out the effectiveness of this approach to the implementation of public policies.
“I think in this way we give a new example of how this cooperation can be better instituted, but also have tangible, real effects on the effectiveness of public policies, once we share the same goals,” Mr Mitsotakis said.
Suggestions for flagship projects in health and education
The Prime Minister congratulated the initiative on “Very interesting initiative around the Alzheimer’s“, Characterizing it as a public health problem that requires immediate support and know -how. Expressed the full support of the government in the idea of creating a center of excellence For Alzheimer’s.
At the same time, Mr. Mitsotakis suggested the collective focus on one-two large projectsinstead of many small, in order to maximize the impact of interventions. As a second emblematic action, he suggested the support of Program “Marietta Giannakou” for the modernization of schools. He referred to the success of the program, already implemented with private resources (from the Hellenic Bank Association) and public investment, with the aim of renovating school infrastructure during the summer.
“I would like to add schools every year,” the prime minister said, calling on the institutions to “adopt” specific schools and to support this action, which has a “very big impact”.
The meeting was also attended by the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakisthe Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakisthe Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadisthe Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrouthe Minister of State Akis SkrtsosDeputy Minister of Health Irene Agapidakis and the Deputy Minister of Health Dimitris Vartzopoulos.