In two major reforms by the Ministry of Sport, to tackle sports violence and the mapping program of Greek sport, “E-Kouros”, the Deputy Minister of Sports said, Yiannis Broutsisin the manifestation of the presentation of the works at Thessalonikiat the Concert Hall, in the presence of Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis and other ministers.
«Under the Prime Minister’s instructions we brought a bold courageous bill that moved in a completely different direction. We saw the weaknesses of the hitherto fellowships who wanted to face sports violence. We put the know -how and technology. No one is complaining anymore because no one feels that whatever cancellation there is is influenced by the minister or by any other“, He said and continued:
«The second major reform, I verbally define it as the largest organizational reform of Greek sport, is called “e-kouros”. We have digitized Greek sport, we are pioneering the only country in Europe to have this tool and this tool today gives me the opportunity to tell you the identity of sport in Central Macedonia. It will be heard, for the first time, in Central Macedonia, that of the 6,374 associations of the territory of 1,129, ie 17.9% of the country, is in Central Macedonia, the second largest region in the country after Attica in sports. In the Thessaloniki Regional Unit there are specifically 630 unions, or 55.8% of the PKM. For people with disabilities, there are 18 sports clubs from 83 in the country. Athletes and athletes, from the 435,337 across the country we had a 13%increase. We first learned the elements for the first time in ’23. So we had a 13% increase in 24. Athletes in Central Macedonia are 76,957 (17.7% of the country), men 54,115 women 22,842, people with disabilities athletes 702 ie things that no European country knows, a unique tool that enables us to decide strategically».
Mr Vroutsis, referring to the funding provided by the Ministry of Sports in recent years, described the Mitsotakis government as “the most friendly government ever passed“, Noting that ‘Until 2022, funding for Greek sport for many years was 250 million. From 2022 onwards, this figure was 100% launched to 500 million (the four -year cycle due to betting tax). This great increase is funding in Greek sports, the federation clubs, in places we give money for autism, which never existed in the past, the most pro -athletic government in the history of the Transfiguration“, As Mr. Vroutsis said.
The minister announced that, by the end of the year, the “My Kouros App” will be presented on the Greek mobile phones, and by July 2026, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the athlete’s digital health card is being prepared.
Finally, he referred to the interventions and budget growth in the sports facilities of Central Macedonia, while referring to the PAOK and (basketball) Mars teams, he stressed that “take the shares that belong to them»In Kaftantzoglio and Alexandria, respectively, and how”They will be given to them what had never been given to them” Mr Vroutsis described ‘huge athletic lining“, Which concerns the wet track of 32m euros, the bioclimatic swimming pool in the former Alexander the Great Camp of the Municipality of Ambelokipi, a work that – as he said – will change the entire map of the liquid track in northern Greece.