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Konstantinos Filippou
17 07 2023 | 07:43
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The Special Service for Just Development Transition (EYDAM) is proceeding with the preparation of 12 new actions that exceed 820 million euros for the period 2023-2024.

From October 2022 onwards, when the Monitoring Committee of the Just Development Transition Program in the amount of 1.6 billion met for the first time. euros, the overall progress of the implementation of the PDMA includes the following:

§ Specialization of 14 actions with a total budget of 567.1 million euros, i.e. approximately 35% of the total amount of the Program,

§ Issuance of 13 challenges with a total budget of 187.1 million euros, i.e. approximately 11.5% of the total amount of the Program,

§ Issuance of an integration decision for 23 operations with a total budget of approximately 149 million euros, i.e. 9.2% of the total amount of the Program.

The 2023 - 2024 planning

In addition to these, EYDAM is planning for the next year and a half the following actions to support businesses and other initiatives in the lignite regions of Western Macedonia and Arcadia:

1. Proclamation of the "Fair Development Transition" Aid Status of the Development Law 4887/2022 with a budget of 380 million euros .

It concerns the strengthening of investment projects that are implemented in the Territorial Plans of Just Transition (ESDIM) through the Status of Just Developmental Transition of the Development Law - Strong Greece (law 4887/2022, articles 51-57)

Beneficiaries are Micro, Small, Medium and Large Enterprises

2. Integrated workforce empowerment interventions for the just transition to the post-lignite period with a budget of 29.2 million euros.

This is a human resources development action that will be implemented by the local Labor Centers and Workers' Federations of the lignite areas, Employers' Professional Associations, Self-Governing Authorities (Regions and Municipalities), Professional Chambers and Tertiary Educational Institutions, for 4000 beneficiaries. ( 3000 unemployed and 1000 workers in precarious jobs. )

3. Personalized intervention program for unemployed young people, with implementation of needs diagnosis, professional counseling and social empowerment activities with a budget of 8.23 ??million euros

4. Action to Strengthen Existing Businesses operating in the areas of the approved Territorial Plans for Fair Development with a budget of 30 million euros

5. Action to Strengthen new Businesses that operate or will operate in the areas of the approved Territorial Plans for Fair Development with a budget of 20 million euros.

6. Support of energy communities for the development of self-production actions with a budget of 42 million euros

7. Installation of heat pumps for heating/cooling in the Region of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis with a budget of 30 million euros.

8. Creation and strengthening of innovative clusters for the transfer of technology and scientific knowledge to businesses and the utilization of the results of research and innovation with a budget of 9 million euros.

9. Funding of Important Projects of Common European Interest (SECI) with a budget of 165 million euros.

10. Reuse of lignite soils with a budget of 50 million euros.

It concerns the institutionalization of new land uses and their exploitation for the development of new economic activities such as the development of organized receptors for businesses.

11. West Innovation Zone of Macedonia with a budget of 41 million euros.

This is a special Development project with a program of infrastructure and pockets of entrepreneurship, knowledge, research and innovation as well as actions to develop innovative actions, with a focus on energy and ICT

12. Bio-Economy Hub for the wider area of ??Megalopolis with a budget of 22 million euros.

Special program aimed at the economic and productive transformation of business activity in the Bio-Economy value chain (Agri-Food, Circular and Digital Economy)