The Digital Governance Ministry celebrated the three years of operation of the government’s public services online platform, gov.gr, at a special event organized at the Athens Concert Hall on Tuesday, ANA reports.
Launched at the start of 2020 – almost at the same time as the onset of the coronavirus pandemic – the electronic platform has grown to offer more than 1,500 digital services to citizens, including the issuing of digital certificates or legal status and identity documents.
It has also expanded into several accompanying smartphone apps, such as a wallet for storing all types of electronic documents, including coronavirus vaccination certificates and the police identification card (taftotita).
Finally, Pierrakakis also spoke of the unfolding installation of fiber optic lines for internet access across the country. There are currently 1.3 million fiber optic lines, he said, and the goal is to reach 4.8 million by 2027. The digitization of government services “is an across-the-board policy that affects all ministries, and is an acquisition of the entire public administration,” he pointed out.
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