ment platform throughout the first half of 2013.
The e-procurement platform will be fully opera-
tional and ready to be used by the central public
administration for the procurement of goods and
services by July 2013.
● As far as privatizations are concerned, the gov-
ernment has been working together with the
Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund
(HRADF) to ensure that there is no divergence
from the schedules. Greece has pledged to final-
ize the sales of the Public Gas Corporation
(DEPA), its subsidiary DESFA and the Greek
Organization of Football Prognostics (OPAP) by
the end of March.
Facilitating investment
ACentral LicensingAuthority, responsible for strate-
gic and private investment, will be soon created
through the draft law on reducing red tape and facil-
itating investment, which is tabled to Parliament.
Moreover, 51 investment plans are actively moni-
tored. Eleven of those plans, with a total budget
of approximately
€
7 billion have been included in
the fast-track process.
Nineteen of these are PPP projects; the remain-
ing 21 investment plans are either being imple-
mented through regular procedures or are
expected to be included in the fast-track process.
“To be sure, the implementation of these plans
depends, directly or indirectly, on the liquidity of
the banking system and this is why the conditions
prevailing in the economy in the forthcoming peri-
od are so important” stressed Mr. Hatzidakis.
Communications
By the end of the first quarter of 2013 –provided
that the European Commission gives the go
ahead– the government will issue a tender for the
“Rural Broadband” project, i.e. the broadband
interconnection of rural, island and remote areas.
This is a PPP project, with a total budget of
€
200
million.
The “Fibre to the Home” concept is still alive: fol-
lowing the studies that were carried out, the
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