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markets, specializing in, and targeting, specific
sectors and markets, as well as attracting export-
oriented strategic investment.
For example, it was mentioned that each export
activity or investment proposal will be directly
supported by a dedicated “Enterprise Greece”
executive, specialized on the corresponding prod-
uct or sector, and an executive specialized on the
country of region of interest, in collaboration with
the local overseas Office.
The General Directorate for Investment will be
responsible for attracting foreign investors and
providing them with support during the realization
of their investment.
The president will be an internationally acclaimed
executive, and the CEO will be selected on the
basis of technocratic criteria –both offices may be
held by the same person–, while the Board of
Directors will consist of seven members and the
advisory committee, whose members will be
unsalaried, will be staffed by institutional partner
representatives.
It should be noted that the agency will also
include a separate Northern Greece division.
In the past few months, Dutch experts of the Task
Force offered their technical expertise in estab-
lishing “Enterprise Greece”, which will be super-
vised by the Ministry of Development. Moreover,
a special consultant will be appointed in order to
assess the personnel of HEPO and “Invest In
Greece”, while strict criteria will apply in recruiting
80 new executives from the market.
Finally, it was stressed that the new National
Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) will
place greater emphasis on innovative extrovert
entrepreneurship and that the implementation of
a national logistics strategy is still underway.
In regard to these plans, Ms. Sakellaridi said that:
“The PSE has repeatedly said that it is necessary
to reinforce all links of the extroversion chain,
which include extrovert enterprises, public sup-
port structures and financial institutions, and to
connect all the dynamic sectors of the economy,
including tourism, transport and energy, in order
to make the country attractive to direct foreign
investment.
“It is very encouraging that first priority has been
given to the realization of actions regarding:
●Liquidity enhancement: by speeding up VAT
refunds, utilizing the NSRF, securing guarantees
from the European Investment Bank, supporting
innovative programmes such as the
