Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-09
CONTENTS
[01] PM Tsipras: Greece must act now to enter the fourth industrial
revolution
[01] PM Tsipras: Greece must act now to enter the fourth industrial
revolution
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced the establishment of the General
Secretariat of Digital Policy on Wednesday during a speech at the 2016
Digital Economy Forum, saying that Greece must not lose a historic
opportunity to enter the fourth industrial revolution.
"We have to make the big leap towards knowledge economy and our
universities can accomplish this, which is proven by the graduates of
our universities who excel abroad," Tsipras said at the event organized
by the Hellenic Association of Information Technology Companies.
He acknowledged that more steps are needed in this direction, such as the
preparation of a digital strategy, but noted that important steps have
already been made. The government is willing to unleash the potential of
the digital economy which was not treated with due attention in previous
years, a fact that had effects on the economy, he added.
"If we cooperate correctly we can built a framework that will allow the
economy's potential to take off through the utilization of information
and communications," he said.
Tsipras also noted that the country needs a national plan for digital
policy which will be based on institutions and respect and protect digital
rights, while also providing the young with the opportunity to work and
innovate in Greece.
"This is proven by those who are in our country and operate often without
a capital, but have achieved significant results," he said.
|