Tomorrow, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira will embark on a three-day mission to Greece to visit Athens, Patras, Megalopolis and Tripolis, to see first-hand how Cohesion Policy is supporting these areas and specifically, how the Just Transition Fund is helping them make the transition to a net-zero economy in a fair and inclusive way.
- 20 March 2024
On Thursday, Commissioner Ferreira will meet with the Greek Minister of Economy and Finance, Kostis Hatzidakis, in Athens, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of Cohesion Policy in Greece. She will then continue her journey to Patras, a town located in Western Greece, to visit the Technological Park, home to some innovative projects supported by Cohesion Policy. This includes the research hub hosting the ‘RECOMLABS project', which supports the construction industry with products based on nanotechnology. The visit will be followed by a meeting with the Governor of Western Greece, Nektarios Farmakis.
On Friday, Commissioner Ferreira will visit the Roman Odeon restored thanks to support from the Cohesion Policy funds. The Commissioner will then deliver a keynote speech at the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions.
Afterwards, Commissioner Ferreira will travel to Megalopolis, in the Peloponnese, a lignite-dependant town which is now receiving support from the Just Transition Fund to help alleviate the consequences of the transition to a net-zero economy. The Commissioner will visit the mines at the Megalopolis Lignite Centre and will meet with the stakeholders and employees of the mines. A press point will be organised at the office of the Greek Public Power Corporation at 18:45 local time.
On Friday evening, Commissioner Ferreira will conclude a busy day of engagements with a trip to Tripolis to have a working dinner with the Governor of Peloponnese, Dimitrios Ptochos.
On Saturday, the Commissioner will have the opportunity to meet with 25 pupils from local schools for a debate on what the EU is doing to support the development of European regions and the fight against brain drain.