Putting an end to paperwork nightmare

Greece has taken giant leaps in recent years in the bid to abolish paper in the public sector and the notorious inconveniences it created in transactions between citizens and state services.

And it stands to reason that digitization and all kinds of transactions between citizens and the state through the Gov.gr platform would be difficult to achieve if the state's records remain on paper.

Indeed, the largest project in the history of the Greek state to digitize its paper archives is currently under way and it is estimated that in the next three years more than 1.4 billion pages will be changed into intangible form, which are currently stacked, throughout Greece, in ministries, the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA), Urban Planning Departments and courts.

"One of the big gaps that the Greek state has is that paper has not been digitized. […] A very, very large...

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