There are 267 competitions of his works. Recovery Fundof total public spending of €3.37 billion, as announced yesterday Ministry of Financepreparing to apply for another tranche, the 3rd in a row, in the amount of 1.7 billion euros.

According to the sources, the request will be filed by April as the required “milestones” have mostly been met and some have yet to be completed. tenders for projects.

Subsidized Recovery Fund projects are the most difficult part, as loans are disbursed faster due to investment and bank interest and favorable conditions in terms of interest rates and approval procedures.

However, yesterday the Ministry of Finance announced the progress of the tenders, saying that out of 267 ongoing tenders, 208 are under implementation, 38 are at the stage of contracting and 21 are at the pre-approval stage.

The tenders currently under way, with a total public expenditure of 2.4 billion euros, concern, inter alia, the following projects:

– Tender for a concession contract for the construction and operation of the largest section of the Northern Axis of Crete (BOAC) from Chania to Heraklion.

– 104 decrees issued by more than 60 municipalities and regions of the country for the selection of project contractors under the Program for Improving Road Safety in the National and Regional Road Network. Their total budget is 445,067,828 euros.

– 13 tenders with a total budget of EUR 86,200,656 for strategic urban renewal in eight municipalities of the country.

For 38 tenders in the process of being concluded, with a public expenditure of 757.2 million euros, the contracting authorities selected at least temporary contractors. For some of them, contracts have already been signed; for the supply of robotics and STEM equipment for education, for the modernization of the overhead line network of the Hellenic Distribution Grid Operator (DEDDIE) in Kavala, Drama and Volos (forest areas), and for the modernization of the DEDDIE network in Serra and Kilkis, in order to increase sustainability and protect the environment environment, for the construction of the BOAC section: Hersonissos – Neapoli, etc.

Finally, the 21 pre-approved tenders, with a total public expenditure of €197 million, include, among others, the provision of integrated digital immigration services and cybersecurity infrastructures.

Deputy Finance Minister Thodoros Skylakakis said the €3.37 billion of projects under consideration are pouring “into the Greek economy at an extremely critical moment, given the turmoil that continues to be recorded in the global economy.”