At a certified academy Microsoftwhich will be able to conduct trainings for trainers, is being modernized EKDDA (National Center for Public Administration and Self-Government)as the Minister of the Interior said yesterday Makis Voridis. This decision will allow more government employees to be trained and acquire or develop their digital skills with the same strengths, said the managing director of Microsoft in Greece. Theodosius Michalopoulosspeaking at the presentation of the company’s cooperation with Greek state.

Microsoft has already delivered digital training to 500 government employees who have completed relevant pre-degree level education or in a specific area of ​​work as a subject of work. Regarding the possible postponement of the ASEP exams to March 4, the minister suggested that they would proceed as planned. “I expect that the parliament will not be dissolved on March 4 yet,” he said, answering a related question about the date of the elections, stressing that “the electoral department of the ministry is absolutely ready to hold elections at any time when they are announced.”

Already by order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the beginning of the month, a gradation of training in different sectors is provided for civil servants, and even retroactively for those who have already completed training. The possibility that every time you attend a training it directly affects your career is certainly an additional motivation, but at the same time it is in harmony with the trend of the times. “It is no longer enough to have a degree and carry it as baggage throughout your career.

Continuous learning is needed, and in many cases training workshops are more important,” Mr. Michalopoulos emphasized. However, as Evy Dramaliotis, President of EKDDA notes, “The 500 employees who have already attended Microsoft training workshops have done so without getting grades. is changing, and I think civil servants are changing too.”

The €30 million project, which was included in the Recovery Fund, plans to train 250,000 civil servants by 2025. The training is not only about digital skills, but also about administrative skills that are needed in the public sector to be able to meet the new requirements.

Mr. Voridis stated that the number of employees who will take part in the training program is very high. “In fact, if we remove the army, medical workers and teachers, all civil servants will participate in the exercises,” he said. The Home Secretary said the government is looking forward to a continuous learning system that will be linked to the assessment.