Referring to the next step in public-sector digitisation during an interview with Open TV, Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou on Tuesday said that “the ‘next day’ is the new wallet, a new mobile app that will help citizens carry out transactions with the public sector without having to present any documents.”
He said a personal number that will be assigned to each person was a major reform. The personal number will be registered on the new IDs after December.
Papastergiou pointed out that the personal number will be selected by the citizen in person, by opening a platform on gov.gr.
He also talked about the use of technology as an aid in protecting against extreme weather phenomena, noting that it can provide us with an early forecast, even warn of fires that are underway. “We are already testing such systems so that they will be operational.”
Regarding the “Smart Cities” programme, the minister said that it is a programme that enables each municipality to identify its needs and “within the next two years it must implement solutions that will make the lives of citizens easier.”
SOURCE; ANA-MPA
