Fifth Hellenic-German Economic Forum: Growth Vision – Flagship Investments

The 5th Hellenic-German Economic Forum, entitled “Growth Vision – Flagship Investments” is organized digitally, on June 8, 2021, by the Hellenic-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the support of the Central Union of Commercial and Industrial Curators.

This is an event, which follows the successful Greek-German Economic Forum, which took place last March in Berlin, at the initiative of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel.

The aim of this year’s Forum is to create new channels for the development of investment partnerships between the business communities of Greece and Germany, and in particular the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the country’s most populous state, which accounts for 22% of GDP. demonstrate significant performance in the areas of digitization and de-lignification.

Three digital panels will take place within the framework of this year’s Greek-German Forum. The first will be entitled “Digitization – Transformation of the Economy” and will emphasize the role of new technological applications and innovation for the fastest possible transition of national economies to a more modern, transparent, and efficient business environment, as well as major investment initiatives undertaken or planned for this purpose.

The second panel of the 5th Hellenic-German Economic Forum will be entitled “Flagship Investments & success stories” and during this the largest German investments in Greece in key sectors of the economy, as well as investment bilateral “alliances”, which could act as case studies for similar future agreements will be presented.

The third panel of the event will be entitled “The ‘Green Energy’ Transition” and will focus, on the one hand, on the general effort of Europe to tackle the problem of climate change, and on the other, on the national plan of Greece for its gradual divestment from carbon and the investments that will support this strategic goal.

The General Manager & Member of the Board of the Hellenic-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Athanasios Kelemis, referring to the 5th Hellenic-German Economic Forum, stressed that it is essentially a new “invitation” to the two national communities, Greece and Germany, to intensify their joint investment actions, at a time when Greece in particular offers many important opportunities as part of its effort to successfully complete its dual transition in the coming years, to a new – modern digital environment and to a productive model completely independent of lignite. In fact, the National Development Plan of Greece, prepared by the government for the return of the country to growth in the post-covid period, in combination with the funds that will flow into the Greek economy from the Recovery Fund, create the best possible conditions for a new, dynamically evolving, investment cycle “, added Dr. Athanasios Kelemis.