Digitization of archives in PAMTH: A 2 million euro project for 68 million documents

The Greek Ministry of Digital Governance, in collaboration with the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (PAMTH), has announced a significant project to digitize the archives of the region's Transport and Communications Directorates. The initiative, funded with 2 million euros, aims to modernize administrative processes and improve public services.

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With funding of two million euros from the Ministry of Digital Governance, we are starting pilot programs in Evros and the services of Alexandroupoli and Orestiada, digitizing more than 600,000 files and almost 20 million documents.

Deputy Minister of Digital Governance Christos Dermetzopoulos highlighted the project's importance in addressing a long-standing need for efficient administrative management. "With funding of two million euros from the Ministry of Digital Governance, we are starting pilot programs in Evros and the services of Alexandroupoli and Orestiada, digitizing more than 600,000 files and almost 20 million documents," Dermetzopoulos stated. He emphasized that this will provide public servants with modern tools, streamline daily work, and significantly reduce waiting times and hassle for citizens and professionals.

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With this project, the employees of the services acquire modern tools that will significantly facilitate their daily work and contribute to faster service. For the citizen and the professional, this means less waiting, less hassle, and faster processing of their case.

Regional Governor Christodoulos Topsidis thanked the ministry for recognizing the necessity of the project and securing the required funds. He expressed the regional administration's goal to gradually extend digitization to all Transport and Communications Directorates within PAMTH by seeking additional resources. Topsidis described the undertaking as particularly demanding, involving the management of a vast administrative archive currently occupying about 1,700 square meters across six regional service locations.

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We are starting pilot programs in Evros and the services of Alexandroupoli and Orestiada, digitizing more than 600,000 files and almost 20 million documents.

Pantelis Delidis, head of the General Directorate of Transport and Communications for PAMTH, outlined the project's benefits. He noted that digitization will accelerate file retrieval, enhance archive management, save valuable time and storage space, minimize archiving errors, and ultimately upgrade the quality of services provided to the public. The project is set to commence in Evros, with plans for a broader rollout across the region.

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This is a particularly demanding project, as it concerns the management of a huge administrative archive that includes approximately 2 million physical files and almost 68 million documents, which today occupy about 1,700 square meters of storage space in the Transport and Communications services in Drama, Kavala, Xanthi, Rodopi, Alexandroupoli and Orestiada.