The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The past decade has truly been rough for Greece. The financial crisis that wreaked havoc on the country’s economy has also had…
As the government doubles down on its commitment to enhance education and boost entrepreneurship among young Greeks, Minister of Education Niki Kerameus speaks to Litsa Panayotopoulos, Chair of AmCham’s Education, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee, about the importance of investing in education and listening to the younger generation. Just half a year after the elections,…
Education, innovation, digital tech, and the future of work. Panos Papazoglou, Managing Partner at EY Greece, talks to Business Partners about the importance of human skills, forward-thinking education and stakeholder collaboration in our rapidly changing world. You have argued on several occasions that Greece needs to focus on the technology sector during the…
Sotiris Giousios, Senior Tax Partner at Grant Thornton Greece, discusses how the OECD’s Program of Work to Develop a Consensus Solution to the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalization of the Economy (BEPS Action Plan One) could transform taxation for MNEs as we know it. The G20 has endorsed the OECD’s BEPS Action Plan…
When I first moved to Greece in January 2016, the country was still very much at the tail end of its crisis. Regardless of what the economic indicators did or did not read, it was clear that the country had experienced incredible hardship in the last decade. The local sentiment was one rooted in reality,…
The Committees of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce are the core interface of the Chamber vis-à-vis the government and societal stakeholders. They do much more than just bring together experts in their perspective fields to organize events: They actively assist in policy formation, legislation, and government action , amongst other activities. AmCham’s Education, Innovation and…
As 2019 draws to an end, we prepare to bid farewell to a year marked by several significant events thatwill influence and shape future developments and the new year ahead. As the European Union searches for a new vision and strategy, it is apparent that new balances and alliances are being developed between its member…
This year’s Greek Economic Summit marks the 30th anniversary of a remarkable annual happening. In its three consecutive decades, AmCham’s hugely successful flagship conference has established itself as an indispensable institution featuring prime ministers, key government ministers and deputy ministers, U.S. ambassadors, high-ranking officials, and top politicians, academics, diplomats and business executives from Greece, Europe…
AmChamGR Executive Director, Elias Spirtounias, had the honor to have a one-on-one discussion with the Deputy Minister of Rural Development & Food, Mr. Konstantinos Skrekas during the 4th ExportUSA Forum “Exporting in a shifting world” on Monday November 4th, at the Grand Hyatt Athens hotel. The topics discussed during the dialogue were the priorities set…
