Project owner and operator | MINISTRY OF TOURISM |
Budget | € 130,000.00 (exclusive of VAT) |
What is the object of the project?
The object of the project consists in the design, development and operation of the system intended to support the granting of the financial aid under the ‘Tourism for All 2024’ Programme, i.e. cycle 2 of the ‘Tourism for All 2022-2025’ Project, to natural persons that meet the requirements set out in the relevant legal provision, the joint ministerial decision provided for therein and the relevant call, after they apply online and after they are selected by a draw.
Following are some of the items included by the system to be implemented:
The system will be used by beneficiaries to submit applications within the deadline specified in a relevant Communication from ‘Information Society’. To join the Programme, a would-be beneficiary will have to submit an application via a dedicated application accessible on the Single Digital Portal of Public Administration (gov.gr), as well as directly at vouchers.gov.gr. To submit an application, a would-be beneficiary will have to log into the application using his/her credentials for the Secretariat-General for Information Systems and Digital Governance of the Ministry of Digital Governance (TaxisNet), in accordance with Article 24 of Law 4727/2020 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 184). This action is implemented as a service in the vouchers.gov.gr infrastructure and uses the TaxisNet login services (OAuth 2.0 client), which are properly configured by the Secretariat-General for Information Systems and Digital Governance.
A would-be beneficiary should log into the application and request that an immaterial digital debit card be issued and the above sum of money be credited to the card. After logging into the application, the applicant should enter his/her contact details in the fields displayed in the system, in particular his/her email address and mobile phone number, which should then be authenticated. The applicant should also declare that the sum of money credited to the debit card will be used solely by him/her to cover his/her accommodation costs, but he/she will not be able to transfer that sum to a third party or withdraw it. The beneficiary should also choose the financial institution that will issue the card and then request that the immaterial digital debit card be issued and the relevant sum of money be credited to the card.
If the application is approved, it may not be revoked and no second application may be submitted. If no income tax return has been submitted by the natural person for tax year 2022, he/she may not apply.
The procedure for issuing a digital debit card, as described in Article 3 of the relevant joint ministerial decision, may also be carried out by a certified employee at a Citizen Service Centre (KEP) upon request from the natural person – beneficiary.
Upon expiry of the deadline for submission of applications to join the programme, the would-be beneficiaries will be registered in the Temporary List of Would-be Beneficiaries, which will indicate: the Application Code Number of their request to join the programme and the last four digits of their Tax Identification Number (TIN).
The Final List of Beneficiaries to whom a digital debit card is to be issued will be compiled by an electronic draw from among the applications included in the above Temporary List. After the aid payments have been made, the dedicated application will send an automated message to the beneficiary’s email address, as declared in the application for obtaining the aid, to notify him/her that the aid paid has been successfully credited or that the application has been rejected.
The beneficiary’s digital debit card will remain activated until 31 December 2024. Upon expiry of the above deadline, the credit/financial institution is under obligation to deactivate it immediately. Any remaining balance of the financial aid will be reimbursed to the Hellenic State, whereupon the beneficiary may not claim it anymore. The Contractor should manage and operate the system throughout the duration of the project, carrying out all necessary works and making all necessary improvements to ensure that it runs smoothly and productively, and should also generate all necessary files for making payments to beneficiaries and all necessary statistics concerning the operation of the platform.