What is the object of the project?
The object of the project being awarded is the Provision of Support Services to Information Society SA for the projects/actions to be included in the “Information System regarding the operation of the payment mechanism for subsidy programmes (Escrow Accounts)”.
More specifically, the applicant will provide support services for the actions/projects to be included in the “Escrow Account” information system as well as services for the preparation of the mechanism to inform other entities about it.
What are the purpose and objectives of the project?
In the context of achieving the objectives of the “Information Society S.A.” and in order to implement the projects/actions that it has undertaken, as described in the above paragraph, the “Information System for the operation of the payment mechanism for subsidy programmes (Escrow Accounts)” has been put into productive operation (by Information Society S.A.). This information system enables Information Society S.A., as the Operator for programmes, projects, procurements, services and purchases included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan ‘Greece 2.0’ and eligible for financing by the Recovery and Resilience Facility, to use the provisions of Article 58 of Law 4915/2022, selecting special escrow accounts as the method of payment of the beneficiaries. More specifically, with this information system, the staff monitoring of the progress of the programmes is achieved, aiming to collect and process data from primary and third-party systems (interoperability), on the one hand, and to implement dashboards for monitoring the progress of the Programme, the milestones, targets and performance indicators (KPIs) of the projects, on the other hand. The ultimate objective from the use of the information system is to effectively support the decision-making process, at both strategic and operational level.
Indicatively, the information system supports the following functions:
- Unseizable Special Purpose Account creation process
- Know Your Customer (KYC) update process
- Procedure to charge the amount of public expenditure to the unseizable special purpose account
- Payment Request Entry Mechanism
- Payment Request Verification Approval Process
- Release / Disbursement Mechanism
- Disbursement Monitoring Mechanism
- Identification of the beneficiary through TaxisNet service
- Implementation of necessary reports
