Meeting of Greece's Minister of Education, Religion and Sports Sophia Zacharakis with Italian Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara at Athens Innovation Centers – Focus on Artificial Intelligence, Vocational Training and European Cooperationtranslated

Minister of Education, Religion and Sports Sophia Zacharakis received Italian Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara, responsible for primary and secondary education, at the central coordination hub of the Athens Innovation Centers. The meeting occurred within the framework of the close Greece-Italy cooperation on education matters and the shared European agenda for digital transformation, innovation, and skills development for the future.

During discussions, the Minister thanked her counterpart for his visit to Athens and highlighted that the two Ministers have already developed a particularly close collaboration within the European Union Education Ministers’ Council. “We have known each other since meetings of the EU Education Ministers’ Council in Brussels, and we decided that our next meeting should take place here in Athens, at the central coordination hub of the Innovation Centers—a space established with support from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, where the development of modern educational scenarios and the application of artificial intelligence are at the heart of the major initiative being implemented…”