“More than 1.2 billion pages from critical sectors are being collected, organized, and transformed into a unified digital format,” stated Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou, citing the project as one of the largest archival digitization efforts undertaken in the country.
The initiative will, for the first time, deliver centrally accessible and uniformly classified archives across key sectors including Justice, Public Health, Infrastructure, the Land Registry, Migration and Asylum, and Maritime Affairs. The Ministry of Digital Governance oversees the project, funded through the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility with €590 million and an additional €161 million from national resources.
“We are currently implementing the largest digitization project ever carried out in Greece. With €590 million from the Recovery Fund and €161 million from national resources, we are proceeding with a comprehensive upgrade of state archives,” Minister Papastergiou told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
The digitized repositories will enable the Public Administration to process and utilize data more effectively, enhancing service quality for citizens while saving resources and strengthening transparency. Faster access to digitized documents is expected to significantly reduce both paper‑based and digital bureaucracy.
Benefits for Citizens
The project simplifies previously lengthy procedures, with documents once stored in basements or outdated archives now becoming accessible through modern information systems. Citizens will no longer need to visit multiple services or wait weeks for a single document, as searches will become faster and more accurate.
Preserving Greece’s historical and administrative heritage is another key element. Many decades‑old documents at risk from damage or poor storage conditions are now safeguarded for future generations.

Minister Papastergiou during a public appearance
Project Components Across Sectors
Digitization efforts extend across multiple ministries and agencies, including:
- Justice Ministry archives: 300 million pages across 368 courts and prosecutor’s offices, budgeted at €78 million.
- Public Health System: 190 million pages from 127 hospitals, budgeted at €95 million.
- General State Archives: 55 million pages of historical and administrative files, budgeted at €24 million.
- Migration and Asylum: 80 million pages, budgeted at €22 million.
- Digital Expropriation and Claims Map (e‑apallotriosis): 4 million pages, budgeted at €19 million.
- Urban Planning Files: 3.5 million permits containing 44 million plans from 240 planning offices, budgeted at €112 million.
- Land Registry: 600 million pages from 390 mortgage offices, budgeted at €198 million, plus €12 million for digital service upgrades.
- Ministry of Maritime Affairs: 7 million pages, budgeted at €4 million.
Additional supporting projects include secure storage of physical archives (1.4 million file‑boxes, €32 million) and satellite observation data services for public-sector applications (€2.6 million).
Current Progress
- Justice Ministry: 167 million pages (55%)
- Public Health System: Pilot scans in seven Attica hospitals
- General State Archives: 41.5 million pages (75%)
- Migration and Asylum: 70 million pages (87%)
- e‑apallotriosis: Implementation study underway
- Urban Planning Files: 28 million pages (65%)
- Land Registry: 504 million pages (84%)
- Maritime Affairs: Completed
- Secure physical archive storage: Completed
To date, 817.5 million pages have been digitized—68% of the total. All work is scheduled for completion by summer 2026, in line with Recovery Fund deadlines.

Infographic showing progress of the digitization project
Modernization and Future Impact
The Ministry emphasizes that the project extends beyond simply scanning documents. The unified, high‑quality data set produced is essential for developing modern artificial intelligence applications. The effort spans collaboration with the Ministries of Education, Health, Infrastructure and Transport, Justice, Migration and Asylum, and Maritime Affairs.
Online commentary related specifically to this project remains limited, though publicly available social‑media discussions reflect general interest in Greece’s broader digital‑transformation agenda and highlight Minister Papastergiou’s central role in advancing modernization efforts. Public sentiment tends to focus on improved digital services and expectations for reduced bureaucracy as the project progresses.
“The figures are impressive. More than 1.2 billion pages from critical sectors are being collected, organized, and converted into a unified digital format. We have already reached 68% of the target, digitizing 817.5 million pages. For the first time, archives of Justice, Health, the Land Registry, and Urban Planning become accessible and usable, significantly reducing bureaucracy,” Papastergiou noted. He added that the emerging data ecosystem will support AI development and enhance policymaking, making the state “faster, more efficient, and truly modern.”