The Centre for Security Studies (KEMEA) – the scientific, research and advisory body supervised by the Ministry of Citizen Protection, to which the security plans of the Greek universities have been submitted – has almost completed the assessment of the picture concerning the risk of violence and delinquency in the largest universities of the country and based on this picture the implementation of the plan for the installation of cameras and controlled entry systems in the university buildings is proceeding.
This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Nikos Papaioannou, responsible for Higher Education, in his remarks on the sidelines of the Aristotle Innovation Forum.
“We are committed, as the law stipulates – because this government does everything it says – that there will be cameras everywhere in public areas on the one hand, and controlled access to all university buildings on the other,” Mr. Papaioannou, clarifying that in the first phase the cameras will be placed in auditoriums and university buildings, where incidents have been recorded with greater frequency, while “if the administration of any university estimates that cameras are needed in some laboratory spaces – if not all, those that may have large instruments and technological equipment of great value – they will be placed there as well.”
As for the timetable for the supply and installation of logistical equipment in HEIs, Mr. Papaioannou clarified that it is progressing, but it is determined by the timetables of public contracts and the terms of the tender procedures, which are compulsory for transparency.
