In 2002, he took the initiative to organize the burial in Thessaloniki of the bones of Colonel Mordechai Frizis, who was the first senior officer to be killed in the Greek-Italian war and a symbol of the hundreds of Greek Jews who fell for their homeland. Through a wide range of activities, David Saltiel has succeeded in highlighting key issues regarding Greek Jews such as the inclusion of Greek survivors of the Holocaust in the Compensation Scheme under Article 2-Fund of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany in 2002 and the adoption by the Greek Parliament of the Day of Remembrance of the Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust in 2004. In recognition of his work, in 2013 he was elected Vice-Chairman of the International Board of Jewish Communities. In 2010 and in 2016 respectively he was elected Chairman of the Central Board of Jewish Communities, the supreme body of the Jewish Community in Greece, a position he still holds to this day. Since 2001, when he was first elected Chairman of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, and for 18 consecutive years he has been envisioning and fighting for a strong Community a community that would regain its former glory following its near annihilation during the period of the German occupation. In 2002 EIB financing in Greece will close at EUR 1.1 billion, including loans for the motorways Egnatia, Thessaloniki Orbital and ESSI, as well as electricity distribution and transport in Greece.įor all matters relating to procurement, the promoter should be contacted directly.In his dual status as Chairman of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece and as Chairman of the historic Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, David Saltiel has played a key role in advancing the agenda of Greek Jews and in tackling racism and antisemitism. Outside the EU, the Bank also makes significant amounts available under technical cooperation and development aid policies established by the EU in favor of non EU-member countries. Within the EU, where the largest part of its lending takes place, the EIB contributes primarily towards building a closer-knit Europe, particularly in terms of economic integration and greater social cohesion.

The task of identifying and appraising projects to be financed is entrusted to the Bank. Owned by the EU's Member States, EIB's mission is to further the political objectives of the EU by providing long-term finance for specific capital investment projects. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the financing institution of the European Union (EU) was created in 1958 by the Treaty of Rome. A EUR 100 million loan has been provided in November 2001 for the construction of two new tramway lines of a total of 22.7 km in Athens (line T1 linking the Athens centre (Zappio) with the South coast of Athens (Neo Faliro), and line T2 connecting Neo Faliro to the southern suburb of Glyfada, including also the supply of 35 tram cars). This is a follow up EIB loan operation in support of the Athens 2004 Olympics. The allocation of the amounts of the overall facility to the two borrowers will be determined in due course. Its statutory objectives include the post-Olympic Games administration, management and exploitation of selected physical assets with post-games commercial use, to be constructed under the Olympic Works programme. The loan is the first tranche of a larger facility of EUR 1 500 million approved by the EIB earlier this month, which will be made available in tranches over the construction period of the project to the Hellenic Republic, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to the Olympic Real Estate S.A., a limited company established in 2002, wholly owned by the Greek State, under the joint supervision of the Ministries of Economy and Finance and Culture. The Deputy Minister of National Economy Mr Ch.Pachtas acting on behalf of the Hellenic Republic signed the financing agreements today in Athens. The schemes are located in Athens and other municipalities throughout Greece. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union's long-term financing institution, is providing EUR 500 million for the construction of new, as well as the upgrading of existing infrastructures and facilities related to the Athens 2004 Olympics.

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