Greek government on Tuesday approved a draft bill prepared by the public order ministry on the post-Olympic use of security expertise gained during the Athens Olympic Games.

Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis said the bill established a Coordinating Center for Security Studies that will cooperate with foreign governments and provide advice and know-how obtained during the Olympics to organize security for similar organizations and events.

He said Greece would use the material it had acquired and the studies carried out on a global level, while noting that Greece was already in cooperation with certain countries in this way.

The bill will also reactivate the traffic control center in order to deal with traffic congestion and emergencies.

On the security cameras installed during the Olympic Games, Voulgarakis said that applications for permission to operate have been submitted to the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data and that, where this permission was given, they will be put into operation.

The minister said that cameras monitoring vehicle traffic and others involved in the smooth running of the city were currently operating.

Source: Xinhua