About us

ALLILONnet is an initiative of Greeks and friends of Greece who:

1.Believe in Greece’s potential to capitalize on the great opportunities created by the rapidly changing global economy, utilizing among other things, its vast scientific, entrepreneurial, and cultural potential both in Greece and around the world.

2.Understand that the most certain means for the economic and social progress of Greece and the Global Hellenism is to improve the professional prospects and achieve career advancement for our youth in all fields of study, career, and entrepreneurship.

3.Share the vision of a Greece that can rise from the existing crisis and tackle the new crises that are still unfolding due to the fluidity of the international environment, while also making significant and qualitative leaps in upgrading the economy, social cohesion, as well as in democratic institutions, principles, values, and freedoms.

4.Consider that our homeland is at one of those extraordinary turning points in history that require every Greek woman, every Greek man, and every friend of Greece to participate actively and decisively in the broader common effort with a spirit of solidarity, a willingness to give, and volunteerism where appropriate, and with special attention to the new generation, which is being excessively tested by the current crisis.

Meritocratic, fair, and cohesive around its core values and a broadly accepted vision for the future, with a reduction in inequalities and a deepening of democratic values, institutions, and freedoms. It has confidence in its ability to prosper and create, capable of building on its inexhaustible wealth of heritage and able to provide the right framework for its youth to contribute from the positions they deserve to the creativity and innovation that will define the Greek, European, and global landscape of the 21st century.

With a national priority on the need to broaden its productive base and achieve high growth rates, despite challenges, internationally competitive, decisively focused on innovation-based entrepreneurship, with particular emphasis on high technology and the knowledge society at all levels. It is capable of offering real, rapidly increasing, and equal opportunities to its youth, making Greece an international hub of knowledge, innovation, and entrepreneurship in a way that creates the right conditions for the return flow of Greeks to Greece.

The frenetic and accelerating pace of technology evolution in recent years is profoundly transforming the global economy and power balances, and thus competition among states. The pandemic, conflicts, and sanctions have already added enormous new dimensions with deep disruptions and distortions in productive structures and processes and international supply chains. The international scene is already characterized by a deeper, more intense, harsher, and accelerating international competition where state intervention in markets, and thus distortions, are continuously increasing, and where commercial and economic competition will become much more geo-economic and geopolitical. It is certain that enormous needs for preparation, adaptation, and improvement of the resilience of the economy and society are inevitably being created. In the more challenging world ahead, Greece must strive to achieve profound changes and a significant leap forward. It is not simple. However, Greece can clearly do it! It requires a strategic approach, internal cohesion, and at the same time, prudence and boldness in policy across all sectors.

ALLILONnet has created a user-friendly and effective support framework for its members’ efforts, mainly for the youth, at any stage they may be in—whether in studies, professional integration, career, or entrepreneurship. This framework can be utilized and developed anywhere there are Greeks and friends of Greece. It offers, with transparency and respect for meritocracy, facilitation of communication and networking, exchange of useful information and ideas, development of collaborations, mentoring and guidance, and generally solidarity and mutual support.

The spread of our networks of members and mentors—people who accept and are governed by the principles and values of ALLOYnet—promotes a spirit of voluntary contribution, solidarity, mutual support, meritocracy, and transparency, cohesion, and mobilization for the common good. In this way, ALLILONnet contributes to making Greek communities and organizations it collaborates with, both in Greece and abroad, more cohesive and capable of benefiting from opportunities as well as meeting challenges and difficulties.

Accelerating technological progress, increasing geopolitical competition mainly among the great powers, and the shocks of the pandemic, wars even in Europe, sanctions, and other frictions and conflicts pushing the planet towards unprecedented crises and a new cold war, create enormous needs for immediate as well as long-term adaptation that concern everyone, from the average citizen, primarily the youth, to the entirety of the country and the global Hellenism. ALLOYnet pays special attention to issues related to the strategic exit of the country from the crisis, mainly in key economic sectors, with an emphasis on the necessary principles and values, such as equal opportunities, meritocracy, transparency, democratic freedoms, etc. The diaspora of Hellenism can play a significant role in the country’s efforts. The evolution of the Greek economy and society must support the creation of an increasing flow of Greeks returning to Greece.

In all large organizations there are unsung heroes, who support on a daily basis with their actions and are the cornerstone of ALLILON.