Only a few days remain to complete the final milestones included in Greece’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the relevant deadline expiring next Monday, Aug. 31.Approval for the disbursement of 4.6 billion euros is expected in early September, covering the eighth payment request under the grants component (865 million euros) and the seventh request for loans (3.7 billion euros), both submitted in May. The European Commission gave the green light to the revised “Greece 2.0” plan in July.The ninth and final payment request is scheduled to be submitted at the end of September. It totals 6.7 billion euros, of which 4.4 billion will be in grants and 2.3 billion in loans. A prerequisite for its submission is for Greece to have met all 123 milestones linked to the request by next Monday.The disbursement of the amount is expected to be completed by the end of December. This year, the Recovery Fund is closing a cycle that began five years ago, with Greece set to receive a total of 35.95 billion euros, including 18.22 billion euros in grants and 17.73 billion euros in loans.Despite the end of the Recovery Fund, from 2027 onward the European Commission will continue to monitor annually the implementation of country-specific recommendations (CSRs) under the European Semester, including those addressed through Recovery Fund measures.How the Recovery Fund gap will be coveredBased on the latest Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance, following the end of the Recovery Fund, the Public Investment Program will fall to 10.6 billion in 2027 from 16.7 billion this year, before rising to 11.9 billion in 2028, 13 billion in 2029 and 14.2 billion in 2030.The end of the Recovery Fund does not mean that funding flows to the Greek economy will come to an end. In addition to the new 23 billion National Development Program for 2026-2030, the following will play a key role in the coming years:-The new Social Climate Fund, aimed at supporting vulnerable households and small businesses affected by the green transition, with a total budget of 5.255 billion euros, of which 3.476 billion is expected to be spent during 2026-2030.-The continuation of the 2021-2027 National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF).-The new 2028-2034 NSRF.-The new financing model of the Hellenic Development Bank, which provides 72% of its financing to micro-enterprises employing up to 10 people that face difficulties accessing finance.