Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-09
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[01] Pavlopoulos on reform of public administration
[01] Pavlopoulos on reform of public administration
Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation
Prokopis Pavlopoulos presented the National Administrative Reform Plan
and the Greek government's strategic goals regarding public
administration, during the informal meeting of EU ministers responsible
for public administration and social policy in Brussels on Thursday.
Pavlopoulos referred to the Greek government's achievements to date
regarding the modernisation of public adminstration but also referred
to the ongoing efforts towards this end.
The minister cited the programmes "Kleisthenes" and "Information
Society" as examples of how funding opportunities created by the
Structural Funds were capitalised upon.
Projects such as the on-line tax filing system TAXIS, the comprehensive
IT system of the social security fund IKA, the on-line inter-connection
of all public sector agencies and the creation of the Citizens' Service
Centres (KEP), were all initiatives undertaken under the above
programmes, he said, adding that they have contributed to the
modernisation of the public sector.
In closing, he noted that the main objective of public administration
policies is to serve citizens and to combat bureaucratic red tape.
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