GREECE
Greece’s Administrative Reform Ministry has drafted legislation that aims to introduce a four-year plan for recruitment to the Public Service.
Under the new law, all hiring would be carried out via the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP).
A vote on the legislation is expected ahead of national elections, which are officially scheduled for September but are expected to be held much sooner.
According to the Bill, Ministries will be required to provide the Administrative Reform Ministry (ARM) with four-year plans, setting out their strategic and staffing needs.
The plans will include estimates of expected staff departures and assessments of the staffing needs of any state bodies or Agencies overseen by the Ministries.
The next step would be for the ARM to draft an overall four-year plan, taking into account the needs of all the other Ministries and bodies, and to submit that blueprint to the Finance Ministry, which would assess the demands while drafting its medium-term fiscal plan.
Ministries would also be required to draft annual plans, every September, outlining their needs for seasonal staff.
Once the Bill is law, it is expected the Government will quickly announce the Public Service is hiring, which is likely to be popular with the electorate in the lead-up to the national poll.
Athens, 8 January 2018
