A meeting of the Government Council for Public Administration Reform, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, was held at the Maximos Mansion on Monday. In an announcement, the premier’s office said the meeting had focused on the national strategic reform of public administration and local government.
During the meeting, the government confirmed its commitment to creating an efficient public administration, free from party intervention, which reflects the contemporary needs of Greek citizens and operates exclusively in support of the public interest, the announcement said.
In this context, the ministers taking part discussed an update of the 2016-2018 National Strategy for Public Administration Reform Plan, immediate legislative initiatives to cut down on red tape and simplify bureaucratic processes and the mandatory electronic movement of administrative documents and the interaction and interconnection of public sector IT systems.
Participating in the meeting were Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis, Alternate Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Minister Christoforos Vernardakis, Economy, Development and Tourism Minister George Stathakis, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Minister of State Alekos Flambouraris, and general secretaries Michalis Kalogirou and Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.
Source: ANA-MPA
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