The key to the success of the government's efforts was forward-looking planning, coordination of all the individual administrative structures, and implementation of e-governance by specialised staff in Public Administration and Local Government, the minister explained.
He said that the Operational Program 'Politeia 2005-2007' had been part of a broader planning for administrative reorganisation leading to Digital Public Administration, which includes the major projects of the e-Governance program being carried out by the Information Society S.A., many of which have already been rendered operational.
More specifically, during the 2005-2007 period, 274 projects budgeted at 15.5 million euros were incorporated in the Politeia Program, reflecting the Program's decentralised character, which encourages projects in the Periphery, Pavlopoulos said, adding that the Politeia Program was a useful and fnctional tool for implementation and advancement of crucial and targeted interventions such as facilitation of citizens and businesses, new systems of organisation and administration of public services, e-governance, transparency, civil protection, and management of disasters.
For the next three-year period (2008-2010), he continued, the government has drafted an integrated National Action Plan for Public Administration, which was being implemented through the new Operational Program 'Politeia 2008-2010', budgeted at approximately 30 million euros.
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Quelle/Source: Athens News Agency, 23.04.2008
