ASEP

A disagreement erupted between the government and PASOK, this time over the ASEP and recruitment, with tensions remaining high. The occasion was the visit made earlier today by Nikos Androulakis to the ASEP, where he met with the chairman and members of the Board.

Earlier this week, the Cabinet approved the 2025 hiring plan, which applies to all public sector agencies and various sectors and specialties.

Public services need reinforcement and new blood. However, this support must be carried out methodically, transparently and quickly. 

The pace at which the public administration recruitment processes, known as ASEP, operates has made transparency seem incompatible with speed. 

The Interior Ministry has put two pieces of legislation to public consultation that, among other provisions, seek to boost efficiency in the civil service by introducing bonuses for state departments which achieve annual targets that have been outlined in the relevant online platform.

In 6 months, instead of 2 years, the names of successful candidates will be announced. Modernization of document verification, new job announcements, and the creation of a recruitment registry. Interior Minister Th. Livanios and Deputy Minister V. Charalambogianni are overseeing the modernization of ASEP

A decision to recruit 2,145 permanent nursing personnel in public hospitals across Greece was signed on Thursday by the State Personnel Selection Board (ASEP).

The allocation of positions was based on existing needs in the national health system, including in university and secondary education hospitals. ASEP is expected to make an official posting in the coming days. 

While there is growing interest on the part of potential employees to apply for local authority positions, when it comes to the time of appointment, it is estimated that one in two turn their backs on the public sector.

"The public sector does not attract," wrote president of the state's Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP) Thanos Papaioannou in a post.

There was a distinct whiff of pre-electioneering to the Energy Ministry's bill for the staffing of energy entities. The draft law paves the way for more than 500 hirings on contracts of indefinite duration, more than half of which will be processed without involving the civil servant hiring council (ASEP).

A bill currently being drafted by the Administrative Reform Ministry and expected to be submitted to Parliament within the month aims to introduce a four-year plan for recruitments in the civil service, the latest in a series of apparent attempts by the government to win support ahead of elections next year.

The Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection (ASEP), which is responsible for public sector hirings, on Thursday denied claims that it handed confidential files to ministers containing the names and professional qualifications of candidates for dozens of general secretariat posts.