Η στελέχωση των θέσεων ευθύνης στην ελληνική Δημόσια Διοίκηση. Κριτική προσέγγιση - Προτάσεις για βελτίωση.

Abstract

The subject of this thesis is to study and evaluate the development of the public managers’ selection system of all ranking levels in the Greek Public Administration, to draw relevant conclusions and to submit proposals for its modernization. The approach is based on how the need to formulate an effective and meritocratic staffed administrative mechanism interacts with the political attempt to intervene in the administrative hierarchy, an effort that involves the contradictory aspects of partisanship on the one hand and democratic legitimacy on the other. The retrospection extends from the first post-war legislation regulating the organization of the Civil Service, Law 1811/1951, to the changes introduced by Law 4915/2022. Within this context, the alternation between well-established and movable hierarchical systems is being reviewed. After the establishment of movable hierarchy, a detailed analysis of the subsequent legislative arrangements is made, in order to highlight the attempt to limit the discretion of political leadership by introducing objective criteria. Key components of the aforementioned analysis are the weighing of substantive and formal qualifications in the selection process and the type and composition of the competent bodies. Additionally, comparisons are being drawn up between the different selection systems that were enacted as well as between the Greek public managers’ selection system in accordance with the equivalents of the EU member states. The aim of the study is to review the regulated changes and how they are interpreted through explanatory memorandums along with the animus and the requirements of each era. In conclusion, an overall assessment of the detected weaknesses and strong points is attempted and proposals are submitted in order to improve the selection process with the ultimate purpose of restoring trust between the governed and Public Administration, so as to render the application of objective systems for the selection of public managers redundant