National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government
Εθνικό Κέντρο Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΚΔΔΑ)
AbbreviationEKDDA
Formation1983
Legal statusPublic legal entity
HeadquartersAthens, Greece
Location
  • Greece
Parent organization
Minister of Interior
Websiteekdd.gr

The National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (Greek: Εθνικό Κέντρο Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και Αυτοδιοίκησης, ΕΚΔΔΑ)[1][2][3] it is the strategic agency of Greece for the training and education of public servants and local government employees. It was established in 1983, and it is a Public Legal Entity supervised by the Minister of Interior.

It comprises the National School of Public Administration and Local Government (ESDDA) (Εθνική Σχολή Δημόσιας Διοίκησης και Αυτοδιοίκησης (ΕΣΔΔΑ)), Training Institute (INEP) (Ινστιτούτου Επιμόρφωσης (ΙΝΕΠ)) and the Documentation, Research and Innovation Institute (ITEK) (Ινστιτούτου Τεκμηρίωσης και Καινοτομιών (ΙΤΕΚ)).[4][5][6]

Purpose

Its main mission is the development of the Human Resources of the Public Administration and Local Government, the creation a body of specialized officials of the Public Administration with comprehensive professional training about the staffing of central administration, state regional administration and local government, the improvement of the functioning of the public services and of the public agents through research on the documentation and through consulting support, life-long learning through certified training.[7][8][9][10]

Administration

The administration bodies of EKDDA are: the President, the Vice President and the Administration Board, consisting of EKDDA President, EKDDA Vice President, the Directors of the Educational and Scientific Units of EKDDA, the Head of the General Directorate of Human Resources Management of the Public Sector of the Ministry of Interior, five Experts and the representatives of the Association of Greek Regions (ENPE in Greek), the Central Union of the Municipalities of Greece (KEDE in Greek), the Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY in Greek), the Hellenic Association of the Employees of Local Government Organizations (POE-OTA in Greek) and the Graduates’ Association from the National School of Public Administration and Local Government (ESDDA in Greek).

Studies

Students of the current Educational Series of ESDDA come from Legal, Humanitarian, Financial, Political, Science Schools and Technical University Schools. Apart from the courses, in the framework of the Curriculum, educational actions, visits, lectures, meetings and other acts relating to special topics of the programme and/or interdisciplinary and innovative approaches to Public Administration issues are carried out. The internship of ESDDA students is an integral part of the educational process. It is held in public bodies and bodies of the broader public sector in Greece and abroad and its aim is to familiarize the students with the work flow in the specific services. The School’s students are obliged, in the framework of the Curriculum, to prepare a thesis and get into traineeship in public bodies and services. Each employee has the right to submit two participation applications per semester and attend up to three training programs per year.

Training Institute (INEP) has training programs in the following:[11]

  • Public Administration & Governance
  • Economy & Fiscal Policy
  • Human Rights & Social Policy
  • Sustainable Development
  • Information Science & Digital Services
  • Cultural & Tourist Development

ESDDA curriculum is structured along five fields:[12][13][14][15]

  • 1st Field: Law
  • 2nd Field: Economy
  • 3rd Field: Public Administration
  • 4th Field: Digital Governance
  • 5th Field: Foreign languages

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Centre for Public Administration & Local Government (EKDDA)" (in Greek and English). EKDDA. 25 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Upcoming Broadcasts: National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (EKDDA)". diavlos.grnet.gr. 25 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "National Register of Line Managers of the Public Administration (Register) (GR0037)". opengovpartnership.org. 25 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "National Recovery and Resilience Plan - Greece 2.0". greece20.gov.gr (in Greek and English). 17 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "NextGenerationEU". next-generation-eu.europa.eu.
  6. ↑ "Ministry of Development and Investment - Operational Programme Public Sector Reform". epdm.gr (in Greek).
  7. ↑ "National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government (Greece)". digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government". UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "State upgrade with specialized executives". Kathimerini. 25 January 2023. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "2022 Annual Meeting: Exploring post-pandemic learning cultures in the public sector 20-21 June 2022 Athens" (PDF). oecd.org. 20 June 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Training Institute (INEP) list of programmes". EKDD.
  12. ↑ "EKDD - Training Institute (INEP) e-Learning". elearning.ekdd.gr (in Greek).
  13. ↑ "EKDD e-Class e-learning platform". eclass.ekdd.gr (in Greek).
  14. ↑ "Digital Repository of EKDD". digitalrepository.ekdd.gr.
  15. ↑ "Electronic service Participation in Training Programs (the service is exclusively in Greek)". online.ekdd.gr (in Greek).

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