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Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionalityii. Publish on a monthly basis data on full time public sector employment and contractualpositions, the number of employees in the mobility scheme, the number of exits and thenumber of pending disciplinary cases in the various stages (monthly).17. To facilitate the renewal of staff and the acquisition of skills where needed:i. The Government will hire one new employee for each exit as a result of (i) disciplinarycases, cases of incapability, and illegal hirings; (ii) temporary injunctions; (iii)downsizing of private law legal entities; (iv).redundant positions, as a result of furtherorganizational restructuring (continuous).ii. If the assessment (to be provided to EC/IMF/ECB monthly) at any point shows that theemployment developments and plans are no longer on track to achieve our aggregatetargets, the Authorities commit to reduce the 1:1 hiring ratio for exits mentioned under(i.) (continuous, monthly).iii. For all other exits than those mentioned under (i), the hiring ratio will remain 1:5, asenvisaged in the program (continuous).18. Provide the hiring plans for the following year to ASEP on a regular basis by end July, or assoon as they are finalised, and with at least a six-month notice with respect to the desiredrecruitment date, so as to allow proper planning and that selections can be carried out to thehighest standards, compatible with the budgetary constraints. Ensure a sufficient budget sothat modern methods are used by ASEP for the selections, including through a competencybasedapproach (continuous).2.6.2. Fighting corruptionPrior to disbursement the Authorities:a. In order to step up the fight against corruption, adopt the agreed legislation tobring the anti-corruption legal framework in line with relevant internationalstandards, including the UN anti-corruption convention, and the OECD andCouncil of Europe anti-corruption conventions and recommendations.Other ActionsTo pursue in a determined manner the fight against corruption, the authorities:1. Pursue the implementation of the National anti-corruption plan (continuous).2. Present a revised anti-corruption action plan, and include follow up actions as needed (April2014).3. Adopt a draft code of conduct for members of government (April 2014).4. Adopt a draft code of conduct for members of Parliament (April 2014).5. Present draft legislation on the funding of political parties (April 2014).6. Adopt legislation on the funding of political parties (June 2014).7. Present draft legislation to provide for an enhanced system of published declaration of assets,interests and incompatibilities by public and elected officials, as well as for members ofgovernment, providing for sufficiently deterrent penalties for misreporting. The declarationsare to be monitored by an independent body with investigative power through risk-basedaudits (April 2014).8. Adopt the above-mentioned legislation on enhanced system of declarations and monitoring(June 2014).172
Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality2.6.3. Coordination of Government Policies and E-GovernmentThe Authorities will:1. take action to consolidate the current preparatory work into a comprehensive and endorsednational e-Government strategy, setting the vision, objectives, priorities, monitoring andcoordination mechanisms for supporting the development, promotion and application of e-Government and e-services for a better internal functioning of the administration and tocitizens. The strategy, which will encompass an implementation plan, will be adopted by theGCR (April 2013).2. Establish a system of ex-ante review of all primary and secondary legislation, to beundertaken by the Secretariat General for Coordination (SGC), to ensure that all draftlegislation is in line with the Government objectives, and Greece's obligations towardsinternational and European legislation and its commitments under this MoU. The systemshould be operational as of 1 st May 2014 and should produce bi-weekly reports with allsubmitted draft legislation, its objective and consistency with current targets andobligations, and fiscal impact assessment (to be prepared by GAO). This will be undertakenin collaboration with the Secretariat General of the Government, which will focus onconstitutional and EU law compatibility aspects (April 2014).2.6.4. ICT in Public Administration ReformIn the context of the public administration reform, Greece needs to adopt E-Government and ICTstrategies. In that direction, the Greek government shall:1. Establish an ICT Unit/Directorate in MAREG which will be responsible for policy,strategic planning and monitoring progress for all aspects of ICT including infrastructure,education and skills, ICT use in the public sector, which will be fully functional by June2014.2. The Act establishing the new entity will provide for close coordination mechanisms withthe Central Purchasing Bodies for all issues related to procurement of ICT equipment(continuous).3. The new entity will monitor ICT actions and projects of all General Government entities,including supervised ones, including for the status and deadlines of deliverables whichwill be published quarterly (continuous, starting in September 2014).4. Proceed to an inventory of the available ICT hardware and software (e.g., officeapplication and other specialized software) in order to facilitate consolidation (June 2014,update bi-annually).5. Proceed to an inventory of the available ICT applications, registries and services that eachMinistry and its supervised bodies of General Government uses for its internal operationalneeds (e.g.,TaxisNet, E-justice) or is providing to the citizens and organisations (incl.SMEs). It should also be indicated whether these are operational and in use (June 2014,update bi-annually).i. This inventory should specify which data, applications and services can be shared.ii. Further, information that can be published as open data, should be identified andmade applicable to the public.6. Undertake a thorough review of the project cycle of ICT interventions and create a costingmodel for ICT projects leading to the simplification of the existing processes procedures.Adopt the necessary legal framework pertaining to the production of ICT projects (June2014).7. Undertake a thorough review of the purchasing cycle of hardware and software, with aview to optimize the quality and minimize the cost of equipment (September 2014).173
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