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THE CITIZEN’S SERVICE CENTERS IN GREECE: A BREAKTHROUGH REFORM
www.inerp.gr
Panagiotis Karkatsoulis
Efi Stefopoulou
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It all started
with a starfish floating
(connecting) among the
Aegean Islands.
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KEPs idea was initiated in 1999 on the island of Serifos. Expanded to a 100 “Citizen’s Bureaus” on Greek islands.
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Services provided to citizens have mostly
focused on citizens needs and demands based
on the “life cycle events”. (birth certificates, car registration, tax reporting, welfare and health services)
Cindy Sherman
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500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Number of citizens visiting KEP increased annually
From the first
KEP in Serifos
to 1067 KEPs
all over Greece.
From 10
certificates to
1087
procedures.
KEPs’ evolution
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TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE
PEOPLE
THE CONCEPT:
Trough a functional …
not normative not structural not infrastructural not ontological
… approach
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KEPs WEREN’T STACK TO THE
OWNER OF THE COMPETENCE
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KEP DIDN’T START WITH A NEW STRUCTURE /
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH
“AFTERWARDS” MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN
SOME CONTENT.
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KEPs didn’t start with “extra-skilled” personnel coming through a series of
training sessions.
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THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: OPERATIONS & FUNCTIONS
They provide services which according to the regulated task should have been provided by different agencies of the central administration.
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES:
OPERATIONS & FUNCTIONS
KEPs are hosted by local governments and their personnel is in the municipalities payroll …
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES:
OPERATIONS & FUNCTIONS
… although they are centrally managed by the ministry.
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KEPs were hosted by the municipalities …
… they weren’t absorbed by the
municipal clientelism
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: STRUCTURES
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Although the initial infrastructure was poor
A table
A home made database
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: STRUCTURES
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A table
A home made database
KEPs offered services of significantly higher complexity.
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: STRUCTURES
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At the initial stage we recruited only one
employee per municipality, keeping
all staff local.
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: THE HUMAN FACTOR
Local staff proved to be one of the most decisive factors to build trust between the KEP’s team and experts from Athens and the islanders.
The establishment of a special job
branch for KEP personnel at a later
stage laid the path for corporatism
instead of a positive esprit de corps.
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THE KEPs’ PARADOXES:
UNCONVENTIONAL PROJECT DESIGN
No expert advice from “abroad”, i.e., no “blue prints”, no proper digestion of “new”
ideas etc…
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THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: UNCONVENTIONAL PROJECT DESIGN
No “professional” strategic planning, that means no submission of papers to various experts who are just trying to justify their salary.
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No fancy management tools (manuals, KPIs, sophisticated software to calculate risks, threads even if there were not any…)
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: UNCONVENTIONAL PROJECT DESIGN
20 KEP could have been an excellent idea, stuck in
the Ministry of the Presidency of the Government
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: AGAINST THE BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA
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THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: AGAINST THE BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA
No normative competence of the “Ministry” of Aegean
(Symbolic ministry)
The competent Ministry of the “Presidency of the Government”
was opposed to the project.
Very restricted budget.
No administrative / organizational culture for innovations.
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MOVED STRATEGY
…not the opposite
THE KEPs’ PARADOXES: AGAINST ALL ODDS
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The KEPs’ paradoxes: Islandness Focus on Diversity instead of unanimity
“Islandness” appears often as a form of Diversity:
Tailored made
policies for the
islands are
mostly
rejected due
to high costs.
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The KEPs’ paradoxes: Islandness Focus on Diversity instead of unanimity
The choice to launch
KEP on an island
has proved that it’s
worthy to invest in
diversity.
Insular policies are not expensive,
are environmental friendly,
promote solidarity (instead of
isolation), and
are glocal (connect local
societies with the rest of the
world).
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THEORY & PRACTICE
The design and the implementation of the project took place simultaneously. There was a constant interaction between theory and practice: The practice of the theory offered us more than the initial theory.
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KEP came into life
without the request of
any prior normative
action.
A GREEK MYTH: Lack of enforcement
TRUST vs
IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS
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THE HUMAN NETWORK The network was self-evolving (not pre-designed)
The word of mouth made the difference as no communication plan existed
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Citizen
Company Islander Minister
Scientist
Civil Servant
Design
Certificates
People
Passionate team (mixed political and technical)
THE INITIAL RATIONAL & IRRATIONAL DRIVES
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Facing the emerging difficulties as opportunities to improve the project. > The scout conference of Delphi and its positive echo
KEPs’ design was distinguishable and embedded to the island’s architectural character.
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Deep established – almost religious belief of the protagonists – that the operation could be successful.
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Accurate
knowledge of
the field:
-quality
movement,
- one-stop-
shop trends,
- simplification
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Patriotism and love for the island civilization motivated many locals to volunteer.
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Passionate and utterly in love with homeland and especially the islands.
