HOW DID THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN GREECE AFFECTED THE STEPS IN APPLYING E-GOVERNMENT AT THE FIRST DEGREE SELF GOVERNMENT OF GREECE

摘要

Greece, in the frame of appliance of e-Government, the last years has made significant steps which have changed the way its public services work and especially the local self government, which is represented by municipalities. Many countries, not only in the European Union but also throughout the world, are adopting decentralization reforms in order to empower local communities. In Greece specially, the economic crisis that started from 2009, gave one extra motivation to use decentralization to make local self government more efficient. Decentralization is the process of transferring authority, responsibility and accountability from central to local governments. To accomplish this, Greek government applied the Law 3852 ?Kallikratis plan?, instituted in 2010, reforming the local self administration and its duties. The purpose of this paper is to present the consequences of this change to the e-government steps that were done before ?Kallikratis plan?.