
At 11:00 today, the Council of Ministers is expected to meet under the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, via teleconference.
The agenda includes the evaluation of civil servants and the bill for employment agency OAED.
The issues that will occupy the meeting of the Council of Ministers are:
Presentation by the Minister of Interior, Makis Voridis, of the bill “Performance Evaluation – Target – Common Framework for the Evaluation of Civil Servants”.
Presentation by the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Kostis Hatzidakis, of the bill for the training, skills and modernization of the Labor Employment Organization (OAED).
Presentation by the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Spilios Livanos, of the bill “Institutional framework for agricultural products and food with Protected Designations of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and the Guaranteed Traditional Products (Guaranteed Traditional Products) auditing bodies and audits “.
Presentation by the Minister of State, George Gerapetritis, on the evaluation of the legislative work of the government and the implementation of the principles of good legislation.
Presentation by the Ministers of State, George Gerapetritis and Akis Skercos, for the approval of the Consolidated Government Policy Plan 2022.
Presentation by the Minister of Finance, Christos Staikouras and the Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Karamanlis and the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment, Nikos Papathanasis, for the inclusion of compulsory expropriation projects economy of the country, in the process of article 7A of the Code of Compulsory Expropriation of Real Estate.


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