How E-gov in Greece Affects Life-long Learning for Public Servants, Working on Technical Field

Dimitrios Goulas,Efthymios Valkanos,Kassiani Droulia

doi:10.13189/ujer.2016.040812

Abstract

Engineers that work as civil servants cover a wide range of competences, administrative and scientific, which implies that they deal with many difficulties in the exercise of their duties as executives. Electronic government (e-gov), through the use of new Technologies of Information and Communications (ICT) at public technical services, has changed the procedures and the daily operation of public services. These changes create new needs but also new prospects in education/training of public services' executives. In this research, authors made a case study, examining the case of the municipality of Patras, one of the bigger municipalities of Greece. They used the method of review and the quantitative methodological approach. Their objectives concentrated on recording the aspects of Engineers working as Public Employees, regarding new needs, possibilities and choices of training in the frames of e-gov and comparing their opinions with their appositeness and their role in the organization they serve.

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IntroductionEngineers that work as civil servants undertake the transaction of specialized and exigent work (studies, supervision and control of projects, control and approval of private sector studies, supervision of manufacturing of Public Sector and control of manufacturing of private projects) , through a strict legislative frame
Engineers that work as civil servants undertake the transaction of specialized and exigent work, through a strict legislative frame
E-gov, according the definition of European Union [1], is defined as the use of information and communication technologies in public administrations combined with organisational change and new skills, in order to improve public services and democratic processes and to strengthen support to public policies

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Engineers that work as civil servants undertake the transaction of specialized and exigent work (studies, supervision and control of projects, control and approval of private sector studies, supervision of manufacturing of Public Sector and control of manufacturing of private projects) , through a strict legislative frame. They face a lot of problems in the exercise of their duties as administrative and scientific executives, charged with the production and the supervision of technical projects. The incorporation of new technologies in administrative processes and the appliance of e-gov create a new working frame for Public Employees, especially the engineers. E-gov, according the definition of European Union [1], is defined as the use of information and communication technologies in public administrations combined with organisational change and new skills, in order to improve public services and democratic processes and to strengthen support to public policies

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