ECONOMY

The municipalities' Strategic Planning is Phase I of the Four-Year Operational Program, the preparation of which is provided for in article 266 of Law 3852/2010 (Kallikratis)[1] as amended and in force. The purpose of the four-year operational programs of the OTAs[2] first degree is the promotion of the implementation of the institutionalized spatial planning and the monitoring of the implementation of the development planning at the local level, as well as the contribution to the feedback and adaptation of the planning, in the context of the existing conditions.

The Four-Year operational programs have a single structure and composition, which governs all the administrative and geographical sub-units of the municipality and include:

(a) Strategic options,

(b) Operational plan and

(c) Monitoring and evaluation indicators.

For their preparation, the directions of development planning at national and regional level, the macro-regional and inter-regional strategy, the priorities arising from institutionalized financial instruments, as well as other general or special development programs, policies and strategies that affect the structure are necessarily taken into account and development of the municipality space.

The operational program of the municipalities is the tool for their daily operation and the exercise of their development role. It is the basic tool for planning, local and internal development actions of the municipality. The drafting process involves, with an essential role, the services and institutions of the municipalities.

In the context of the implementation of the above legislation, the municipality of Palaio Faliro completed the preparation and approval of the strategic planning 2019-2023 by receiving it with no. 74/24.06.2021 of the municipal council's decision[3].

Strategic planning, as mentioned above, constitutes phase i of the operational program, that is to say, the contents of the op are: introductory chapter, strategic planning, operational planning-financial planning-monitoring & evaluation indicators.

The Strategic Planning (Phase 1 OP) includes:

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION – EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT SITUATION

• The general image of the municipality area and the municipality as an organization.
• The area of ​​the municipality and the vertical services in the thematic area "environment and quality of life".
• The area of ​​the municipality and the vertical services in the thematic area "social policy, health, education, culture and sports".
• The area of ​​the municipality and the vertical services in the thematic area "local economy and employment".
• The organizational chart, the internal environment of the municipality and the horizontal services.

DETERMINATION OF THE STRATEGY OF THE MUNICIPALITY

• The vision and principles of the municipality
• The municipality's strategy
• The axes, measures & objectives of the strategic plan

The above process identifies the main strategic concerns and issues and formulates the appropriate strategic options that will ensure the successful approach of the above strategic concerns.

the objective of strategic planning is to define and implement the municipality's strategy in the form of action plans & initiatives/activities and to make decisions about the allocation of resources, including capital and people, to continue this strategy in fulfilling its mission and in the realization of the vision based on the values ​​of the municipality, through the achievement of the S.M.A.R.T. goals.

This initiative, in addition to fulfilling the institutional obligation, aims to publicize the priorities of the municipal authority and the Vision for the current municipal period 2019-2023 with the definition of values ​​& policies and the definition of goals, actions & actions per sector, in self-organization, improvement of the services provided, greater efficiency through the participation and synergy of all involved.

[1] The Kallikratis Programme is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010, a major administrative reform in Greece. It brought about the second major reform of the country's administrative divisions following the 1997 Kapodistrias reform.

[2] OTAs is the Greek version of Municipalities.

[3] Decision # Online Post Number: ΩΣΛ3ΩΞΕ-Ο9Ξ.

Strategic planning is aimed at the general public given that it includes elements that can be used and exploited by everyone. As defined by law, it is the planning tool, local and internal development actions of the municipality. The formation of the strategy includes the strategic choices of the municipality for 4 years, which are made known to everyone because it concerns everyone. The recipients of this plan are everyone (citizens, businesses, associations, organizations, school community, etc.). First of all, by all means, the citizens and residents of the municipality, but also any interested or involved person who benefits or is affected by the strategic choices of the municipality.

The Strategic Planning concerns the years 2019-2023 (duration of the municipal term). The procedures for its preparation began in 2019, after the assumption of duties of the new municipal authority (1/9/2019), and were completed in the summer of 2021, where the relevant decision of the municipal council was taken. It is pointed out that there is no organic Planning unit with responsibility for the care and supervision of the preparation of the S.S. Consequently, the members of the Working Group, in addition to their duties deriving from their position, had to additionally deal with the subject in question.