What we can help with
The Greek Ombudsman mediates in cases of financial activity and administrative procedures in the following areas:
- Local government
- Public Utilities
- Rural policy (agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries)
- Basic and advanced vocational training
- Work and employment
- Transport and postal services
- Public procurement and public contracts
- Hiring procedures in the public sector including education (falling outside the scope of the Supreme Council for Civil Personnel Selection)
- Taxation and customs
- Pre-contractual, contractual and non-contractual state liability, expropriation
- Organization and operation of public administration
The Greek Ombudsman investigates cases of maladministration and violation of rights, such as low quality of services, inadequate information, poor communication and unsatisfactory services, problems of organization and implementation of administrative procedures. A large number of complaints regards non-response or delayed response to citizens’ requests and incomplete or inadequate justification of administrative acts.
