The annual planning recruitment Regular staff today approved (30.9.25) the Cabinetfollowing the presentation of the Minister of the Interior, Thodoris Lebanese and the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Vivi Charalambogiannis,
Specifically, the Council of Ministers also set the maximum permissible number of private law recruitment/leasing in the public sector for the year 2026, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Human Resources Public Sector. For 2026, a total of 19,489 recruitment of regular staff and staff were approved.
According to government priorities, the distribution mainly focuses on the areas:
- Health: Strengthening the National Health System with 5,228 posts, including 5,000 medical, nursing and other staff in all health structures of the Ministry of Health.
- National Defense: Approval of the total request of productive schools (1,517). In addition, strengthening of Nimits and equity funds, as well as teaching research staff (ADHD) HEIs.
- Local Government: Increase last year’s distribution and the strongest aid of the period from 2020 onwards. Ensure to meet needs for bodies based in affected areas, as well as for smaller municipalities. Emphasis on specialized staff e.g. Critical Services Engineers in Technical Services and in Personal Services e.g. cleanliness. The full request (61) for veterinary / veterinarian assistants and reinforcement in the positions of Agriculture / Livestock and Agricultural Livestock Technicians (farming, farming, agricultural, drivers – agricultural machinery, etc.). In addition, 51 posts of public health supervisors (almost all of the request for this sectority) and further strengthening the Municipal Police.
- Climate crisis: Strengthening the Fire Brigade continues. The full request of the Production Schools (330), as well as for the first time approval of the General Duties Fire Brigade (605), as well as 91 positions of specialized staff such as aircraft / helicopter operators, aircraft – helicopter technicians, pilots, information and communications.
- Citizen Protection: 950 in Production Schools (Tested Police Officers and Officers) and 626 Special Guards. In addition, increasing storage and external guard positions in local detention facilities to 229.
- Education: 450 faculty members and further enhancement of higher education institutions, especially University Hospitals (Aretaio and Aegean), as well as the Central Service and the Regional Directorates and the Ministry’s supervised bodies.
- Infrastructure and Transfers: Strengthening OSY SA Road Transport with 150 new hires, of fixed transport SA With 177 recruitments, of the CAA with 172 recruitments, 103 recruitments to support other transport bodies and services (Hellenic Metro SA, Crete Development Organization, Thessaloniki Transport Agency SA, Athens Urban Transport Organization SA, etc.).
- Justice: 130 judicial officers and more of them, 45 recruitment to the Judicial Police, reinforce the CoE with 50 recruitments and 375 judicial officers – mainly secretaries of courts – to support the faster operation of courts. Additional reinforcement of the central service with 40 recruitments. Total 640 new hires.
- Audit mechanisms: Strengthening AADE with 700 recruitments, of which 364 tax recruitment, 201 customs, 118 Informatics and 17 budgetary, etc. Supportive sectoral, as well as the labor inspection with over 40 posts.
- Social Cohesion and Family: Strengthening the Ministry’s structures with 315 recruitments, 269 of which are distributed to the social welfare centers and the Evritania Chronic Disease Center and the rest of the Deaf National Foundation and the National Center for Social Research, the Education and the Rehabilitation Center. bodies.
- Acceleration of recruitment procedures throughout the State: Strengthening ASEP with 30 recruitment.
It is noted that the planning of 19,489 recruitment in the State for 2026 is a continuation of 122,203 recruitments approved for the years 2020 to 2025 and therefore a total of 141,692 for the total of six years.
Of the 141,692 approved recruitment, 28 % concern education, 18 % concern health, 13 % concern defense, 12 % concern local government, 7 % concern citizen protection.
It is noteworthy that during today’s meeting of the Council of Ministers, the distribution of a circle of reward of civil servants 2025 was approved. The reward and incentive system for civil servants It is based on the achievement of strategic goals, which have been set for the priorities of the government project, and for the first time potential beneficiaries are also employees outside the Central Ministries, such as local authorities.
In addition, the amount allocated to potential beneficiaries from the incentive system amounts to EUR 40 million, that is, it has doubled compared to last year, and may be up to 15% of the employee’s earnings, reaching, in some cases, a salary of salary.
In addition, the number of implementation bodies who are potentially beneficiaries under the proposals of ministers and the heads of the Independent Authorities is 406 (of which 281 are municipalities), while the initially estimated number of employees who are potentially beneficiaries is approximately 25,000.
Public Policy Areas covering the projects proposed for rewarded projects:
- Strengthening the NHS – Preventive Medicine.
- New and modern infrastructure.
- Effective forest protection.
- Shielding the country’s defense.
- Public order and security.
- Natural disasters – the state next to the citizen.
- Strengthening Forensic Services – Reformation of a judicial system.
- Social cohesion and rights protection.
- Effective migration flow management.
- Promotion of employment and work.
- Rural Development: Change of example.
- Promotion of investment.
- Consumer protection.
- Effective, digital and transparent public administration & government.
- Digital reforms for the citizen.
- Simplification of the citizenship acquisition process.
- Addressing environmental challenges.
- Reforming an educational map.
- Promotion of tourism.
- High added value cultural activities.
- Sport enhancement.
- Strengthening island.
- Road safety.
- Promoting research and new technologies.