Kallikratis reform

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The Kallikratis reform was a major 2011 administrative reorganization in Greece that significantly reduced the number of municipalities and restructured regional governance to improve efficiency and decentralization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative reform
local government reform
abolished prefectural self-governments
aimedAt administrative efficiency
cost reduction in local government
decentralization
strengthening local self-government
alsoKnownAs Kallikratis reform
surface form: Kallikratis Programme
appliesTo first-level local authorities
second-level local authorities
appliesToTerritory Greece
associatedWith public sector rationalization in Greece
country Greece
countryLegalSystem Greek law
created decentralized administrations
new municipalities
regions as second-level self-governing authorities
field local government
public administration
governedBy Ministry of the Interior of Greece
GreekName Πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης
hasEffectOn distribution of competences between central and local government
local elections in Greece
implementedInYear 2011
implementedThrough mergers of municipalities
redrawing of administrative boundaries
introduced directly elected mayors with longer terms
regional governors elected by popular vote
introducedBy Government of Greece
introducedUnderPrimeMinister Georgios Papandreou
surface form: George Papandreou
languageOfName Greek
legalBasis Law 3852/2010
legislativeBody Hellenic Parliament
locatedInTime European sovereign debt crisis era
namedAfter Callicrates
surface form: Kallikrates
partOf Greek administrative reform process
predecessor Kapodistrias reform
reducedNumberOf municipalities
regulates competences of municipalities
competences of regions
reorganized municipalities of Greece
prefectures of Greece
regional units of Greece
regions of Greece
replaced Kapodistrias administrative structure
scope national
startTime 2011
timePeriod 21st century

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Thasos regional unit createdBy Kallikratis reform
Cyclades regional unit establishedBy Kallikratis reform
Syros-Ermoupoli municipality formedBy Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis administrative reform
Farkadona hasLocalGovernmentReform Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis reform of 2011
Kileler municipality formationLaw Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis reform law
Tyrnavos hasLocalGovernmentReform Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis reform (2011)
Kileler hasLocalGovernmentReform Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis reform 2011
Larissa prefecture abolishedBy Kallikratis reform
Imathia regional unit reformedBy Kallikratis reform
Mouzaki administrativeReform Kallikratis reform
Milos regional unit createdBy Kallikratis reform
Pella Prefecture abolishedByReform Kallikratis reform
Georgios Karaiskakis municipality formedBy Kallikratis reform
Georgios Karaiskakis municipality governingLaw Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis Plan
Preveza Prefecture dissolvedBy Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis administrative reform
Rhodes regional unit createdBy Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis administrative reform
Agios Vasileios municipality formedBy Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: 2011 Kallikratis local government reform
Laconia regional unit administrativeReform Kallikratis reform
Filiates governingLaw Kallikratis reform
this entity surface form: Kallikratis reform law