Land register to offer chance for more hirings

Greece may still not have a proper land register, but it is about to obtain a new and oversized public corporation to fulfill that role: the Hellenic Cadaster (OEKT), a body designed to replace the existing National Cadaster and Mapping Agency SA (EKXA, or simply Ktimatologio).

There are two major differences between the old and the new agencies: The new one will be a state entity, as opposed to Ktimatologio, which is a private company, taking away some of the flexibility in governance and organization the land registry currently enjoys. The other difference is that the new company will have three times as many staff as the existing one. The bill, which is set to be put forward for public consultation, provides for 1,017 jobs, against 368 jobs today at Ktimatologio.

This expansion of staff numbers will entail an increase in administrative organization and in offices...