Economist,
PhD in Environmental Education, Visual artist
Yolanda Ziaka
Address: P.O. Box 4
Syros - Ermoupolis, GR-84100 Greece
E-mail: yolandaziaka@gmail.com
Professional info
Currently working for a regional public authority, the "South Aegean Region", in Greece,
as Head of the Department of Scientific and Technical project management in the "South Aegean Regional Development Fund".
Work experience
01/04/2006 till today, April 2020
South Aegean Region
detached to the South Aegean Regional Development Fund, Greece
(public administration)
- Head of the Department of Scientific and Technical project management;
- Coordination, management, financial follow up, planning and organising of activities for projects co-financed by various European Union programmes (i.e. EQUAL, INTERREG, etc.);
- Financial management of projects under the “South Aegean Regional Operational Programme” co-financed by the European Union Structural Funds.
01/11/2001 - 31/03/2006
South Aegean Regional Development Fund, Greece
(public administration)
- Associate to the President of South Aegean Region in Greece, as Responsible for Region’s International Relations and as Coordinator for the implementation of European projects;
- Coordination, management, financial follow up, planning and organising of activities for projects co-financed by various European Union programmes (i.e. EQUAL, INTERREG, etc.);
- Financial management of projects under the “South Aegean Regional Operational Programme” co-financed by the European Union Structural Funds.
24/02/1998 - 31/10/2001
Management Organisation Unit S.A. & South Aegean Region, Greece
(public administration)
- Management of infrastructure projects under the “South Aegean Regional Operational Programme 1994-1998” (Greece), co-financed by the European Union Structural Funds;
- Responsible for the Communication actions on the Programme, under the European Union’s legislative framework on communication;
- Participation in organising public consultation events to define regional development priorities and in the writing of the “Regional Development Plan” for the period 2000-2006.
27/05/1993 - 31/12/1997
Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer, France
(non governmental organisation)
Planning and implementation of environmental education and awareness raising international projects. Among others: Coordinating the participation of educators in the annual conference on the Environment of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in 1994, setting up and coordination of an international network of educators, development and management of international projects in Environmental Education (EE) supported by the EU (programmes SOCRATES, etc.), development of communication tools on environmental issues (articles for the general public, study reports, brochures, etc.), editing a newsletter on EE in two languages distributed in 60 countries (selection and adaptation of articles of authors from these countries in view of their editing), organization of communication and education events related to environmental issues.
Education
Languages
Greek (mother tongue)
French (proficient user)
English (proficient user)
International activities
- Coordinator of the 'Environmental Education' working group of the 'Ethics and Responsibility' international Forum
- Member of the board of directors of the FICEMEA (International Federation of Training Centres for the Promotion of Progressive Education), an organisation in operational terms with the UNESCO and the Council of Europe
- Included in the list of evaluators of the French Agency for the financing of mobilities and projects under the EU Erasmus+ programme
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the World Environmental Education Congress (since 2007)
Links
2010 - present
2010 - present
Université Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne, France
2007-2012
Masters degree ("Diplôme National de Master I") in Plastic Arts and Art Sciences.
Université Paris VII, France
1989 - 1995
PhD (“Doctorat”) in Didactics of Disciplines and Environmental Education
PhD thesis on the theme: "Environmental Education for adults through the media: didactic aspects in the case of the written press"
Université Paris VII, France
1988 - 1989
Masters Degree (“Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies”) in Didactics of Disciplines and Environmental Education
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
1982 - 1987
University degree (“Ptychio”) in Economics