Yolanda Ziaka

01/04/2006 till today, April 2020

South Aegean Region

detached to the South Aegean Regional Development Fund, Greece

(public administration)

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- 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.

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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.