About me - CV

Biographical Summary – Georgios Antoniou EMMANOUIL

Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Policy Officer, EUSAIR / Southeast Europe Team, DG REGIO
European Commission (2022–2025).
Director General, Ministry of Interior (Macedonia & Thrace), Greece (2018–2022)
Co-founder and Coordinator of the Balkan Forum.
Head of the Managing Authority of EU Territorial Cooperation Programmes (INTERREG), Greece (2011–2015).
Member of Monitoring Committees of: Balkan–Mediterranean, EuroMed, ENI/Next Med, Black Sea, Interreg Europe.
Special Scientific Personnel, Region of Thessaly & Management Organisation Unit (MOD) (1998–2011).
Head of the Managing Authority of the Thessaly Regional Operational Programme
Representative to the European PDO/PGI Network AREPO
and the Mediterranean Diet Working Group (2016–2018).
Export & Marketing Manager, Union of Agricultural Cooperatives Larissa–Tyrnavos–Agia
& dairy industry Olympus (1990–1997).

BSc in Economics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 1982.
Teaching Certificate, SELETE – School of Technological and Pedagogical Education 1998.
MSc in Agricultural Economics and International Trade, University of London 1995 — scholarship awarded.
MA Course: European Integration in Eastern & Southeastern Europe 2019, University of Macedonia.
Author of the book: “European Programmes and Policies for Rural and Regional Development” (Papazisis Publications, 2004)
and Articles published in Greek and international media.
Languages: English (C2), French (B1), Greek (native).

Member, Central Student Council, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1978-1981.
Vice-President, Board of Directors — Hellenic Agricultural Research Institute & Thessalian INKA Consumer Institute 1997-2002.
Member, Greek & European Social Forum and Coordinating Committee of Thessaly Network against GMOs 2002-2006.
Vice-President, Panhellenic Association of Special Scientific Personnel 2009-2014.
Coordinator, National Committee for Feta PDO & Greek PDO/PGI products 1999-2002 and member 2016-18.
Member, Friends of Nature; representative to the Seattle to Brussels Network 2016-2018 and since 2026 to the International Peace Bureau.
Founding Member and Vice-President, Hellenic European Federalists 2020-2022; Member of the Coordinating Committee, European Federalists – Brussels 2023-2025.