Involvement into structural and soft projects’ development and implementation, Erasmus+ project evaluator at National Agency in Lithuania

Dimitris is a Director in VET Institutions since 2011. Before that he was an IT teacher in VET Schools and in Universities and as an Analyst Programmer in Banking & Telecoms Industry. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from Cardiff University – UK, an MSc in Systems Engineering from the same University and an MBA from Athens University of Economics & Business as well as an MEd in Adult Education from Hellenic Open University. He is also a PhD candidate from University of West Attica from the Department of Business Administration with expertise in Elearning & Learning Design for VET.

Experienced EU project manager in VET, social inclusion and employment. Degree in adult education and lifelong learning and certified trainer. Experienced in facilitating group processes and guiding projects aimed at creating impact and ensuring sustainability.

Experienced programme and project manager in VET, social inclusion and employment. Field experience as expert, evaluator and manager in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Subsaharan Africa, Caribbean, Eastern and candidate countries. 

With a degree in Philosophy, she has extensive experience in Cohesion Policies funded by ESI Funds, participating in multi-level governance and serving on Monitoring Committees for 2021-2027 National Programs. She contributes to the National Evaluation System of Cohesion Policies and has significant expertise in evaluative research on vocational education, labor market policies, and community welfare. She has worked on innovative policies for children and adolescents, focusing on preventing early school leaving, educational poverty, and child labor in vulnerable areas. She has been a member of the Cedefop Board of Management and the EC Advisory Committee on Vocational Training, and served as Italy’s Community expert on Apprenticeship for Cedefop.

MSc in Chemical Engineering, MSc in Information Systems, Post Graduate Diploma in Education for Sustainable Development, BSc in Social and Educational Policies. She has been working in European projects since 1999 and she is an expert in education policies, quality in education, curriculum design and innovation in education. She is a certified adult trainer and an instructor in professional development courses. She has co-ordinated experts teams in research/ development and technical assistance projects. Country leader in two CoVEs SECOVE and INVESTECH project, coordinating the national teams and supporting the establishment of national CoVEs.

His responsibility covers one of the biggest research units at private Universities in Germany. At the same time he is Head of FHM Institute Center for Sustainable Governance and the National Center for Bureaucratic Cost Reduction

Dr. Richard Parkes is a VET and lifelong learning expert with over 30 years of experience, having led 300+ EU-funded learning programs since the 1990s. HI is the director and founder of Rinova, and he holds a PhD in Social Sciences (Entrepreneurship), a Master’s in Research and Evaluation, and a joint honours degree in Education and Music. He is highly experienced in Quality Assurance in VET, being a qualified verifier and assessor for Vocational Qualifications. He has worked on several QA in VET projects at EU level involving EQAVET including QSE-VET (KA3), Quality Culture, Sectoral EQAVET, EQAVET in Practice , also NCQA quality assurance through provider collaboration – and most recently in NEARVET and Microcredentials in VET (both Forward Looking projects). He has occasionally acted as an appointed Expert in the past with the EACEA since 2003