Author name: Mary Psilou

On Thursday, March 21, 2024, the annual conference of the Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (STEK) was held under the theme “Tourism: New Data Require a More Competitive Model” in the presence of the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Kostas Koumi, ambassadors, government officials, entrepreneurs, and professionals from the hotel and broader tourism industry of Cyprus

The 2-day (March 12th & 13th 2024) meeting has been kicked off by the project coordinator Sorin Cheval, who provided an overview of the project and its aims and laid the ground for the partners collaboCaration in the coming years. The opening slot also featured presentations by the mayor of Brasov Allen Coliban, the CEO

On Wednesday, March 13, Prof. Koundouri had the pleasure to address at the event focused on “ESG: Guide to a New Business Ecosystem or Just Another Trend in Business Management?” which was organized by the Executive MBA, AUEB program, in collaboration with OTE Group of Companies (HTO) and Nestlé. During her presentation, she highlighted the

On March 6th and 7th, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Future Dahlem Workshop titled “Accelerating Open Science in EOSC: Collaborative Interfaces between Scientific Domains and Disciplines” took place in Barcelona, aimed to foster collaboration among EOSC Future Science Projects, Science Clusters, and Research Infrastructures. During her keynote speech, Prof. Koundouri focused on sustainability science,

On March 4th and 5th, the Workshop on the Summit of the Future of the “Program on Fraternal Economy of Integral & Sustainable Development” took place at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City. This gathering served as a precursor to the Summit of the Future, with a specific focus on ethical principles and

On Monday 4th of March 2024, Athens University of Economics and Business, Creative Thinking Development, and Sporos Circular Solutions, organized a CATALYST Meeting with the title: “Greece National Centre of Vocational Excellence: A central hub and catalyst for Greece’s sustainable business transformation”, that was held in EYDAP premises. EYDAP, a CATALYST associate partner, is the

On Tuesday, March 4th, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri participated at the 5th General Assembly of the European Climate Research Alliance ECRA, which focused on “A Changing Climate: Our Shared Responsibility for a Resilient and Sustainable Future” alongside distinguished experts, and explored crucial topics such as defining what constitutes a “safe” environment, strategies for emission reduction, taking

On Thursday, February 29, Prof. Phoebe Koundouri, in her role as an EU Climate Pact Ambassador, participated in a capacity-building session titled “Empowering Climate Pact Ambassadors for Driving Social Change,” organized by INZEB, Country Coordinator for Greece for the EU Climate Pact. Alongside other EU Climate Pact Ambassadors, the session aimed to equip local authorities

AUEB team welcomed the Black Sea BRIDGE-BS partners for a 2.5 day training workshop in Athens, co-organised with the SU Stockholm Resilience Center, aimed at providing background knowledge on Resilience and Sustainability Transformation to participants but also involved Pilot Site leaders in dedicated workshops on WP3 Resilience activity, WP4 scenarios design and train the Living

On Friday, February 5th, the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) organized and hosted an exclusive seminar focusing on analyzing the outcomes of COP28. During the event, Prof. Koundouri presented and discussed the policy brief titled “The Green Transformation of Europe: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward,” which she co-authored with Dr. Konstantinos