Evangelos Tountas

Experience

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  Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Trainee

  Interning at the diplomatic office of the deputy minister, who was responsible for the economic relations of Greece. I took part in the composition of country reports. Then, I worked in the department of public relations of the deputy minister where I was helping in the composition of the progress reports for the Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans (PERB).

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  International Olympic Committee / Organising Committee for the Olympic Games ATHENS 2004 S.A.

  May 2004 - Oct 2004

  Supervisor

  Team-leading under the venue manager

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  Institute of Strategic and Development Studies (ISTAME)

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Junior Researcher

  My basic research topic was the political and economic developments in the Balkan states.Monitoring of Balkan and European «think tanks», institutes and electronic media.

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  UNIDO

  Sept 2006 - Feb 2007

  Trainee

  - Responsible for the composition of country reports by providing information about the economic, political, social and legal conditions and the investment climate in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa).- Conducted political analysis on reports.- Supported informational events regarding the target countries.

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  Hellenic Navy

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Military Service

  - Officer at the General Inspection of Hellenic Navy.

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  Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

  Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

  Research And Teaching Assistant

  - Lectured International Political Economy for graduate students. - Lectured economic diplomacy and applied geopolitical analysis for post graduate students.- Monitored and evaluated Greek Economic Diplomacy in International Economic Organizations.

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  European Parliament

  Feb 2013 - Jul 2014

  Accredited Parliamentary Assistant

  - Accredited political adviser to MEP Maria – Eleni Koppa, (S&D Group Coordinator in SEDE Committee). - Analysed and advised on the work of the International Trade (INTA) and Foreign Affairs (AFET) Committees and Security and Defence (SEDE) and Human Rights (DROI) Sub-Committees and the European Parliament delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) (Ms Koppa was the Vice - President).- Performed secretarial duties, such as managing the politician's diary, making travel arrangements and taking minutes at meetings and undertook all administrative duties, such as filing, ordering stationery, responding to correspondence, updating databases and carrying out research into local, regional, national and international issues as required, and ensured the politician was made aware of any relevant matters.- Handled among others the Report on “The implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy” (Rapporteur Maria – Eleni Koppa) (November 2013) with reference to the European Council on CSDP in December 2013 and attended all the discussions and seminars over the “ Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) " and "EU - Canada Trade Aggrement (CETA)“. Show less

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  Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2018

  Research Fellow

  - Overviewed and assessed Greek strategy in shaping Greek economic diplomacy, with particular emphasis on the implementation of multilateral diplomacy in international financial institutions.- Gained skills in research project management (managed projects from beginning to end, identified goals and tasks to be accomplished, set a realistic timeline for completion and maintained flexibility in the face of changing circumstances) and data analysis (able to sift through the overwhelming volume of data available to organizations and businesses, correctly interpret its implications and use the right statistical data analysis tools).- Acquired knowledge of research methodologies.- Participated in the course "Policies of International Financial Organizations", of the 6th semester of the Department of International, European and Area Studies of the Panteion University. Title: "The development and implementation of the Greek economic diplomacy through the international financial organizations".- Presentation in the "Susan Strange" Seminar in the field of International Political Economy of the Department of International and European Studies. Show less

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  European Commission

  Jan 2019 - now

  Policy and Legal Officer

  - Develop, co-ordinate and monitor policies and related development projects and activities coherent with the overall Commission policy for the implementation of the SES.- Coordinator of the Industry Consultation Body (ICB), Platform for National Supervisory Authorities (NCP) and the Expert Group on the Human Dimension (EGHD) of the SES.