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He was born in Nicosia in 1986. He joined Future Worlds Center in June 2011 as an intern. He stayed there as an intern until the end of September and now he is an associate. | |||
He is an ambitious young man, a History-Archaeology graduate & a Diplomacy postgraduate with ten months experience as an administrative assistant and student advisor at Aristotle University, eight months experience as an Registration Officer at the Ministry of Finance of Cyprus and four months experience as an intern at the Future Worlds Center. | |||
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==Biography== <!-- Second Level Heading --> | ==Biography== <!-- Second Level Heading --> | ||
=== | ==Work Experience== | ||
===[[Cyprus Neuroscience and Technology Institute]]=== | |||
<u>Dates:</u> June 2011 - <br /><br /> | |||
<u>Main Activities and Responsibilities:</u> Working on various research projects such as [[From Local to Global]],[[Unit for Rehabilitation for Victims of Torture|URVT]],[[Cyberethics: Cyprus Safer Internet Center|CyberEthics]],[[Accessing Development Education]],[[TeachMDGs]]<br /><br /> | |||
'''Duties'''<br /> | |||
*Working in projects beside experienced legal advisors, lawyers and psychologists | |||
*Accessing clients’ files at the Refugee Reviewing Authority | |||
*Conducting Country of Origin Information Research for appeals to the Reviewing Authority | |||
*Administrative duties | |||
*Participating in seminars, workshops, meetings and committees | |||
*Organising multicultural events such as bi-communal festivals | |||
*Translating texts and documents from English to Greek and from Greek to English | |||
*Editing and drafting articles | |||
*Liaising with refugees, asylum seekers and foreign officials | |||
===Ministry of Finance: Statistical Service, Registration Department=== | |||
<u>Dates:</u> October 2011 - November 2011<br /><br /> | |||
<u>Main Activities and Responsibilities:</u>Enumerator of the Statistical Service<br /> | |||
'''Duties'''<br /> | |||
*Part of the Statistical Service of Ministry of Finance of Cyprus which conducted the 14th Census of Population in Cyprus as an enumerator | |||
*Recorded housing units, households and population permanently residing in the government controlled areas, either in households or institutions | |||
*Excellent knowledge of the method of data collection - Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) - with the use of netbooks and personal door to door interviews | |||
*Excellent knowledge of the Cyprus Blaise Integrated Census System (CY-BICS) - the whole management process of the questionnaires was done through that | |||
*Excellent knowledge of the Regulation 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses as well as the Statistics Law No. 15 (I) of 2000, which provides the legal basis for the collection and publication of official statistics in Cyprus | |||
*Excellent communication skills | |||
*Ensured that every single individual cooperated because their cooperation was essential for the census outcome and the provision of data was mandatory by law | |||
*Able to keep data and personal information strictly confidential | |||
====Ministry of Finance: Statistical Service, Registration Department==== | |||
<u>Dates:</u> October 2010 - March 2011<br /><br /> | |||
<u>Main Activities and Responsibilities:</u>Registration Officer<br /> | |||
'''Duties'''<br /> | |||
*Part of a team of 30 people investigated more than 3,000 tax evasion cases; this task involved field work and subsequent reporting through the implementation of specific methodology | |||
*Drafted letters to private individuals, organisations and government bodies on the issue of tax evasion. | |||
*Logistical support – maintained financial records and prepared monthly financial reports. | |||
*Maintained office records | |||
*Property Registration | |||
*Carried out an island-wide census and preparation of statistical records aroused from this census | |||
*Assisted in the production of research publications and presentations | |||
==Education== | |||
===University of Nottingham, September 2009 – September 2010=== | |||
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<li><strong>Degree:</strong> M.A. Diplomacy</li> | |||
<li><strong>Fields of study:</strong>Public International Law Evolution of Diplomacy Diplomacy: Theory and Practice Terrorism and Insurgencies | |||
Ethnic conflict and Conflict Resolution: Theories and Cases Europe and the Developing World | |||
</li> | |||
<li>Dissertation Topic: The EU and the Transformation of Border Conflicts: The case of Cyprus and the EU’s Impact on the Conflict. The dissertation argues that there is no direct causal effect of integration (or association) on border conflict transformation; such an effect, no matter how positive it is, is always mediated by local events and actors.</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
== | ===Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2005 - 2009=== | ||
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<li><strong>Degree:</strong> B.A. History and Archaeology</li> | |||
<li><strong>Fields of study:</strong>Ancient Greece History, Modern Era and Modern History, History of Education, Greek Literature,Roman Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology,English Literature,Theory and Methodology in History Social Organisation, Folklore and Social Anthropology, Christian and Byzantine Archaeology.</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
===Kykkos A’ Lyceum,(19/20) Nicosia, Cyprus, 2001 - 2004=== | |||
<ul> | |||
<li><strong>Degree:</strong>Secondary Education Certificate, Human and Social Sciences | |||
<li><strong>Fields of study:</strong> English Language and Literature, Modern Greek,Ancient Greek,History,Latin</li> | |||
</ul> | |||
==Workshops - Seminars == | |||
[[Category:Current interns]] | [[Category:Current interns]] | ||
[[Category:Participants 3rd Intern. SDDP School]] | [[Category:Participants 3rd Intern. SDDP School]] | ||
