About Me
I was born in Egion (Greece) in 1978. I am married to Alexandra Papanastasopoulou (PhD candidate in Political Sciences at Panteion University of Athens) and have one son. We live in Papagos (Athens/Greece).
I am working as Returns Coordinator at Ministry of Migration & Asylum (Asylum Service) in Greece. I hold a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics (University of Athens) and two Master Degrees: MSc in Management and Economics of Telecommunication Networks (University of Athens) and MSc in Public Policy and Public Management (Athens University of Economics and Business). Now I am PhD candidate in Project Management and Technoeconomics (Harokopio University of Athens).
Date of Birth: 29/12/1978
Married to Alexandra Papanastasopoulou, 1 Child
Lives in Papagos, Attica, Greece
E-mail:
e-mail <at> theofanispapadopoulos.eu
Working experience
• Returns Coordinator
Ministry of Migration & Asylum, Asylum Service, 21/2/2020 – now
• Researcher in Management & Economic Analysis of Projects in Public Sector
Ministry of Migration & Asylum, Asylum Service, Seconded to Harokopio University, 1/2/2018 – 16/2/2020
• Head of Programmes Management & Implementation Department
Ministry of Migration & Asylum, Asylum Service, 21/9/2015 – 31/1/2018
• EU & EEA Funding Programmes Manager & Public Procurement Officer
Ministry of Migration & Asylum, Asylum Service, 5/3/2013 – 21/9/2015
• Accounting & Procurement Officer
Municipality of Papagos – Holargos, 1/9/2009 – 4/3/2013
• Financial Manager
Journalists’ Insurance Fund, 3/4/2006 – 31/8/2009
Education
• PhD candidate in Management & Economic Analysis of Projects in Public Sector
Harokopio University of Athens, 2017 – Now
• Master in Public Policy & Public Management
Athens University of Economics and Business
Thesis: “Efficient Management of funding programmes for the implementation of European Asylum Policy”
• Master in Management & Economics of Telecommunication Networks
University of Athens
Thesis: “Administrative Reform and e-Governance. Cloud Computing in Public Administration and Local Government”
• Bachelor of Business Administration
Athens University of Economics and Business, to be completed in 2021
• Bachelor of Mathematical Sciences – Applied Mathematics
University of Athens
Positions of Responsibility
• Board Member, Municipality of Papagos-Holargos, Culture, Sports & Env. Org., 17/9/2014 – 22/3/2017
• Deputy Board Member, Mun. of Papagos-Holargos, Culture, Sports & Env. Org., 17/7/2017 – Now
• Deputy Board Member, “Gennimatas” General Hospital of Athens, 20/2/2014 – 13/9/2016
• Board Member, University of Athens, Mathematics Department, 2000 – 2002
• General Assembly Member, University of Athens, Mathematics Department, 1998 – 2002
• Deanship Council Member, University of Athens, School of Sciences, 1999 – 2000
- Head of Project’s Coordinator Department (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service, Beneficiaries: Hellenic Police, Meta-action NGO), “Ensuring and enhancing access to a fair and efficient Asylum Process in Greece (HOME/2017/AMIF/AG/EMAS/0057)”, 12/2017 – 1/2018
EU Funds (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Emergency Assistance 100 % / 0 %), 7.250.527,92 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority & Project’s Coordinator Department, (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service), “Enhancement of the Asylum Process (5004578)”, 8/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %), 13.074.008,00 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority & Project’s Coordinator Department, (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service), “Facilitate access to applicants for international protection and enhance the operational capacity of the Asylum Service (5004039)”, 8/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %), 877.140,00 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority, (Coordinator: Hellenic Police), “Clearance of the pending cases under the previous asylum system (5003616)”, 8/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %), 2.260.000,00 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority & Project’s Coordinator Department, (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service), “Provision of legal aid and representation (5007117)”, 7/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %), 2.581.177,60 € - Head of Project’s Coordinator Department (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service, Beneficiary: Hellenic Police), “Ensuring a fair and efficient Asylum Process, including in the context of the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement (HOME/2016/AMIF/AG/EMAS/0039)”, 6/2016 – 12/2017
EU Funds (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Emergency Assistance 100 % / 0 %), 2.112.309,00 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority, (Delegated Authority: Greek Asylum Service), “Technical Assistance of Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund (5003958)”, 3/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %) 1.000.00,00 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority & Project’s Coordinator Department, (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service), “Asylum Sector of Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (5006599)”, 2/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %), 6.828.972,40 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority & Project’s Coordinator Department, (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service, Beneficiary: Harokopio University of Athens), “Mobile Application for Asylum Seekers (5006689)”, 2/2016 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 75 % / 25 %), 35.000,00 € - Head of Managing (Delegated) Authority & Project’s Coordinator Department, (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service, Beneficiary: IOM), “Relocation Programme for applicants of international protection to other EU member states, in compliance with the Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601 on establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection (5008029)”, 12/2015 – 1/2018
EU Funds, (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Nat. Prog. 100 % / 0 %), 31.765.500,00 € - Head of Project’s Beneficiary Department (Coordinator: IOM, Beneficiary: Greek Asylum Service), “The Relocation programme form Greece to other EU Member States for asylum seekers in clear need of international protection (HOME/2015/AMIF/AG/EMAS/0026)”, 12/2015 – 12/2017
EU Funds (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Emergency Assistance 100 % / 0 %), 2.833.323,56 € - Head of Project’s Coordinator Department (Coordinator: Greek Asylum Service, Beneficiary: Meta-action NGO), “Emergency Assistance for the deployment of Asylum Units implementing fast track examination of the claims for international protection submitted by Syrian nationals in Greece (HOME/2014/AMIF/AG/EMAS/08/GR)”, 5/2015 – 7/2016
EU Funds (Asylum, Migration & Integration Fund – Emergency Assistance 100 % / 0 %), 1.181.447,89 € - Head of Project’s Implementation Department, “Assistance to Asylum Service”, 5/2014 – 4/2017
EEA Grants (85 % / 15 %), 7.575.090,00 €
- New techniques for the evaluation of projects may improve the impact of EU Funds (Case Study: Artificial Neural Networks), International Conference on “The Impact of EU Structural Funds on Greece (1981-2019): Successes, Failures, Lessons learned and Comparisons with other EU members”, University of the Peloponnese, 2019
- Managing Refugee crisis in Greece: Risk management in international protection funds, University of Peloponnese, 2017
- Reengineering the Procurement Process in Public Sector, University of Peloponnese, 2015
- Costing of Services – Activity Based Costing Method, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2014
- Procuring services for the asylum procedure, EDPD, Athens, 2014
- Developing Open-Source Web-sites for Municipal Sports Organizations, ELLEDA, 2013
- Saving Resources in Municipal Entities, University of Peloponnese, 2012
• ICT-Economics (co-founder), 2018
• Hellenic Mathematical Society, 2012
• Association of Administrative Sciences, 2015
• Institute of International Relations, 2015