{"id":18193,"date":"2022-04-17T13:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/?page_id=18193"},"modified":"2022-04-17T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T13:23:06","slug":"ioannis-firbas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/speakers-2022\/ioannis-firbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ioannis Firbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18193\" class=\"elementor elementor-18193\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4571740 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4571740\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/firbas-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 450px, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a30487\" data-id=\"5a30487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c61b95b animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c61b95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ioannis Firbas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1636650 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1636650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>General Director, National Coordination Authority for ESIF<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c2cec animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c2cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is an Economist with postgraduate studies in UK, currently the Director General for the National Coordination Authority for European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) at the Ministry of Economy and Development in Greece. He is also a National Coordinator for the macroregional strategy for Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last 30 years from his various positions with the ESIF, he followed very closely national and international developments and policies in regional policy and local development, economic, social and territorial cohesion and sustainable development, and developments in the OECD and other international organizations and formulated policy proposals in these areas. Monitored processes, made proposals and negotiated on issues regarding structural funds regulations and the EU financial perspectives. Coordinated the drafting of several strategic regional development plans, development and operational programmes and negotiated their approval with the European Commission. Prepared and conducted ex-ante and on-going evaluations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, and after the approval of the new Partnership Agreement (ESPA) 2021-2027 for Greece, the NCA is coordinating the drafting and negotiation of all the new programmes of ESPA 2021-2027.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06b2162 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06b2162\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95f510\" data-id=\"f95f510\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8660c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e8660c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet our Speakers Ioannis Firbas General Director, National Coordination Authority for ESIF Is an Economist with postgraduate studies in UK, currently the Director General for the<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":11921,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18193","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18193\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}