Maria Tikmanidi

Coordinating stakeholder engagement and requirement alignment for the Platform’s governance and adoption. Managing issue-resolution and user feedback loops to improve clarity, trust, and implementation consistency. Supporting change management, user group coordination, and communication inputs to facilitate platform uptake. Contributing to business process harmonisation to improve efficiency and contract/operational coherence across services. Focus: Digital governance • Policy implementation • Cross-service coordination • Change management

Advised on financial and contractual workflows to align system design with regulatory and audit requirements. Co-drafted business requirements and validated contracting procedures within OPSYS governance. Contributed to corporate Business Process Modelling alongside multiple DGs to support convergence and operational clarity. Coordinated the development and integration of standardised legal templates to reinforce procedural consistency. Focus: Contract governance • Procurement frameworks • Business process design • Inter-DG coordination

Coordinated governance cooperation across 12 Mediterranean countries on blue economy, territorial development, and resilience. Facilitated intergovernmental dialogue and aligned diverse institutional actors around shared strategic objectives. Contributed to the PANORAMED Governance Study, adopted as a reference framework for Mediterranean cooperation programming. Led coordination of expert groups and policy working sessions, translating regional priorities into shared governance recommendations. Focus: Multi-country policy coordination • Regional diplomacy • Programme governance

Worked across multiple EU-funded cooperation frameworks (Interreg Greece–Italy, Interreg Greece–Cyprus, MED ENPI, MED ENI, and Horizon-related governance activities), coordinating cooperation structures between regional administrations, Managing Authorities, and EU-level actors. Key Contributions • Represented the Region of Crete in the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) (2005–2009), contributing to policy dialogue on insularity, territorial cohesion, coastal resilience, and governance priorities in the Mediterranean. • Guided beneficiaries and public authorities on eligibility, documentation standards, audit preparedness, and contracting rules. • Coordinated programme reporting, monitoring, and governance alignment with national and EU-level structures. • Facilitated harmonisation of procedures and shared planning approaches across cross-border partnerships. **Focus:** Programme governance • Cross-border cooperation • Eligibility & audit control • Beneficiary & authority coordination • Territorial cohesion policy