Center for European Projects

The Center of European Projects (CEP) is operating  as a dedicated unit within the Research Committee of the University of Thessaly. The primary mission of CEP is to serve the academic staff, and research faculty by providing timely and relevant information on upcoming funding opportunities, finance and administrative support and other technical support for different European projects initiatives.

Additionally, the Centre offers technical and methodological support to facilitate the preparation and development of educational and research European projects. The Center of European Projects offers expert guidance on various European research and educational funding programs, training opportunities, and support through various European initiatives. CEPs highly skilled team brings in-depth knowledge of EU funding policies and extensive experience in the implementation of various programs and actions.

Comprehensive funding consultation

In addition to providing comprehensive funding consultation, the Center specializes in administrative project management. This enables our staff members to effectively transform innovative ideas into successful, fully-developed projects

Comprehensive support

With our extensive experience in EU-funded initiatives, our dedicated team of professionals offers comprehensive support at every stage of your project

Sustainable and impactful cross-border academic and business cooperation

Thanks to its expertise, CEP  can represent its research faculty in selected projects, strengthening University’s collective impact. The Center of European Projects participates as a project partner in major European initiatives, such as the Horizon, Erasmus+, DG employment, etc. These initiatives are carried out in close collaboration with other partner institutions, ensuring sustainable and impactful cross-border academic and business cooperation.

CEP’s primary objective is to establish a comprehensive and efficient support system for research and educational projects at University of Thessaly funded by EU programs. The Centre of European Projects offers expert guidance in project application preparation, methodological support for project implementation, and networking opportunities within the extensive European research, academic and business.

CEP’s Commitment to Cross-Border Collaboration and Innovation

As part of its overall activation CEP actively leads and supports a range of European-funded projects, particularly within Erasmus+, aligning with its strategic development goals. These projects drive innovation in research, education, and cross-border cooperation, reinforcing Institution’s broader role as a key academic network. CEPs involvement is represented in multiple levels—from fostering joint research initiatives and advising on cross-border project management to enhancing communication and outreach. Here you can easily take a detailed overview of all currently ongoing projects as well as a list of all past projects

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The Center for European Projects represents an institutional structure of the Research and Management Committee of ELKE of University Thessaly, supervised by the Vice Rector of Research and Lifelong Education and managed by the Director.

Professor Ioannis Stefanidis, Department of Medicine Vice Rector of Research and Lifelong Education

Vice-Rector’s Office: Secretary T: (+30) 2410 684269

E-mail: vrec-rd@uth.gr


Charalampos Samantzis, Managing Director, EC Evaluator Expert – European Project Coordinator

Email: hasamant@uth.gr T: (+30) 2410 684751


Eleni Vezali

Dimitra Printziou

Faviola Alexiou

Dareiou Aggeliki

Koitsanou Efstathia

Eleni Vezali, EU Project Manager

Eleni Vezali is currently employed in the CEP as EU project manager. From 2016 she has been employed in the Lifelong Learning Centre of University of Thessaly as a Project Manager

Email: evezali@uth.gr  T: (+30) 24210 06368


Dimitra Printziou,  Project Financial Manager

Dimitra Printziou is employed in the CEP responsible for the financial management of the European projects. She is responsible for the all the financial and administrative aspects related with the projects’ implementation.

Email: dimprint@uth.gr   T: (+30) 24210 06367


Faviola Alexiou, Research Associate

Faviola Alexiou is a research associate and technical expert responsible for the administrative and financial management of European projects, employed by the Centre for European Projects of UTH. She graduated from the Department of Computer Science of the University of Thessaly

Email: alexioufaviola@gmail.com T: (+ 30) 24210 06474


Dareiou Aggeliki, Research Associate

Aggeliki Dareiou is a researcher in various project initiatives. She holds bachelor degree on Business Administration and she is responsible for the administrative and financial aspects of various European projects.

Email: aggelikidareiou@gmail.com T: (+ 30) 24210 06368


Koitsanou Efstathia, Research Associate

Efstathia Koitsanou is assistant project manager in the CEP. She has a bachelor’s degree in Ichthyology and a master’s degree in Sustainable Management of Aquatic environments from the University of Thessaly.

Email: efstathiako95@gmail.com  T: (+30) 24210 06368