Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou
Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou (Greek: Διονυσία-Θεοδώρα Αυγερινοπούλου, born 10 September 1975), is a current member of the Hellenic Parliament since the 2009 legislative election. She has served as the Deputy Secretary of Volunteer and NGOs for the New Democracy (Greece) Party. She currently serves as the Deputy Head of Environmental Policy Sector since January 2011.
Early life
She was born in Patras, Ahaia, Greece, while she grew up in Zacharo, a town close to Ancient Olympia in Southwestern Greece, in the Prefecture of Ilia. She holds a “Ptyhio” (LL.B. equivalent) from the Law Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, graduated with highest honors, top 1 in class, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies, with Distinction from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., and the Dean's Certificate for her outstanding services for the academic community. She is a J.S.D. (Ph.D. in Law) candidate in International Environmental Law, expected in May 2011 from the Columbia University Law School in New York, N.Y. During her studies she was the recipient of many awards and scholarships, most notably including a Fulbright scholarship, a NATO scholarship, and an Onassis scholarship.
She has worked as a researcher at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy on legal and policy research on Global Environmental Governance issues, the Yale Law School on International Environmental Law issues, good governance and corruption, and the Center for Environmental and Land Use Law of the New York University School of Law. She has also been a Trainee at the Legal Service, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium and at the Institute of Foreign and International Law in Athens, Greece. In 2005 she was an Adviser for the European Commission Delegation to the [United Nations], in New York, attending UN meetings and representing and reporting to the European Commission on legal and policy aspects on environment and development (ECOSOC High Level Meeting), and oceans governance (UNCLOS Meeting.). Since 2004, she is the Executive Director of the European Institute of Law, Science and Technology, (EILST) Athens, Greece.
Leadership and present life
Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou is a Member of the Hellenic Parliament "at large" (Constituency: State, in Greek: "βουλευτής Επικρατείας".) As a Parliamentarian she is a Member of the Educational Affairs Committee and the Committee on the Reform of the Pecuniary System and the detainees’ living conditions. She is also the President of the Parliamentary Committee of Friendship between Greece and Botswana, and a Member of the Parliamentary Committees of Friendship with the U.S., Israel and Albania. In March 2010, Dionysia was assigned Deputy Secretary of Volunteerism and NGOs for the New Democracy Party and held this position until January 2011, when she was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Environmental Policy Sector of the New Democracy Party.
Awards and nominations
- 2011 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
- 2011 Nominee for the "Green Star" Award by the UNEP/OCHA/Green Cross.
- 2010 Special Congressional Recognition for her “outstanding efforts and invaluable contributions on behalf of Hellenic Students and the environment”.
- 2009 Award by the Mayor of Athens, Greece “in recognition of her contribution in promoting the Hellenic spirit worldwide”.
- 2008 Nominee for the Greek Candidacy for the Women of Europe Award.
List of Publications
Articles:
- The Climate Change Challenge on International Aviation; The New EU Directive and Efforts towards a Global Treaty (work in progress);
- Review Bodies in Multilateral Environmental Agreements – Competences, Coherence, Coordination (work in progress);
- Lawmaking Competences of Expert Bodies in International Environmental Arrangements (work in progress);
- Michael B. Gerrard and Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, Development and Future of Climate Change Law, in THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND ITS ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT (United Nations University ed., 2009);
- A Challenge for the New Secretary General: Reorganizing the UN to Effectively Combat Climate Change, in ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY (A. Krishna Kumari ed., ICFAI University Press, 2007);
- Approximation of European Environmental Criminal Legislation: Within or Out of the Community Law Mandate?, 13 Colum. J. Eur. Law 3 (2007);
- The Role of the International Judiciary to the Settlement of International Environmental Disputes and Alternative Proposals in ENVIRONMENTAL JURISPRUDENCE – COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES (A. Krishna Kumari ed., ICFAI University Press, 2006);
- Implementation and Compliance of Multilateral Environmental Agreements – The New EC Generalized System of Preference Scheme, 12 Colum. J. Eur. L. 3, 827 (2006);
- The New EC Directive on Wastes, 12(2) Colum. J. Eur. Law 639 (2006);
- The Law-making Process at the International Seabed Authority as a Limitation to Effective Environmental Management, 3 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 565, (2005);
- The Rise of Global Environmental Administrative Law – Improving Implementation and Compliance through the Means of Global Governance, Conference Proceedings, Seventh International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), vol. 1, (2005), p. 131-139;
- Environment and Development in Greece – a New Perspective for the Industry and Companies, p. 15, Kerkyra Publ., Greece, First Prize at the 22nd Competition for Students organized by the European Commission and “Oikonomiki Epitheorisi”, a monthly economic review (2000) (in Greek.)
Selected Conference Background Papers and Presentations
- Review Bodies in Multilateral Environmental Agreements – Competences, Coherence, Coordination, 4th Global Administrative Law Seminar, New York University School of Law and University of Rome, Viterbo, Italy, 12–14 June 2009, available at: http://www.iilj.org/GAL/documents/V5.Avgerinopoulou.pdf
- The Upcoming Environmental Protocol to the UN Law of the Sea Convention: Challenges and Prospects, Conference on the Environmental Protection of the Black Sea, co-organized by the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Planning and Inten-Sygergy, Trabzon, Turkey, 16–17 June 2008;
- Autonomy without Accountability – The case of the International Seabed Authority and the Enterprise, 2nd Global Administrative Law Seminar, New York University School of Law and University of Rome, Viterbo, Italy, 10–11 June 2006. Available at: http://www.iilj.org/global_adlaw/documents/Avgerinopoulou.doc;
- Jews of Greece: an Introduction, Conference on the occasion of the anniversary of the Greek Resistance to the German Occupation, Columbia University School of Law, New York, N.Y., November 2005;
- Cyprus, a Continuous Crime, Anniversary of the Occupation of the Island of Cyprus, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. July 2005;
Global Environmental Justice: The Role of the International Judiciary to the Settlement of International Environmental Disputes and Alternative Proposals, Background
- Paper for the Global Environmental Governance Workshop, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, CT. Oct. 2003. Available at:
http://www.yale.edu/gegdialogue/docs/dialogue/oct03/papers/Avgerinopoulou.pdf;
- Global Environmental Governance: Policy Options. Background Paper for the Global Environmental Governance Workshop, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, New Haven, CT. Oct. 2003;
- Sustainable Development in the Framework of Cooperation between Europe and Developing Countries, Hellenic Institute for Development and Cooperation (ELINAS) working group. Athens, Greece. May 1999;
- Environment and Development, A need for an International Environmental Court, presented before a Moot Parliament, organized by UN and SAFIA (Student Association for Foreign Affairs). Athens, Greece. March 1999.
Research Academic Papers
- The Principle of Subsidiarity and European Community Environmental Policy. Jan. 2002;
- Polanyi’s Aspect for the New Economic Order. Jan. 2002;
- The Role of the International Organizations as to Uniform Law. Dec. 2001;
- The Formation of the International Customary Law through the Martens Clause. Nov. 2001;
- The Statute of an International Environmental Court. April 2001;
- Animal Rights: A Legal Point of View. Nov. 2000;
- International Factoring. Jan. 2000;
- International Tendencies Concerning Labor Law. December 1999;
- International Environmental Law: Selected Topics. Sept. 1998;
- The Implementation of the International and European Community Environmental Law by the Greek Courts. May 1998;
- Greek Theory and Case Law Regarding the Protection of the Natural Environment and the Greek Heritage. Dec. 1997;
- The Protection of the Rights of Minorities under the 1996 Framework - Convention of the Council of Europe. May 1997;
- Diplomatic History of the Islands of Dodecanese. May 1996.
External Links
http://www.avgerinopoulou.gr
http://avgerinopoulou.wordpress.com/
http://www.eurilst.org
http://www.weforum.org/young-global-leaders/dionysia-theodora-avgerinopoulou?fo=1
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Avgerinopoulou, Dionysia-Theodora |
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Member of the Hellenic Parliament |
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10 September 1975 |
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Patras, Ahaia Greece |
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