Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service at the American College of Thessaloniki

National Network
Greece
Address

PO Box 21021
55510
Pylea
Thessaloniki
Greece

Telephone
00302310-398233
E-Mail
markyria@act.edu
E-Mail (2)
drd@act.edu
Website
http://dukakis-center.act.edu/about/about-dukakis-center
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. International/Cultural relations
General Information
The Dukakis Center provides undergraduate training leading to ACT's BA in International Relations, offers opportunities for experiential learning, and organizes events and public service initiatives. The Center is an administrative unit at the American College of Thessaloniki, a US-accredited (NEASC), private non-profit institution of tertiary learning. The Center is largely self-funded through an Endowment raised to support its activities and to provide discretionary financial aid to degree candidates at ACT. Its operational budget is roughly 20,000 euro per annum. A variable number of staff collaborate with the Center, directly as contract employees and indirectly as ACT faculty.
Mission and Objectives

The mission of the Dukakis Center is to provide a dynamic contemporary student-centered civic education, with a view toward inspiring young people to become involved in public affairs; train youth for leadership roles in regional and international affairs; and contribute meaningfully through academic instruction, applied research, and professional outreach to cooperation and peaceful co-existence in Greece, Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, and the larger Euro-Atlantic community.

Main Projects / Activities

Lectures and fellowships, annual diplomatic academy, citizenship education initiatives, and activities in the fields of Holocaust and genocide studies, gender, globalization, and giftedness.
Examples of internally funded research projects within the last four years: Women migrants in Northern Greece, engendering citizenships.
Workshops and seminars organised in the last two years: Political Reform in Greece in Comparative Perspective (2011), First annual ACT NGO Fair (2010)

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Organisation of seminars, workshops, participation in research projects, dissemination of results in the broader community, cooperation with local and international partners,exchange of ideas, practices and visits.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We believe that the mission and key fields of action of the ALF Network match our own areas of interest and activity and that we can both contribute much to the Network projects and enrich our own experience and benefit from the close contact with other ALF Network Members.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. David Wisner
Head of the organisation
Dr. David Wisner
Contact (2) Full Name
Dr. Maria Kyriakidou