George is a Cultural Manager, Consultant on EU funding and Policy Advisor for Local Authorities and cities.
Since September 2018, he is the co-founder of MOSAIC // Culture & Creativity, a Social Enterprise encouraging cultural and social innovation, supporting creative entrepreneurship and activating the potential of cultural and creative industries. He is also the co-founder of SYNERGY EUROPEAN CONSULTING, a consulting agency specialising in EU Funding, Project Development, Creativity and Cultural Management, Strategy and Policy Making consulting.
He was the Executive Director of the Larissa 2021 European Capital of Culture Candidacy Office during the Greek national Bid Contest (2015 to 2016). Today, he is a member of the Pool of Experts that provide capacity building services and peer- learning activities to upcoming European Capitals of Culture (ECOC) in the “Capacity Building for European Capitals of Culture” EU initiative.
He is also an active member of the Culture Action Europe network.
He holds a BA in International and European Relations, an MA in European Union and Developing Countries and an MSc in Management of Cultural Organisations.
Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgesarlis/