The preparation of a new Law of Higher Education in Greece that introduced, for the first time in Greece, a new model of Governance and a selection of the Rector and the deans by means of an open call of interest, at an international level.
The formation of an international advisory committee for the reforms on higher education consisting of from all over the world. Their report can be found .
The preparation of a new law for research that removed the existed bureaucratic procedures and restructured the research Institutes.
The complete change of procedures for submitting and evaluating research proposals in Greece. All proposals are now submitted in English electronically in a tailored-made platform and are evaluated by international experts outside Greece.
The initiative to set up community colleges in Greece and allowing movement of students between the various levels of higher education Institutions.
Changes in the national entrance exams for tertiary education that eliminated injustices. Also, implemented the introduction of an electronic system of submitting applications for participating in the national entrance exams for universities that replaced the paper-based one.
The introduction of transparency in all political activities. All decisions signed by the deputy minister were immediately uploaded in the Internet and all policy initiatives were made available on the Internet for comments before taking their final form.
Wide public consultation on the recognition of professional qualifications for higher education graduates.
Initiatives as Chairman of the Department of Statistics and Director of the Graduate Studies
New undergraduate program based on the European Credit Transfer System. It was the first undergraduate program in Greek universities that was fully restructured in this direction..
Introduced the International Graduate Program in Statistics, where all courses are taught in English and the M.Sc theses are sent to external examiner abroad for evaluation..
Introduced the Professional Graduate Degree Program. The first such program in Statistics in Greece..
Established the Distinguished Visiting Professorship Program in which the following scientists taught: 1997: Leslie Kish, Michigan, USA, 1998: Sir David R. Cox, Oxford, UK and Jef Teugels, Leuven, Belgium, 1999: C. R. Rao, Penn State, USA and Samuel Kotz, Washington, USA, 2000: David J. Bartholomew, LSE, USA, 2001: David Freedman, Berkeley, USA. 2002: Donald Rubin, Harvard, USA.
Organised, and was responsible for, the first external review of the Department. The reviewers were C.R.Rao,. Eberly Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, USA. P. Florides, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland. J. Teugels, Professor of Probability and Statistics, University Center for Statistics, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. W. Urfer, Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Dortmund, Germany.
Established the practice of short courses. These courses introduce students to the latest developments in statistics without adding material to the core curriculum.
