The management of the Regional Technology Plan is based on two bodies:<BR> 
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<b>The Steering Committee</b> and<br>
<b>The Management Unit.</b>
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<B><i>The Steering Committee</b></i> is composed by representatives from the public administration, the private sector, and the academic 
community. This committee oversees the whole operation and guarantees its success, assuring a regional consensus among the actors involved.
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Members of the  Steering Committee are:
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    <td>The  Minister of Macedonia - Thrace</td>
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    <td>The General Secretary of Research and Technology</td>
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    <td>The General Secretary of the Region of Central Macedonia</td>
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    <td>A representative from DG XVI. (Mr M. Landabaso)</td>
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    <td>A representative from DG XIII (Mr G. Strogylopoulos)</td>
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    <td>The President of the Association of Industries of Northern Greece (Mr N. Efthimiadis)</td>
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    <td>A representative of the Association of Exporters of Northern Greece (Mr I. Adamidis)</td>
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    <td>A representative from the Centre of Economic and Cultural Development (Mr I. Kourtesis)</td>
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    <td>S. Tsiakiris, Regional planning engineer, European Programmes Section at the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace, 
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    <td>A representative from the General Confederation of Greek Workers, Macedonian Labour  Institute (Mr K. Pangarliotas and Mr P. Avramopoulos)</td>
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    <td>A representative from the<a href="http://www.auth.gr" target="_top"> Aristotle University of Thessaloniki</a>(Mr I. Tsoukalas and Mr I. Tzekakis)</td>
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    <td>A representative from the<a href="http://www...." target="_top"> University of Macedonia</a>(Mr L. Lambrianidis)</td>
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    <td>A representative from the<a href="http://www.techpath.gr" target="_top"> Technology Park of Thessaloniki</a>(Mr I. Vasalos and Mr G. Vakaros)</td>
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    <td>A representative from the food and beverage industry(Mr D. Symeonidis)</td>
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    <td>A representative from the textile industry (Mr A. Genistaris)</td>
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    <td>A Professor from<a href="http://www.wales......"> University of Wales</a>(Mr M . Thomas and Mr K. Morgan)</td>
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    <td>The head of the management unit(Mr N. Komninos)</td>
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<b>The Management Unit</b> provides the day-to-day work for the project, launches the 
necessary studies, and supports technically the orientations from the Steering Committee. 
Members of the management unit are: 
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    <td><a href="mailto:komninos@eng.auth.gr"> Nicos Komninos</a>, associate professor and director of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Development, School of Engineering, AUT, head of the Unit.</td>
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    <td>Grigoris Kafkalas, associate professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Development, School of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki</td>
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    <td><a href="mailto:linaki@arch.auth.gr"> Lina Kyrgiafini</a>, chemical engineer, for the technical and administrative support of the Unit.</td>
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