Biography
Stefanos Loukopoulos is the Co-founder and Director of the non for profit watchdog organisation Vouliwatch. He holds a BA in Political Science, an MA in International Relations and one in International Conflict Analysis. He completed his studies in the UK and Belgium. He has worked in the NGO sector both in London and Brussels as well as in the European Parliament. Stefanos is a founding member of the international network “Parliamentwatch Network” and has served as a member of the “Council of Citizens Control” of the Greek public broadcasting service ERT. Οver the past years he is involved actively both at national and international level in the fields of open government/open parliament, civic-tech, transparency and the freedom of access to information. In addition, he often participates as a speaker in prestigious international forums such as the Council of Europe’s World Forum for Democracy and as an expert in international organisation’s projects, such as the UNDP’s “Strong and Inclusive Parliamentary Democracy (SIPD)” implemented in Kyrgyzstan.