In March 2001, the Kokkalis Leadership Network held the second Kokkalis Executive Program in International Leadership and Economic Development. The program was comprised by three tiers: Tier I was held in Cambridge, tier II utilizes distance learning methods of teaching and tier III will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

The faculty included: Bill Richardson, Graham Allison, David Gergen, Ron Heifetz, Steve Walt and others.

The second class of the Kokkalis Leadership Network in the year 2000-2001 included:

1. Nilgun Arisan (Turkey) Director of the National Program, General Secretariat for the EU, Turkish Prime Ministry, Ankara

2. George Assonitis (Greece) Advisor, Union of Hellenic Chambers, Athens

3. Boris Begovic (FR of Yugoslavia), Economic Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Federal Government of Yugoslavia, Belgrade

4. Nicolaos Cricos (Greece) First Secretary, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Albania, Tirana

5. Vladimir Gjorcev (FYROM) International Officer, VMRO-DPMNE, Skopje

6. Hülya Günaydin (Turkey) Chief Advisor, Prime Ministry Privatization Administration, Ankara.

7. Slobodan Homen (FR of Yugoslavia) Chairman, OTPOR Movement, Belgrade

8. Ledia Hysi (Albania) Director, Legal Treaties Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana

9. Catalin Ionescu (Romania) Chairman and CEO, CODECS S.A., Bucharest

10. Stefanos Komninos (Greece) Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Development, Athens

11. Kemal Köprülü (Turkey) Chairman, ARI Movement, Istanbul

12. Artan Koxhuku (Albania) Legal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Tirana

13. Katerina Mavrantonaki (Greece) Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Athens

14. Antonio Milososki (FYROM) Government Spokesperson, Council of Ministers, Skopje

15. Dragomir Nedeltchev (Bulgaria) Chief Foreign Affairs Expert, Administration of the Bulgarian Presidency, Sofia

16. Norica Nicolai (Romania) Senator, Romanian Senate, Bucharest

17. Djurdje Ninkovic (FR of Yugoslavia) Main Board Member, Democratic Party of Serbia, Belgrade.

18. Florin Pasnicu (Romania) Director of Programs, Institute for Political and Economic Research, Bucharest

19. Ivan Vejvoda (FR of Yugoslavia) Executive Director, Fund for an Open Society, Belgrade

20. George Velissarios (Greece) General Manager, UPSET S.A., Advertising Company, Athens

21. Kristian Vigenin (Bulgaria), Supreme Council Member, Bulgarian Socialist Party, Sofia

22. Ivan Vujacic (FR of Yugoslavia) President, Political Council, Democratic Party, Belgrade

23. Selim Yenel (Turkey) Head, EU Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara

24. Irina Yordanova (Bulgaria) Internal Affairs Secretary, Administration of the Bulgarian Presidency, Sofia

25. Yavuz Yüksel (Turkey) Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Forestry, Ankara


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