Participation in national and international educational institutions, aiming at: i) the contribution to forming cultural policies, via the participation of the Director General to the Museums Council of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the frequent participation of both the Director General and the Foundation’s executives to scientific fora (Tourism (within the context of the Ministry initiatives, the NSRF framework, the PIOP Museum Monitoring Committees), ii) PIOP’s participation in research and academic partnerships for the realization of international scientific programmes, i.e. Re-connecting the bonds between archaeological artifacts and historicity project, The Civil Society Facility–EU–Turkey Intercultural Dialogue, Museums (ICD-MUSE) programme, EU funding and the project The Mediterranean Metaphor.