Dr. Fani Mallouchou - Tufano, Professor at the Architectural Engineering School of the Technical University of Crete, was appointed as the president of the jury for the annual European Committee Prizes for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards, for the year 2016. She was originally, selected to this post for a period of two years (2014-2015).
The jury, which awards prizes for safeguarding Europe's architectural & archaeological heritage, landscape and the conservation of works of art, comprises members from 12 european countries (Greece, Turkey, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Romania) of various backgrounds and specialties (archaelogists, architects, landscape architects, art conservation experts and cultural heritage managers). Mrs. Mallouchou represented Greece in the aforementioned Jury from 2008 until 2013.