Angeliki Verli worked from 1966 to 1980 as Information Officer (Local Agent) at the Athens Information Office of the European Commission. She became an Official of European Commission with the accession of Greece to EU in 1981, and worked as Assistant to the Director for free movement of workers (including law aspects of student mobility) until 1986. From 1987 to 1998, she was Deputy Head of Unit dealing with the Erasmus programme and European cooperation in Higher Education (particularly the Bologna Declaration). From 1999 to 2001, she was Head of Unit dealing with coordination of Socrates programme (education and training) and Grundtvig Action (adult education).