Ε.Κ.Κ.Α. Εθνικό Κέντρο Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης

Vassiliki Marketaki | Chairman

Miltiadis Karvounis | Vice President

Regular Members

Andreas Zobanakis| Regular Member

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Andreas Zombanakis is a retired Investment Banker, Venture Capital Investor and Financial Adviser with over 30 years’ experience. He is on the Board of Eurobank’s Asset Management division, and is Chairman of the Gennadius Library and KEA-Hara*. He also serves on the Boards of a number of other non-profit organizations involved with child protection, education, cultural heritage, the environment, and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Mr. Zombanakis has a BA from Harvard University, a Masters of Architecture from the School of Fine Arts of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School.

Eleni Maria Kaimenaki | Regular Member

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Dimitrios Nikolsky| Regular Member

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Dimitris Nikolsky is a sociologist and holds a Postgraduate degree in International Relations and a master in Applied Social and Market Research. He has worked in advertising and in the market research field. He is currently working for the Ministry of Social Cohesion & Family Affairs. He is the former President of the Committee of Experts on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Council of Europe and was the national representative at the High Level Group on Disability of the European Commission as well as a member of the national jury for the European access city award. Dimitris has given presentations in numerous international conferences about disability and social welfare policies. As a European expert has taken part in twinning programs. His articles on disability issues appear in newspapers and on online media.

He is the President of the “Children’s Home" Foundation.

Stylianos Papachristos | Regular Member

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He is a graduate of the Department of Social Work of the School of Social Work of the TEI of Athens.

He has 22 years of experience in the E.K.K.A., initially in the E.K.K.A. Directorate Thessaloniki from 2001-2004 and then at E.K.K.A. Athens in the Directorate of Social Interventions as a Social Worker and works with victims of domestic violence, victims of human trafficking, refugees and homeless people.

He holds a Master's Degree from PADA, specifically from the School of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, specializing in Clinical Social Work with Children, Adolescents and Families.

He holds the title of systemic psychotherapist after completing 4 years of training at the Family Therapy Unit of the "Daphni" Psychiatric Hospital

He is conversant in Greek Sign Language and has collaborated at E.K.K.A. with deaf and hard of hearing people who are addressed to deal with intra-family problems.

He has participated in a Child Psychiatry Conference as a speaker, presenting the impact of Autism Spectrum Disorders on Family Functionality. He has also given presentations at the invitation of Primary and Secondary Schools, on Learning Difficulties and their impact on students' lives.

Ioannis Lymvaios | Regular Member

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Ioannis Lymvaios conducted graduate studies within the fields of Finance and Tourism Business Administration both in Greece and Spain, and, currently, he works at the Hellenic Development Bank S.A (HDB S.A.).

Ioannis is married, he has two sons and he speaks Greek, English, Spanish and Catalan.

Since 2008 he is elected a member of the General Council of National Confederation of Disabled People of Greece (NCDP) and a member of Panhellenic Federation of Associations of Parents and Guardians of Persons with Disabilities (POSGAMEA)

Since March 2019, he has been elected as the Organizational Secretary of the Panhellenic Federation of Associations of Parents and Guardians of Persons with Disabilities (POSGAmeA) and since October 2021, as the Organizational Secretary of the NCDP.

Additionally, Ioannis is an alternate member both at the Hellenic National Commission for Human Rights (since 2017) and the Economic and Social Council of Greece (since 2015) as well as he participates as a full member in the Management Board of the National Center for Social Solidarity (since 2016) and of the National Council for Fostering and Adoption (since 2004). Also, he is a full member in the Management Board of the Organization of Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity (since 2018) and a full member of the National Organization for the Provision of Health Services (since 2021).

Ioannis has been an active member at first-level associations of parents and guardians of persons with disabilities, while from 2009 to 2011 he has been elected as the General Secretary and from 2011 to 2019 as the President of POSGAmeA. Also, during the period 2012 to 2017, he was a member at the Management Committee of the Social Welfare Center of Attica Region.

In the past, he worked as: employee at the private sector; laboratory associate and hour-paid teacher at Piraeus University of Applied Science (Departments of: Business Administration, Accounting and Technical Application); trainer in vocational training programs subsidized by LAEK; and internal auditor and member at the Hellenic Institute of Internal Auditors of the Hellenic Fund for Entrepreneurship and Development.

He is a certified educator of the National Center for Public Administration and Local Government, as well as a certified adult educator of LAEK.

Lastly, since 2001 Ioannis participates as a full member in several committees and working groups at the Ministries of Development, Health, Labor, Education.

He has published articles on entrepreneurship and people with disabilities and has given numerous lectures on the rights of people with disabilities.

Alternate members

Athanasios Antoniou | Deputy Vice President