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Meet the team
Board members
Daniel Cernik
Czech Republic
Elpida Minadakis
Greece
Hilkka Karkkainen
Finland (Immediate
Past President)
Hrannar Arnarsson
Iceland
Matej Hrabovský
Slovakia
Matthew Paris
Malta
Petra Nummelin
Finland
Tim Saarinen
Finland
Tin Pongrac
Croatia
Secretariat
Nigel Olisa
Executive Director
Karl Lavó
EU Policy and Projects Manager
Erik Van der Eycken
EU Research Project Manager
Elysie Nguyen
Community Engagement and Project Officer
Inês Assunção
Senior Communications Officer
Katja Trček
Communication and Outreach Assistant
Honorary advisors
John Bowis
United Kingdom
Dolores Gauci
Malta
History
Policy
Annual reports
Statutes
Financial information
GAMIAN-Europe’s main and invaluable important resource consists of the personal and voluntary
engagement of its members. Furthermore, we receive unrestricted grants from a number of healthcare
companies. This cooperation is strictly in line with the EFPIA Code Of Practice On Relationships With Patient Organisations.
Who can join us
GAMIAN-Europe currently brings together a wide variety of organisations (local, regional and national) from almost all European countries. Any organisation, operating in the field of mental health who shares our objectives can become a member.
There are two types of membership:
- full members are those organisations active in the mental health domain and that ensure active participation of patients in their board and within the activities of the organisation,
- associate members are those organisations individuals with an interest in mental health
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Get in touch!
Communications
General questions
secretariat@gamian.eu
Address
Avenue Marnix 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium