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Athanasios Kizos is Professor of “Rural Geography” in the Department of Geography of the University of the Aegean, where he teaches from 2003. He has a Bachelor in Agricultural Science and a Ph.D. in Environmental Policy and Management.

His research is focused on local and rural development and spatial impacts of agricultural, agri-environmental and rural development policies and with agricultural landscape changes in relation to rural households and other rural actors’ practices’ that includes geographies of quality, services’ provision and multifunctionality.

He has published more than 100 papers in international and domestic scientific journals and edited volumes and recently his book “Rural Development: Concepts, Practices and Policies” was published by Tziola publishers.

Fotini Arampatzi was born in Serres, to a traditional Greek family of newspaper editors with a long-standing involvement in public affairs. She graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, which she attended as a distinguished student, and she holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Macedonia. She has attended training courses at the London School of Economics in Political Science and e-Business.

In 1997 she was selected by the European Commission to work as journalist and television producer in the European Commission News Agency, DG 10, in Brussels, involving tasks such as covering the Commission’s workings, the European Parliament in Strasbourg and ECOFIN.

In 1998 she created the regional informative television channel DIKTYO TV in Serres, which she directed until 2012. She has worked as television producer for Mega, ANT1, Star, Alpha, Alter and ERT3 television channels and as journalist for the “Serraikon Tharros” and “Akritiki Foni” newspapers.

She has developed a rich charity and environmental agenda and has spearheaded the organizing of many social initiatives in the town of Serres.

She was first elected as MP for the Prefecture of Serres with the New Democracy party in May 2012 and again in June 2012, January 2015 and September 2015. During the current parliamentary period, she is member of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade of the Hellenic Parliament for the fifth consecutive term, as well as of the Special Permanent Committee on Greek Diaspora, while she has served as member of the Parliamentary Committees on European Affairs and Parliament Rules, as well as the Francophone Committee. In addition, she served as member of the 11-member-strong Committee of ND on the Constitutional Revision.

From March 2015 to January 2016 she was appointed Head of Section for Agricultural Development and Foods in the ND party. From February 2016 to October 2016 she was appointed Head of Section for Tourism in the ND party. Since February 2017, she has been reappointed Head of Section for Agricultural Development and Foods in the same party.

She speaks English, French and Italian.

Neoklis Stamkos is one of the leaders of alternative financing of MSMEs including micro-lending in Greece and is in charge of microSTARS project. Neoklis is Chief Financial Officer at Business and Cultural Development Centre (KEPA) and was the founder and project manager of the KEPA office in Brussels.

He received Microfinance Center award of Financial Inclusion Ambassador for his efforts to stimulate microfinance in Greece and he is a Certified Expert in Microfinance, by Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

He has been working in KEPA for 10 years, in various positions, starting as supervisor of evaluations of investment projects of ROP / CSF III, responsible of the department of inspections at ongoing projects of NSFR 2007-2013 “1st call for Strengthening of Micro and Small Enterprises”.

Born in Athens in 1966. She studied Political Sciences and Public Administration at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, completed postgraduate studies in European Integration at the University of Amsterdam and holds an MBA from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

She worked for Philip Morris Hellas for many years, and since 1998 he has been working with Alpha Bank initially at the Marketing Division as responsible of Housing and Consumer Loans and since 2006 in the Small Business Banking Division.

In 2013, she was appointed Assistant Manager of the same Division with responsibility the creation and development of products for Small Enterprises and for the provision of Development Programs to SMEs in cooperation with National and European Institutions.