“I call Gerasimos a teacher, since the first workshop I met him. I was captivated by the condensed knowledge that came out in his every sentence. With a slow, steady voice, he earned respect from the first seconds in the room and gently and quietly guided us along the paths of developing our abilities. As by now I have read his works and experienced his ethos, I am looking for a reason to cooperate with him on a knowledge immersion again.”

“Gerasimos, as a mentor of InCommOn, played a significant role in its development from a young grassroots to an impactful organisation. With great respect to our work, despite our start-up nature, he could honestly listen, understand our unique case’s specificity and through his rich experience, he gave us all the crucial elements to design effectively our structural basis.”

“I have been the President of an NGO for 16 years and I know how difficult is to manage people and organizations. Looking for further training on the subject, I came across Gerasimos Kouvaras. A magical three-day seminar on NGO leadership with a wonderful presenter. Gentle, calm, secure in himself and his knowledge. Willing to help and answer every question. Intelligent without showing it off, full of creativity, champion of civil society, and a long-life learner.
I feel lucky to have met him.
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“Gerasimos acted on my soul and mind with such simplicity in his words and manner, that I am obliged to "unlearn".
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“I was lucky enough to meet Marina and Gerasimos at an advocacy course. I was impressed by Gerasimos patient listening, his openness to anyone's ideas and his ability to transform these inputs into fixed points, on which to trace the training path. Concerning Marina, I’ve already had the opportunity to appreciate her for her enthusiasm, her ability to network, her human and social sensitivity (as well as her tirelessness). Individually they are very good, but together they really manage to be perfect: their kindness makes their skills effective and generously offered to the world, demonstrating a profound human and professional value as teachers, educators and activists.”

“Marina is a great professional of the third sector. She has an enormous and diversified experience in the field of advocacy and campaigning, human rights, organization development and network coordination. She is also an exceptional trainer: her ability to transfer her knowledge in a participatory and effective way is rare. Learning from her and working with her has been an enriching experience in my professional pathway.”

“Kopin collaborated with Marina on a number of activities and campaigns, such as Snapshots from the Borders, the Euro-Med Youth Ambassador Capacity Building Programme, within the Destination Unknown Campaign, and others. These collaborations have always been characterised not only by a highly professional approach but also by discussion and an inclusive attitude. Marina's deep knowledge of advocacy as an activity carried out by civil society and her experience in the sector is been inspiring and unique.”

“Marina is a humane, approachable, professional, and exceptional individual who has the ability to establish trust with clients right from the start. As a refugee-led organization, I would like to add that she has an excellent understanding and sensitivity to the involvement and empowerment of marginalized groups and minorities. During the design and training experience she conducted, both I and other refugees and migrants involved in the project were very satisfied. In fact, we stayed in touch and received further support and benefited from opportunities through her network. She is someone I would never hesitate to contact if I needed her support”

“In 2020, for the fourth time in a single lifetime, Greece called, and I answered the call. I wonder if Marina could have guessed that when she chose my CV among decades of other volunteers, years later, after countless adventures, I would go from Lesbos to Morocco, responding to emergency crises as a coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). I owe Marina that spark that created a chain reaction. I would love to return it to her, but she and only she knows how to ignite it.”