{"id":49570,"date":"2025-01-17T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/?p=49570"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:33:27","slug":"esma-welcomed-its-new-national-representatives-among-them-ioanna-panayiotou-coo-of-the-university-of-limassol-who-became-the-representative-of-cyprus-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/en\/esma-welcomed-its-new-national-representatives-among-them-ioanna-panayiotou-coo-of-the-university-of-limassol-who-became-the-representative-of-cyprus-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"(ESMA) welcomed its new National Representatives. Among them, Ioanna Panayiotou, COO of the University of Limassol, who became the Representative of Cyprus last year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <strong>Thursday, 16 January 2025<\/strong>, the European Social Marketing Association (ESMA) welcomed its new National Representatives. Among them, Ioanna Panayiotou, COO of the University of Limassol, who became the Representative of Cyprus last year! UoL is the first university in Cyprus to offer training of professionals and certified courses in Social Marketing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/picture1.png\" alt=\"picture1\" class=\"wp-image-49578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/picture1.png 132w, https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/picture1-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is ESMA\u2019s announcement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are delighted to welcome a number of new ESMA National Representatives! National Representatives help us to build a network of social marketers within their country as well as sharing news of local developments in the discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our new representatives are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Netherlands \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/nl.linkedin.com\/in\/tessa-de-groot-5746ba59?trk=public_post-text\"><strong>Tessa de Groot<\/strong><\/a>, Director and Researcher, Het Onderzoekhuis in Rotterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Finland \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/fi.linkedin.com\/in\/heinitaiminen?trk=public_post-text\"><strong>Heini Taiminen<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Lecturer of Corporate Communication, Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 University, School of Business and Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Turkey \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/tr.linkedin.com\/in\/meftune-%C3%B6zbak%C4%B1r-umut-51681665?trk=public_post-text\"><strong>Meftune \u00d6zbak\u0131r Umut<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor of Marketing, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome all three of you, and we look forward to hearing in the future about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fsocialmarketing&amp;trk=public_post-text\"><strong>#Socialmarketing<\/strong><\/a> is developing in your countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also want to say a welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/cy.linkedin.com\/in\/ioanna-panayiotou-11b97a41?trk=public_post-text\"><strong>Ioanna Panayiotou<\/strong><\/a> who became our Representative for Cyprus last year. Ioanna is COO of the University of Limassol (UOL), which is the first university in Cyprus to offer training of professionals and certified courses in Social Marketing. The establishment of Social Marketing in Cyprus is an exciting development and (UOL) aim to use it to influence a range of challenges that Cyprus faces, including climate change and road safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On that topic, we will soon be publishing a new section of our website which outlines the main Social Marketing activities that are taking place in each of the countries where we have a representative. We will tell you more about this in the next newsletter. 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