- Representative, European Economic and Social Committee
- Ioannis Vardakastanis is the President of the National Confederation of Disabled People of Greece (N.C.D.P.), the President of the European Disability Forum (EDF). Also, he has been a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) representing N.C.D.P. in Group III (since 2010). Currently he is the President of the EESC Section for Economic and Monetary Union (ECO).