The European Translation Centre - Literature and Human Sciences (EKEMEL) aims at effecting a closer contact between Greek and foreign literatures, through numerous and diverse activities. EKEMEL employs 5 people as permanent staff and collaborates with numerous translators in occasional studies and seminars. EKEMEL is subsidized by the National Book Centre of Greece and the Greek Collecting Society for Literary Works. EKEMEL collaborates with the Hellenic American Union, the French Institute of Athens and Thessaloniki, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens ,the Cervantes Institute of Athens, the Goethe Institute of Athens and Thessaloniki, the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens, the British Council of Athens, the International College of Philosophy in Paris, the Foundation of Fullbright, the University of Princeton, the University of Mainz, the University of Malaga, the University of Sapienza, the University of Aegean, the Institute Ramon Llull (Barcelona), the National Institute for Oriental Languages. Source: annalindhfoundation.org