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Ifigenia Katchie is the Founder, Director and President of the Board of the Social Policy and Action Organization, established in Cyprus. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND She holds MA in European Studies from the University of Exeter, BA in Turkish Studies (orientation politics) with additional courses on Sociology from the University of Cyprus and at the moment is undertaking an MA in Gender Studies with Hellenic Open University. She has extensive experience, expertise and know-how in project management issues specialised on European funding programmes, since 2001. Professional Career Her career in European funding programmes was launched with her work as a Project Officer for the European Commission at the Civil Society Programme in Cyprus. She is also a qualified expert evaluator of proposals for funding, and a trainer on social sciences related issues, with years of experience on the field, she holds collaboration with different stakeholders in Cyprus and abroad and has represented Cyprus in a number of European social programmes, Seminars and Conferences on social policy issues. She has participated as an independent expert consultant on social policy issues, in a number of Committees and discussion groups organized for the active participation of civil society organizations on issues related to human rights, sexual violence prevention and others. She is the founder of the Social Policy and Action Organization since 2014. Her research interests include gender equality related issues, social inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, active citizenship and youth participation in the society. She is also a creative writer by hobby. Some of her published work can be found on https://www.ifigeniakatchie.com/.