Our Team

Nikolas Nikolaou (Project Manager)

Nikolas Nikolaou (president of NGO ACPELIA) plays a central or peripheral role in every project with his expert knowledge. He is successful as a coach and organizer in his personal life..President of ACPELIA (Mr Nikolas Nikolaou, physics teacher in high school, BSC, MSc in Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens and MSc, BSc in the University of Cyprus at Physics department) has previous experience by taking part in many seminars and actions related to Environment, Non-Formal Education, Entrepreneurship and Discrimination. He organized and participated in more than 20 European programs which are doing with Non-Formal Education (KA105, KA205, KA229, Youth In Action) as well as several local environmental and Science projects with groups of young people, many of them can be found in his website: www.nikolas-nikolaou.net. Also, Nikolas is coordinating the biggest students and teacher annual Conference about Natural Sciences that is a yearly conference in Cyprus with the participation of more than 1000 students and more than 300 teachers. He manages to coach a team of the organising committee and to make them all do well for 10 years now that is taking place the Conference starting alone and now has a big team to coordinate. Last 2 years he was in the management team for more than 30 KA153YOU and KA152YOU.

Gita Vaskelyte (Management Team)

Gita Vaškelytė is a youth worker, project coordinator, writer and president of Meraki LT, an NGO focused on empowering communities and supporting social change. After completing her studies in social work, she started working with young people, organizing activities and programs to support their growth and well-being. She is actively involved in various projects, youth exchanges and training initiatives. She recently joined the NGO ACPELIA as a Project Manager and has worked in more than 10 KA1s, successfully managing and coordinating international initiatives. Gita is passionate about promoting inclusion, building connections and empowering young people to reach their full potential through creativity and collaboration.

Aušrinė Jaruševičiūtė (Training team)

I'm Aušrinė, bursting with energy at 23, with a Bachelor's degree in Logistics and Business Management from Alytus College, Lithuania. Participating in numerous Erasmus+ projects has expanded my love for learning and traveling and increased my passion for meeting new people around the world. I have written my own idyll Book about my affection for living, learning and exploring. Guided by the mantra "Veni. Vidi. Vici"— - "I came, I saw and I conquered"," I approach each day with the determination to conquer mountains and seize every opportunity with boundless fire.

Polyxeni (Xenia) Nikolaou (Training team/Youth Worker)

Polyxeni (Xenia) Nikolaou she studied Physical education and sports science at University of Democritus of Thrace with her interest and special studies in sports tourism and leisure. Xenia is always open to learn and do new things and she was also the responsible youth worker of ACPELIA NGO for the implementation of our sport's local activities about the festivities in Sports Festival that was organised from ACPELIA and Survivor competition with title: Hard to Survive in Pissouri (https://www.acpelia.org/post/survivor2). Also, Xenia worked as support staff in few Erasmus programs of NGO ACPELIA, and she is fun of Non-Formal Educational Activities and inclusiveness is her modo. She constantly takes a responsibility and implements them like a loyal survivor for children up to and including a restaurant. Now she works in a day-care centre and also, she is a personal trainer on individuals for their physical well-being.

Boghos (Bobbie) Avetikian (Training team/Youth Worker)

Boghos Avetikian is an Armenian Cypriot, who after achieving a BA in English and Communications at the American University of Armenia immediately got involved in Erasmus+ projects after graduating. After participating in 25+ projects, both Youth Exchanges and Training courses, Boghos soon got involved in facilitating and coordinating projects on his own, focusing on numerous themes such as sustainability, social entrepreneurship and inclusion. Boghos Avetikian loves jogging and music, and should be in Nicosia, you will probably see him running around in the afternoons with his earphones in his ears.