United Societies of Balkans (U.S.B)

Yannis Tsilsou has studied in the department of International and European Studies and finished his master in European Policies on Youth, Education and Culture. Since 2012 he has been involved in various organisations as an activist, member or volunteer and took part in various Training Courses about intercultural dialogue, human rights and European policies.

Christian Cibba has studied International Relations in University of La Sapienza in Rome with focus on Cooperation and Development. He is a journalist and has been working the last five years for newspapers and non profit organisations involved with social issues and he has worked in Spain and Italy as project manager and trainer in youth organisations.

Elina Azopoulou is a graduate of the Department of Political Science and International Relations with a master's degree in Global Political Economy. She has extensive experience in the refugee field working for the International Organization for Migration and the European Asylum Support Service. From January 2022, she works at USB in the European project implementation department.

Born in Thessaloniki shortly before the turn of the millennium, Dimitris Gavridis started actively volunteering in 2018 and currently works as a manager of European programs. He is majoring in computer science and has a passion for basketball and lifelong learning.

Panos Skepadianos is a graduate student of the Department of Business Administration. Since 2011 he has participated in various organizations as a volunteer, trainer and in recent years has been a coordinator of volunteers in the organization Thessaloniki Pride.

Ourania Rapti was born and raised in Thessaloniki. She is a Psychologist (graduate of the Department 
of Psychology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Experiential Instructor at H.R. with training 
focused on anti-Gypsy culture but also experiential and psychodynamic methods, and Mentor of Roma 
women, young people and volunteers (Greeks and foreigners). From 2018 until today she supports 
as a mentor of the EVS & ESC volunteers of thessDiktyo as a partner of USB.

Sia Eleftheriou studies at the Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She has been working in the finance department of USB since 2022 and is involved in the financial management of European projects.  She has been involved as a volunteer in several local organizations in the city since 2018.