Alexia Kakourou (President)
Alexia Kakourou has an accumulated and multifaceted experience in various fields related to youth empowerment. She holds a PhD degree in Biostatistics from LUMC University, and as a researcher, she has been involved in the investigation of Bioethics in social life, as well as in the study of learning and brain function assessment.
She has also worked as a consultant for the Greek Ministry of Education and has specialised in monitoring Tertiary (University) Education interventions and programs of Study.
Alexia has participated in several studies linking education to employability and entrepreneurship as well as in research for combating unemployment. She has participated in many youth mobility projects in several countries as a leader. In parallel, she is an activist for human rights and has participated in events in the context of United Nations sessions and protests in front of the Broken Chair at the UN in Geneva, CH.
Her interests include environmental Education, and she has worked for an Action Plan for the environmental education Study on the Socioeconomic and Educational Evolution of “Second Chance School graduates” in Greece for the General Secretary of Lifelong Education. She has also worked on a study on the adaptation to climate change for the student population of the Region of Central Greece.
Last but not least, one of her major concerns is the power of Art and especially Dance as a tool for youth empowerment, combating xenophobia and prejudices and as an expression of self in difficult milieus. Her active participation in various art events and festivals has strengthened her conviction that Art is a powerful tool to bring up social change.
Speaking fluently three European languages and communicating in a fourth one, having travelled a lot and having lived and studied in Greece and the Netherlands, reinforces her international profile and her vision to enhance European Unity and Solidarity.
