Panagiota Tsalkati is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of International European Economic Studies. She has twenty years of experience in financial and commercial management in the context of collaborations in both private and public sectors within the framework of EU co-funded programs. She also holds a master's degree in Environmental Planing and Environmental Education from the Democritus University of Thrace. She lives permanently in Kornofolia, Soufli.