Yiannis Trimithiotis is a senior EU programme management professional with 14+ years of experience across Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, H2020, CERV, and EEA/Norway Grants. He currently serves as Programme Director for the EEA Civil Society Fund 2021–2028 in Cyprus, operated by the NGO Support Center – GrantXpert Consulting consortium. He is also Co-Founder and Director of ProjectSquared Ltd. His civil society roots go back to the Cyprus Youth Council (2012–2015), where he led youth projects and structured dialogue initiatives at national and European level. He remains an active civil society practitioner — as a member of NGO boards, EU programme selection committees, and local civic initiatives.