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About Stikado

About Stikado

Stikado is an international NGO registered in Norway. We have members from all over the world who support the cause and work of the organization. Stikado aims to keep as much as possible of its administration and organizational work online. We utilize a variety of online collaboration tools to facilitate the work of our board and teams, as well as the collaboration and communication with our members.

Our mission

Stikado's mission is to create a world where compassion, equality, and creativity are the defining characteristics of how people live their lives and develop the communities in which they live.

We want to achieve our goals by creating contexts in which human rights become the backbone of our societies. In our perspective, human rights are accepted, embraced, and defended, not debated and negotiated.

We develop our own projects and initiatives. At the same time, we work to support individuals, companies, NGOs, and governmental entities to manage and expand their existing projects or grow roots for new ideas.


You can read Stikado's organizational statutes here.

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The board

Jon Elvestad, Chairperson of the board

Jon Elvestad

Chairperson

Jon has a Master’s degree in International Development and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He has been living, working and studying in several countries for more than 15 years. During this period he has had the chance to acquire increasing levels of responsibility, gain management experience and interdisciplinary experience in multiple fields.

He is passionate about human rights and the individual’s position in society. He is a firm believer that every human being is unique, irreplaceable and invaluable – and that the rights of the individual should be determined not by their socioeconomic status or nationality, but solely by their existence as a human being.

Irina Mihalcut, Vice Chairperson of the board

Irina Mihălcuț

Vice Chairperson

Irina has a Master and a Bachelor degree in Political Sciences. She has been exploring the world for more than 21 years, learning about new cultures and gaining extensive experience in organizing large-scale events, in managing teams and budgets and in finding the right resources for transforming ideas into successful projects. She is passionate about humanitarian, cultural, educational and social work and she is always keen to discover new areas of interest.

She loves learning new languages and she believes that the best way to have peace in this world is building intercultural bridges. She is a connector of people, ideas and resources and she is convinced that collaboration, together with joy and a pinch of craziness are the key to transforming the world into a better place. She is always ready to fight against injustices and to bring hope in people’s lives.

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We support the
UN Sustainable Development Goals

Stikado supports and works to accomplish all UN SDGs. We focus on the following four goals. You can read more about our commitment to the SDGs here.

UN Sustainable Development Goals