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- What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- I come from the post conflict region, Western Balkans. During the wars of the 1990`s I was engaged in peace activism, while later I dealt with post-conflict reconcilliation. I think there is a lot of experience that I could share with people around the world.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- I`ve been in NGO activities since early 1980`s, as a dissident, opposing death penalty, advocating human rights and arguing for political pluralism, freedom of media and rule of law. In 1990`s I opposed wars and nationalism, while in 2007 and 2008/2009, through The Third Chamber, I was contributing to the international development cooperation.
I have also been a politician. Local councillor 1996-2004, member of various local government bodies 2000-2006 and again since 2008, member of the leadership of the shadow national local goverments association 1997-2000, etc. Also, currently, the acting International Secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Serbia and a member of the LDP Policy Making Board for European Integration Affairs.
Professional: ex-journalist, currently a facilitator, political trainer, economic and political analyst/consultant, etc. Worked both with commercial companies and with non-profit organisations.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
- Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Germany, etc.
- What is your current country of residence?
- Serbia
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Member of the steering board of a city-owned housing company in Belgrade
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.ldp.rs/kontakt.284.html
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.pescanik.net
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.theglobalvote.org
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Culture, Democratization, Development, Dialogue, Education, Facilitation, Human Rights, Information and Communication Technology, Internally Displaced, Organizational Development, Psychosocial, Rule of Law
- Which are your primary skills areas?
- Advocacy, Capacity Building, Communication, Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Information Technology, Monitoring, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Training
- What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
- Political risks of the FDIs in Balkans; EU visa regulation and freedom of movement in Europe; employment discrimination of the middle aged in transition countries; etc.
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
- Serbian-Croatian Historians Dialogue Vol. 1-10 (co-edit. and/or facilit.); Liberal Thought in Serbia (facilit.)
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EMU Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) 2010 accepting applications
November 5, 2009 to January 8, 2010 – Eastern Mennonite University
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Canadian School of Peacebuilding 2010 - Accepting Applications
November 10, 2009 to April 1, 2010 – Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Canada
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Peace through Development: Local Institution Building in Rural Afghanistan
November 19, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm – Weatherhead Center at Harvard University
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Working for Peace in the Midst of Conflict: Is it for me?
November 27, 2009 from 6pm to 6pm – London, UK
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