Završna konferencija projekta Javno-privatni dijalog za razvoj

Bojana Tošić graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Belgrade University in 2004. Her professional career started in 2005 when she became a legal trainee. In 2008 she entered the Register of Lawyers with the Bar Association of Belgrade. She has more than 10 years of experience in the area of regulatory reform, public administration reform, and public policy managementShe has worked as a consultant at numerous projects funded by the European Union, the World Bank (WB), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). During the period 2007-2011 she was a legal adviser at the Secretariat of the Council for Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Impact Assessment, and during the period 2008-2010 she worked as a coordinator of the legal team of the Unit for the Implementation of Comprehensive Regulatory Reform of the Government of the Republic of Serbia (the so-called regulatory guillotine).In July 2013 she became Deputy Director of the Government Office for Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Impact Assessment. She participated in the drafting of numerous regulations, studies and reports needed by both the public and the private sector. She is a certified World Bank trainer in the area of regulatory impact assessment.In April 2014 she was appointed Acting Deputy Director of the Public Policy Secretariat (PPS). On 31 January 2018 she was appointed Acting Director of the PPS.

Vladislav Cvetkovic is Director of Advisory Services in “PricewaterhouseCoopers” in Belgrade since 2013. He served as the Director of Privatization Agency from 2009 to 2013, managing all activities on the Serbian privatization agenda, including the improvement of privatization-related legislation. From 2001 to 2007 he was engaged in the National Bank of Serbia and the Agency for Deposit Insurance, as Advisor to the Governor and the leading advisor for privatization of banks. During this period, he led a number of projects related to banking sector reform and was directly engaged in formulating and successful implementation of the strategy and privatization of significant financial institutions in the country, also leading on several of the largest privatization projects in Serbia so far. From 2004 to 2005 he was a Council member in the National Bank of Serbia, and the Managing Board President in Komercijalna banka AD Beograd from 2006 to 2009. His professional career started in financial consulting in “Deloitte”, Belgrade, in 1994-2000, as well as in academia, as he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Economy in Belgrade, at the Business Finance and Accounting department.

Dušan has been dealing with regulatory reforms in the field of public administration and economic development since 2001. He has cooperated with NALED in various roles, ever since the organization was established, currently as Economy and Good Governance Advisor. He took part in devising the concept and realizing NALED's Grey Book, the campaign Ask When, the Regulatory Index of Serbia and the Business Friendly Certification in South East Europe. Some of the reforms where he had one of the leading roles refer to the issues of real estate registration, construction permitting, abolishing para-fiscal charges, labor legislation, property taxation, land use and development fees, decentralization and strengthening the authorities and capacities of local governments. He is a member of multiple working groups established by the Government and line ministries, including the Joint Group for Improving Serbia's Position in the World Bank's Doing Business List. From 2018 to early 2019 he was a senior expert in business legislation for the Serbia Investment Climate project by IFC as part of the World Bank Group. Prior to this, he was a Business Policy and Economic Governance Director in USAID Business Enabling Project (USAID BEP), and later served as the Deputy Chief of Party for the same project. From 2002 to 2010 he led policy teams in USAID projects dealing with decentralization and local economic development. From 2001 he was Project Director in the Public Administration and Local Government Center (PALGO). He has a PhD degree in economics, a Magister degree in local economic development, and he graduated from the Faculty o Political Sciences in Belgrade. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy from Boston, USA, and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences. His expert and scientific works have been published in Serbian, English and Spanish.

Merrill is Executive Vice President at the Partnership for New York City, managing the Research and Policy teams. Merrill is primarily responsible for developing research across all the Partnership’s priority areas including transportation and infrastructure, economic development, education, workforce development and New York’s continued competitiveness overall. Merrill holds a Master’s in Public Affairs degree in environmental management and science from Indiana University, and a Master’s degree in philosophy and J.D. from the University of Connecticut. Her undergraduate degree is from St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland.

Milivoje Jovanović was born in 1979 in Niš. He started his academic at the Faculty of Economics, University in Niš, successfully moving on to Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) studies in Great Britain - City College, University of Sheffield. In 2012 he published his Magister paper “The influence of global economic and financial crisis on the work of entrepreneurs and SMEs in Serbia“. After successful career in international organizations (OSCE, HELP) and financial sector in Serbia (SoGe, UniCredit bank), Milivoje decided to apply the acquired knowledge and professional experience in the civil sector, as one of the founders of an NGO ENECA. The Program Start Up for Your Business created by Milivoje in 2009, has resulted in the establishment or expansion of more than 600 small and family business in 114 local governments in Serbia, employing more than 3,000 people. Milivoje guides the joint work of partners from the private, public and non-profit sectors, with the aim of jointly developing better conditions for the MSME sector, promoting entrepreneurship in Serbia.

Peter M. Cohen is the General Counsel of The Partnership Fund for New York City, a $120M social impact venture fund focused on creating jobs in New York City and growing the local economy.  The Fund’s investments range broadly - from projects in inner city neighborhoods that help provide employment and better services to underserved populations to those that catalyze the growth of emerging tech sectors such as life sciences and digital manufacturing.  Previously, Peter practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP where he represented publicly traded companies, financial advisors and institutions, and private equity investors in connection with a variety of public and private transactions.

Spec. Dr. med. Rodoljub Živadinović was born in 1973 in Aleksinac. He lives in Žitkovac near Aleksinac. She finished elementary school in Žitkovac, and high school in science and mathematics in Aleksinac. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Niš. He completed his specialization in epidemiology in July 2008 at the Faculty of Medicine in Niš, i.e. Institute for Public Health. He is the head of the Department of Home Treatment, Health Care and Epidemiology at the Health Center in Aleksinac. He is the president of the Committee for Protection against Hospital Infections of the Health Center Aleksinac. He is the head of the Organizational Unit for Nosocomial Infections at the Aleksinac Health Center. He is the head of the Smoking Cessation Counseling Center, which works within the Epidemiology Department of the Aleksinac Health Center. Coordinator of environmental protection affairs of the Aleksinac Health Center and president of the Commission for the implementation of activities on monitoring measures and other activities related to medical waste. He is the head of the Medical Waste Management Team at the Aleksinac Health Center. He is the leader of the Environment Team within the accreditation process of the Aleksinac Health Center, as well as the Management Team. He was the director of the Health Center in Aleksinac from December 31, 2014 to December 5, 2023. He is a volunteer member of the Committee for Protection against Hospital Infections of the Jelenac Gerontological Center, as well as the Committee for Protection against Hospital Infections of the Kulina Home for Adults. President of the Association of Beekeeping Organizations of Serbia since February 2008.

Susan K. Fritz began as the Regional Mission Director to Ukraine and Belarus on July 27th, 2016. In her role, she oversees a Mission of approximately 120 staff managing a portfolio of approximately $965 million in Ukraine and $57.3 million in Belarus. Prior to her position as Regional Mission Director, Fritz was Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator and Acting Assistant Administrator in the Europe and Eurasia (E&E) Bureau. In that role, Fritz oversaw program and management systems for the Bureau’s $500 million annual budget to assist 13 countries in Europe and Eurasia. During her 27 year USAID career, Fritz served as Mission Director in East Africa and Serbia and Montenegro, Deputy Mission Director in Kosovo, Regional Democracy Officer in Bulgaria, and Democracy Office Director in Central Asia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In Washington, she served as the Elections and Political Process Team Leader in the Democracy and Governance Center, and in several positions in the E&E Bureau’s Democracy Office. Fritz has a Master of Public Administration degree from American University and a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Political Science from Rutgers University. Fritz is married to retired USAID Foreign Service Officer Michael Fritz. They have twins, Kai and Cody, born in 2002.