Sustainable Development Department

Slobodan graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, department "Finance, banking and insurance". In 2012, he earned a Master degree from the Faculty of Law, University in Belgrade with a thesis "Allowed forms of state aid in competition law of Serbia and the EU". He attended additional trainings within a Seminar on Trade and Environment Issues for Developing Countries held in Beijing in 2011 and Seminar on Sustainable Development in Venice in 2013. He has been a member of NALED team since 2010, holding the positions of Project Manager, Economic Analyst and currently, Project Coordinator. He has coordinated and participated in the implementation of numerous projects regarding the issues of public finance, fiscal policy, environment protection, public policies on the local and national level. As part of NALED's Policy team, he has been a co-author and associate in developing a large number of studies and analyses related to policy reform and business environment assessment, such as the Grey Book, Regulatory Index of Serbia, Quarterly report on regulatory reform status etc.

Sanja joined NALED team in November 2019 as Policy Coordinator, covering the issues of environmental protection. Since 2008, she has been working on selected sector policies important for the european integration process of Serbia, while from 2011 on environmental policy  - concreatly coordination  of international development assistance and EU funds for the environment sector. She started the career working on projects related to EU accession process of Serbia in the European Movement of Serbia. Aftrwards she was working for the Government of the Republic of Serbia on EU Macroregional Strategy for the Danube Region, and later on within the Serbian European Integration Office (now-Ministry of European Integration) made specific profesional orientation toward environmental protection area. During 9 years working on coordination of international development assisstance, she worked on the development of strategic, planning and program documents regarding the use of EU and international assistance, including the instrument of pre-accession assistance – IPA. She was working on programing and monitoring on numerous infrastructural projects in the area of environment and on coordination of development of technical documentation in line with serbian and EU standards. In the process of defining priorities for funding, she coordinated numerous national institutions and cooperate with international organizations. She attended trainings and seminars in the country and abroad on sustainable development, solid waste and waste water management. Sanja graduated on the Faculty of Political Science, and she is currently attending Master studies in environmental policy. She speaks English.

Todo completed his basic studies at the Faculty of Agriculture on the Agroeconomics module, and last year he enrolled in the Master's studies at the same Faculty on the Agrarian and Rural Development module. As a final year student, he became a member of the first generation of the volunteer center of the PUC of the Belgrade City Market, which is launching a project to manage organic waste in the markets. After completing his undergraduate studies, he moved to the National Association for Organic Production Serbia Organica, where he provided active support to the membership in the process of certification and participation in domestic and international fairs. After that, he worked as an advisor for agro-economics at the Agricultural Advisory and Expert Service of Serbia, where he participated in the transfer of knowledge to agricultural producers. His last employment was with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. where he worked on programming the measures of the IPARD program, which contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of primary agricultural production and processing of agricultural products and the development of rural infrastructure. He graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He joined the NALED team in April 2023 in the position of Regulatory Reform Manager.

Miroslava graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. In addition to her master's degree in economic sciences, she also holds a master's degree in health management. Since 2016, she has a doctorate in legal and economic sciences. She started her career at Vulko doo as a salesperson. Then, she moved to Dunav-TBI, as a sales manager, and after that to Agrobank, to the position of assistant to the general director and the Executive Board. She gained many years of experience in the Republic Fund for Health Insurance, where she worked in management positions in health care contracting, finance and accounting, as well as in the area of ​​controlling the dedicated spending of mandatory health insurance funds. She actively participated in the introduction of the quality management system in the Republic Health Insurance Fund, as well as in the implementation of the financial management and control system. She is a lecturer at the national course Management in Healthcare and Healthcare Institutions (Institute for Public Health of Serbia "Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut") and is a member of the Association for Public Health of Serbia and EUPHA (Europisan Public Health Association). She joined the NALED team in May 2022 in the position of Manager for Regulatory Reform in the Unit for Agriculture and Health

Isidora is in the position of specialist for regulatory reform in the Department for Sustainable Development, and at the same time she is improving her skills at the Master's program Digital Transformation at the FEFA Faculty. In NALED, she participates in the coordination of the work of the Alliance for Health and the Alliance for Food and Agriculture, and is also engaged in projects of digitalization and modernization of the health system, as well as improvement of the business environment in the field of food and agriculture, financed by international donors (GIZ, USAID, UNDP, EBRD). She completed her basic studies in international relations at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, and during her studies she gained international experience at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and Matej Bell in Slovakia, as part of the Erasmus plus student exchange project. She is an alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy for Young Women and the Zoran Đinđić Foundation. He speaks English and German.

Jovana is finishing her final year of bachelor studies in International affairs at Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade. During her studies she was the Vice President and later, President of The Student Parliament in 2020/21. She was also the President of Youth Team Initiative. Through informal education and active participation in the civic sector, she gained experience in regional cooperation and youth policy. Jovana was also a peer educator on youth projects concerning political system, democratic values and civic participation. She joined NALED in August 2021 as a Regulatory Reform Intern.

Jovana graduated from the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, majoring in international studies, and is currently pursuing a master's degree at the same faculty, in the Environmental Law sub-module. During her studies, she attended the legal clinic for Environmental Law (Jean Monnet Chair in European Environmental Law - supported by the OSCE and the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union) and did an internship at the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Also, she was an intern at the Office for European Integration in the Sector for Coordination of the Accession Process and Monitoring of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, and after her studies she did an internship at a law firm dealing with various areas of law, especially litigation. Jovana has been engaged in NALED since December 2021 as an intern for the ongoing activities of the Environmental Unit.