| 2009-2010 |
Terraforming - Stockholm and Amsterdam based NGO, working with research, project development, consulting and project management, education, culture, social studies, art production and multimedia www.terraforming.org
Project manager, developer and team leader in projects subsidized by the Swedish Institute through the programme “Creative Force - Western Balkans” during 2009-2010. “Cerain summer music school for Roma children” in 2009 was an educational project targeting Roma children in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, using the language of music to teach about the human rights and tolerance. A wide cooperation between artists and experts from around Europe with local artists, NGO:s, Roma organizations, local universities, ministries of education, local authorities, and culture institutions.
The project was presented on the “EU projects in favour of the Roma community” conference in Brussels in march 2010, held by the Directorate-General for Education and Culture of European Commission.
“Cerain Cookbook” in 2010 is a serial of seminars and idea-exchange network meetings on pedagogic methods of using art and creativity in work with children (especially the children of the marginalized groups), targeting teachers, educators, local authorities, museum curators, library workers, artists, NGOs, and students. The seminars were held in Serbia during 2010, resulting in a book - a collection of pedagogic methods, real-life experiences and project ideas. (Swedish Institute - www.si.se) |
| 2010 |
The Living History Forum - a Swedish public authority which, using the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity as a starting point, works with issues on tolerance, democracy and human rights from both a national and international perspective. www.levandehistoria.se
Research and interviews in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Serbia, finding and collecting documentation, producing materials that will be used for educational purposes and exhibitions in Sweden on the subject of war in Bosnia-Hercegovina and nationalism.
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| 2006-2009 |
National Commission for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) www.ncdo.nl NGO, fully subsidized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Project officer on the MATRA program by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for international cooperation between the Netherlands and the European Union’s neighboring countries, with the aim to develop the cultural cooperation and to help their preparation for the accession to the EU (the Matra programme info). Approving grants and promoting the program in the Netherlands. |
| 2004-2006 |
International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Legal assistant in the Srebrenica trials. |
| 2004 |
South East News Service Europe SENSE, a news agency reporting from the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), The Hague.
Working as journalist, covering ICTY trials for weekly TV reports and web. |
| 2003-2005 |
Videoletters www.videoletters.net, a reconciliation project for the former Yugoslavia financed by the Dutch and British governments. 18 documentary episodes broadcasted simultaneously on all public TV stations in former Yugoslavia 2005/2006.
International fundraising, production, negotiation and contract closures with the involved broadcasters from the whole region of the former Yugoslavia. Work on subtitling and publicity. |
| 1997-2003 |
Royal Dutch Academy of Science (KNAW) / Dutch Institute for War Documentation (NIOD):
“Srebrenica - A ‘Safe’ Area” independent historical report (Srebrenica report)
Researcher, Regional Expert and Writer
This report was commissioned by the Dutch government to reconstruct and describe events before, during and after the fall of UN enclave Srebrenica in the former-Yugoslavia.
Responsibilities:
• Research (initiate and complete projects within budget and timetable).
• Obtain, analyze and summarize open-source/classified documents in various private, NGO, governmental, military, NATO, UN, and ICTY archives.
• Coordinate, implement and summarize interviews with (>300) individuals from all involved parties in the region: victims, perpetrators, high-ranking government officials and refugees.
• Initiate and coordinate the teams projects, research activities and fieldwork in the region.
• Establish and maintain a network of NIOD with various institutions/individuals throughout the former Yugoslavia, involved in the aftermath of the event.
• Initialized the analysis and summarizing of academic literature and journalism from the regional press in the 1990s: managed/trained a group of translators, journalists, and military/academic researchers.
• Writing parts of report Srebrenica - A ‘Safe’ Area
• Promotion in the media of the publication after its completion. |
| 1997-1998 |
University of Amsterdam UvA
Teacher in the Slavic Languages department. |
| 1996 |
InterNews, the Hague
Editorial/copy editor for satellite network covering the International Criminal Tribunal for former-Yugoslavia (ICTY). |
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