Ana Ajdukovic

ANA AJDUKOVIC, MBA SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER www.linkedin.com/in/ana-ajdukovic - SKILLS EDUCATION I-I MBA - Entrepreneurship HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany I-I Master’s Degree European Inter-University Center for Human Rights and Democratization I-I Law Degree Faculty of Law, University of Novi Sad, Serbia - • Leadership • Excellent organizing, planning & prioritization skills • Strong communication skills • Interpersonal skills & assertiveness • Problem solving • Negotiation EXPERTISE • • • • • • • Project management Business Plan Expert Financial Management Certified HR manager Legal Client Generation Strategic Planning WORK EXPERIENCE 2006 - - - – 2010 Intern District Court, Novi Sad, Serbia Legal Issues Coordinator Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM), Belgrade, Serbia Legal Issues Coordinator Deputy Prime Minister’s Poverty Reduction Team Belgrade, Serbia Legal and Financial Coordinator Danish Refugee Council, Belgrade, Serbia START-UP EXPERIENCE SunCoal, Leipzig, Germany Business model and income generation Applicata, Berlin, Germany Brand and Marketing Strategy and Value Proposition 2012 – 2015 2018 – 2019 Appointed Director/Head of the Group for Legal and Financial Affairs Office for Coordination with Civil Society of the Government of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia Project Manager/ Business Developer Business Development Department, BioSense Institute, Novi Sad, Serbia MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS BIOSENSE INSTITUTE 2018 – 2019 Business Development Department OFFICE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY 2012 – 2015 Government of Serbia DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL 2009 – 2010 DPM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY 2008 – 2009 SCTM 2007 – 2008 Project Manager / Horizon 2020 Program Project Manager for the Trial Management Work Package of the IoF2020 Project under the EU Horizon 2020 Program (portfolio of EUR 32 M). Project Manager for the DIATOMIC Project under the EU Horizon 2020 Program; Work Package on the development of the Web Platform (submitting narrative reports, deliverables, following Open call, KPIs and targets). Written various project/grant proposals with great rate of success (blockchain, agriculture, medical…) Appointed Director / Head of the Group for Legal and Financial Affairs Developed proposal and project management for the Office’s Civil Society Enabling Environment Project with USAID (portfolio of USD 214.000). Managed all activities related to the preparation and development of the Office budget and preparation of the Office annual financial plan. Solely responsible for managing public procurement. Legal and Financial Coordinator Managed the Legal Aid Program budget, coordinating with Accounting Manager and Team Leader on all financial and legal aspects of the Program, portfolio of over EUR 1M Responsible for the financial condition of the organization along with business development, etc. Legal Issues Coordinator Directly involved in drafting the Anti-Discriminatory Law and participated in the working group on drafting the Law on volunteerism. Provided expert legal advice to Team Leader, Deputy Team Leaders and Coordinators on matters related to Coordinators’ portfolio, relevant to PRS-related areas (over 40 laws). Authored a Paper on Comparative Analysis on Child and Spouse Maintenance regarding Family law in Serbia and in European countries to be included in legislative change. Legal Issues Coordinator Trained 80% of local units on newly adopted local self-government laws, conducting workshops that contributed to better understanding and implementation of laws, Initiated and authored the Comparative Analyses regarding local self government laws and its distribution to towns and municipalities. Editor-in-Chief of the SCTM Legal Bulletin, designed and developed 2 new editions. LANGUAGES & COMPUTER SKILLS Serbian English Slovenian German Office suite