Achivements
Achivements
Designed, authored, and directed the “Creative Entrepreneurship Serbia” program, which provided tailored training, networking, and policy engagement activities that strengthened entrepreneurial capacity for creative professionals and marginalized groups across Serbia (5,000+ individuals reached, 500+ rural entrepreneurs trained). Programme was shortlisted as a one of five finalist for the UNESCO Award for Creative Economy.
Designed and implemented more that 20 national and regional mapping studies and innovative policies/programme in cultural and creative cndustries, providing evidence-based insights that shaped creative economy development and heritage investment strategies in Serbia, Montenegro, and the wider Western Balkans region;
Served as consultant to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics on projects contributing to methodological development for assessing the economic impact of creative sectors; build and established international guidelines and standards used by policymakers worldwide - baseline indicators for measuring economic contribution of cultural and creative industries;
Developed Global Heritage Statistics Survey, supporting the monitoring of SDG indicator 11.4.1 and strengthening international data systems on cultural heritage used by 54 countries;
Helped national and local governments integrate cultural data into national development strategies throught participation in the implementation of UNESCO cultural indicator frameworks, including UNESCO Indicators 2030 Serbia and UNESCO Culture for Development Indicators, with a focus on data collection, indicator development, and policy analysis; implemented 12+ cultural indicators used in government reporting on sustainable development;
Served as national expert for the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe (Council of Europe initiative), contributing to comparative analysis and monitoring of cultural policy developments; policy updates and nacional profiles;
Expert contributor to heritage economics initiatives of the Council of Europe, supporting the development of innovative methodologies for measuring the economic contribution of cultural heritage and monitoring heritage policies in WB countries;
Authored 20+ research reports and manuals supporting cretive economy policy evaluation and the monitoring of development indicators and applied across multiple countries;
Served on 15+ international committees, working groups and task forces on creative economy contributing to policy recommendations, research agendas, and governance frameworks adopted by cultural institutions and policymakers.
Led more than 15 national and regional projects on creative economy development, delivering analytical research, policy recommendations, and strategic measures that informed government cultural policy and creative economy strategies.
Designed, led and delivered more than 30 capacity-building programs on creative entrepreneurship, training 1200+ cultural and creative professionals in business development, innovation, and finance strategies.