CURICULUM VITAE

Personal data

Education, skills, qualifications and training

Relevant work experience

• 1996 – 2006 NGO Center for Independent Living of Serbia – Founding member and Coordinator for Development and International Affairs, Project Manager for Personal Assistance Service Programme in Serbia
• 1995 – 2001 NGO Oxfam UK, Belgrade Office – Programme Coordinator and Regional Disability Advisor for all disability related projects
• 1992 – 1995 Centre for Independent Living, Dublin, Ireland – Project Manager , Training Co-coordinator in the INCARE, Personal Assistance Service programme. Lecturer in Disability Studies in Manoote College, Dublin
• 1966 – 1992 NGO Muscular Dystrophy Group of (Former) Yugoslavia, President of the Federal Board,
• 1980 – 1086 NGO Muscular Dystrophy Group of (Former) Yugoslavia , Editor of Magazine “Myopathy and We” Editor of Magazine “Myopathy and We”
• 1978 – 1991 European Alliance of Muscular Dystrophy Associations , EAMDA, Vice president for Social affairs

Major projects

• “Regional Disability Support” – Development and provision of experts support to eight Oxfam Offices in the region in implementation of disability support projects – 1997/1999
• “Disability Studies” – educational programme for activists in disability movement – 2000
• “Personal Assistance Service as a Social Support for disabled People” – Case study Research on PA service as social services and comparative analysis with other types of social support – 2001
• ” Serbia without Poverty” – Provision of consultative process and recommendation for Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper – 2003
• “Monitoring Implementation of PRSP in Serbia” – specific of poverty for disabled people research, Belgrade 2004
• “Personal Assistance Service in Serbia, SPAS” – Action Research Programme on provision, training and researching an innovative type of social support for disabled people in local community – 2003/2006
• ” Self Help and Advocacy for Rights and Equal opportunities for people with disabilities in South East Europe (Share-See) – programme for building up capacities of disabled people’s organizations in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania and Bosnia – 2004/2006
• “Capacity building for Organizations of People with Disabilities”, within the CARDS program, implemented by European Disability Forum – EDF in Albania, Bosna and Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia
• “Training of trainers”, design and training the group of persons with disabilities for trainers in Awareness raising on disability for different target groups – author, organizer and one of the facilitators

Key papers

• “Personal Assistance Service as a Social Support for disabled People” – Case study Research, Borivoje Ljubinkovic and Gordana Rajkov, Belgrade – 2001
• ” Review on legal situation and social services for people with disabilities in Serbia and Bosnia” – Conference Achievements and Perspectives of the Council of Europe –Initiating legal changes in the issues of disability in Macedonia and the Region – Skoplje, 2003
• “Disabled People in Situation of Crisis ” – British Council Disability Conference – London, 2004
• ” Independent Living as a human right: empowerment and mainstreaming” – Disabled People’s International Regional Conference – Bucharest 2005
• “Experience of Independence ” – Participative Action Research, Team of authors – Belgrade 2005
• “Poverty and Disability” – Round Table Discussion Parliament of Serbia – Belgrade 2006
• Case study on Personal Assistance Service programme as initiative for policy change – Disability and Classification Conference, WHO-FIC – Tunisia 2006

Professional affiliation and membership

• Disability policy
• Social policy and services
• Capacity building and education

Memebership in specific bodies and organisations

• Member of Body for Disability Issues, Government of Republic of Serbia
• Member of Managing Board and Vice-president of Disabled Peoples’ International – Europe Region
• Member of Executive Board of European Network of People with Disabilities – ENIL