The TACSO Serbia office plans to organise a series of activities aimed at strengthening the capacities of smaller, less prominent CSOs, giving them a better chance at improving their work and gaining public recognition for their results. We hope to find, assist and promote local success stories, enhancing the role of CSOs in society, and sharing best practices throughout the civil sector. Our main methods for reaching this goal will be through training and mentoring, but also trying to initiate dialogues at higher levels regarding shared issues that need further attention."
Project Team
Zorica Raskovic - Serbia Resident Advisor
Ms. Raskovic holds a working experience of almost 30 years of which more than ten years has been working as a Trainer, Advisor, as well as Program Director/Manager in the field of civil society development in Serbia. In her career, she has personally experienced sequences of CSO development in the capacities of a CSO founder, volunteer, fundraiser, staff member, trainer, as well as project manager. In addition to her comprehensive knowledge and understanding of civil society challenges in Serbia, Ms. Raskovic has developed strong training, facilitation and mentoring skills and is known in Serbia’s CSO community as a person of integrity who works with great personal dedication and motivation.
Ms. Raskovic’s fields of specialization include: Human Rights, Support to disadvantaged persons, Advocacy and Lobbying, Communication & PR, Project Cycle Management, Fundraising and Financial Management, socio-economic partnership and social dialogue for citizen’s participation in community development.
Sergej Vujacic – Project Officer
Sergej Vujacic has ten years of experience in civil society development in the Western Balkans, which he acquired while working for various international organisations. His more specific area of expertise is rural and regional development via public-private partnership. Mr Vujacic's educational background is in economics and he has a degree from the Economic faculty, with an emphasis on corporate finance. Besides regular studies, he has completed specialized courses in Serbia, Germany and Macedonia on civil society-related issues. He is an experienced trainer for various topics, such as advocacy, strategic planning, PCM, fundraising etc. His trainer’s skills have been developed and certified by the German-based governmental agency InWent.
Lidija Paradinovic - Administrative and Financial Assistant
Lidija Paradinovic Nagulov has seven years of experience working for EU-funded projects, in positions including interpreter, translator and project officer. She holds a Master’s Degree from the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade, majoring in Japanese Language and Literature, and has completed her studies in Tokyo, Japan through a scholarship granted by the Japanese Ministry of Education. She also has ample experience with simultaneous interpretation, and is skilled in web design and development.