Ana Ilić

Director for Good Governance

Ana has been engaged on management and coordination of EU and other international assistance since 2001, first as a consultant in the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and later in managing positions within the Ministry of Finance and the Serbian European Integrations Office (SEIO). As an expert in planning, programming and evaluation of EU and other international assistance, from 2014 to 2017 she served as Deputy Director - EU Funds Coordinator in the SEIO. She was engaged as the Head of Operative Structure for managing cross-border cooperation programs with BiH and Montenegro, chaired the working group on EU accession regarding Chapter 22- Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments, served as a member of Negotiation team for Chapter 22, the national coordinator for the Danube region and co-national coordiinator for EU strategy for the Adriatic-Ionnian region, a member of program borads of the Regional School of Public Administration and Regional Cooperarion Council etc. She worked on the development of strategic, planning and program documents regarding the use of EU and international assistance, including the instrument of pre-accession assistance - IPA, she was a member of steering committees and responsible for the implementation of more than 10 projects, took part in establishing the system of decentralized / indirect management of EU funds, coordinated Serbia's engagement in regional, cross-border and transnational EU programs, coordinated bilateral and multilateral assistance provided by more than 20 development partners. She has been engaged in NALED since September 2017 as a consultant for project preparation and cooperation with the EU and bilateral donors, from april 2018. she has been appointed as the Director of Good Governance department in NALED, in charge of local economic development and capacity building programs.

All Sessions by Ana Ilić

11:30 - 12:30
Center Hall

Panel Discussion: Regional Response and Development Cooperation in Improving Competitiveness and Developing Sustainable Businesses

Focus: Aligning financial and technical support and various externally funded regional programs to maximize impact on gender equality, inclusive employment, and local ESG adoption.

12:30 - 12:45
Center Hall

Closing Remarks & Priorities for Action

Focus: Key takeaways from two days of dialogue and cooperation; actionable commitments for embedding social responsibility into ESG agendas across the region.

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