The Regional Board is the decision-making and the management body and consists of twelve Board members, two representatives from each of six National Chapters (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo* and Serbia).
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Dejan Galovski is a Ph.D. in Economics and Tourism from Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is born in Tetovo, Macedonia where he finished his master's deg... more_vert
Dejan Galovski is a Ph.D. in Economics and Tourism from Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is born in Tetovo, Macedonia where he finished his master's degree in Marketing at South East European University. During his studies, he did a one-semester exchange at Sofia University. After that, he got a full scholarship for three years doctoral studies at the same university supported by Erasmus Mundus Program. He did the internship through the program Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurship in the travel industry in Algarve, Portugal.
Dejan has been involved in the WBAA community since the GA in Tirana in 2019, as an active member of the WBAA Communication & IT team and participated in many WBAA Projects. Also he has experience as a co-organizer and project coordinator in WBAA Projects. He is a freelancer in digital marketing and enthusiastic about new digital technology and he is very passionate about traveling. He joined the WBAA Board in May 2022.
Altin holds a Bachelor and Master degree on Economics from the University of Prishtina. While finishing his MSc studies he has been selected as a scho... more_vert
Altin holds a Bachelor and Master degree on Economics from the University of Prishtina. While finishing his MSc studies he has been selected as a scholar to finish his master thesis at Aleksander Stulginskis University as part of the Erasmus+ exchange program in Kaunas, Lithuania. He completed his BSc and MSc with honors and high achievements (Magna cum laude). He completed Transformation Leadership Program organized by USAID and American University in Kosovo.
In the last 4 years, Altin has been working on different projects and events, dealing with youth, the education system, informal education, community, and social problems in Prishtina. He was the founder and vice president of the Youth Assembly of Prishtina, where he led and organized many projects.
He worked for Prishtina International Summer University on the team core for two years. He was a field researcher for different agencies and organizations in Kosovo. Now he is part of ERDEC, an organization dealing with education, training, research, and economic analysis.
Moreover, Altin participated in different conferences, meetings, camps, training, and events in Kosovo and the region about youth engagement & empowerment, leadership, digitalization, accountability, policy-making, and decision-making processes. He also is part of the UNICEF Professional Volunteer Mentoring development program as a Mentor by implementing youth programs such as Podium and Ponder. Altin joined the WBAA Board in May 2022.
Rregjina Gokaj is an Associate Professor at the University "Aleksandër Moisiu" in Durrës, Albania. She earned a Master's degree in Cultural Studies ... more_vert
Rregjina Gokaj is an Associate Professor at the University "Aleksandër Moisiu" in Durrës, Albania. She earned a Master's degree in Cultural Studies and a Ph.D. in World Literature from the University of Tirana in Albania. Her second field of education is in psychology, where she attended a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at the University of Shkodra, Albania.
Rregjina was appointed as Deputy Rector and she was also nominated as Institutional Coordinator for Accreditation and Quality Assurance of university study programmes, as well as Head of the Foreign Languages Department at the Faculty of Education at her university.
She was enrolled in the CEEPUS programme and had an exchange at the University of West Hungary in Szombathely, Hungary, where she taught in Master and Bachelor programmes at the Faculty of Philology and Education.
Rregjina was a member of the Pestalozzi Programme Training Module "Strengthening Education for Democracy, STED" under the auspices of the Council of Europe, currently a member of the Pestalozzi community and pool of experts, certified as Trainer of Trainers as author of the Module "Betterfly with Democracy".
Rregjina has a long experience with civil society, being actively engaged in cross-cultural issues and activities. She believes that cultural boundaries are abstract, thus building cultural bridges among people is a good way to start apprehending and accepting the other. She is Executive Director of an NGO, Culture Lab of Unique Bonds, founded in 2018 in Albania, whose main objective is training and activities for youth in the field of culture and education.
Rregjina has been engaged and particularly interested in youth issues, supporting students in their personal development and helping them connect to the labour market. She is an "always-there" enthusiastic lecturer who promotes human rights, youth participation in decision making, and brain gain policies.
Rregjina was one of the volunteers at the first conference organised by the European Commission, "Balkan Connexion: Dialogue on a Western Balkan Alumni Association" (November 2016, Podgorica). Since then, she has been an active member of WBBA, having been elected as the Leader of the former Academic and Career Development Team. She joined the WBAA Board in May 2022.
Mila Lukić is a passionate youth activist from Serbia who has been involved in youth work and youth organisations since 2013. She was the President o... more_vert
Mila Lukić is a passionate youth activist from Serbia who has been involved in youth work and youth organisations since 2013. She was the President of the Board of the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS) and is currently serving as a youth representative at the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe as well as an Expert Member of the national Advisory Youth Council of the Government of Serbia. Apart from this, she has been a youth delegate to the events organized by the European Commission, the United Nations and the European Youth Forum. She joined WBAA as a former Erasmus Join EU-SEE Penta and Erasmus Mundus alumna having been part of a student exchange during her Bachelor studies and having obtained a master’s degree in Tourism Management from the universities in Kolding (Denmark), Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Girona (Spain). She has been involved in WBAA since its beginning but officially joined it in 2019 as the Head of the Team Projects, as she has extensive experience in project development and project management. Mila joined the WBAA Board in October 2021. She is living in Belgrade and working as the Project Specialist at NALED, the only public-private association in the country.
Kristina Nikolova graduated with a degree in Marketing Management from the Faculty of Economics in Prilep. During her studies she took the opportunity... more_vert
Kristina Nikolova graduated with a degree in Marketing Management from the Faculty of Economics in Prilep. During her studies she took the opportunity to spend a semester studying at the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia, as part of the Eramus + mobility programme. She joined WBAA right after completing her mobility in 2019 and has been a Board member since October 2021.
Throughout the last 7 years she has been active in several NGOs (e.g. Red Cross and AIESEC) and has always seen volunteering as an essential part of her life. She believes that with a little bit of focus and dedication, we can achieve truly remarkable things as active leaders of positive impact.
Adnan Rahimić is a project management enthusiast, working with and implementing EU-funded programs and increasing its visibility and awareness of int... more_vert
Adnan Rahimić is a project management enthusiast, working with and implementing EU-funded programs and increasing its visibility and awareness of international collaboration among higher education communities on a local, national and regional level. He has graduated from the University of Sarajevo (majoring in International Economy) and obtained a Master's degree in Management and European Integration at the University of West England (UK). Further, he was trained in "Excellence in research, social and technological innovation project management" in the Interreg pilot program at Charles University in Prague. Working in the international sector at the University of Sarajevo with Erasmus+ and other internationally funded projects, he brings rich expertise to the National representation for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Western Balkans Alumni Association. Adnan joined the WBAA Board in October 2021.
Njomza Sallauka is currently employed as Language Expert and Translation Services Coordinator at Trankos Consulting in Prishtina. She is responsible f... more_vert
Njomza Sallauka is currently employed as Language Expert and Translation Services Coordinator at Trankos Consulting in Prishtina. She is responsible for receiving and assessing the quality and completeness of translations filed by translators, and communicating with different stakeholders, clients or employers about translation projects, events or campaigns expectations and goals. She holds a Bachelor`s Degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Prishtina. Also, she has pursued her Master`s Degree in Applied Linguistics at the same university. While in her Master studies, she was chosen as an Erasmus+ Exchange student to finish her third semester as a Candidate in Technical Translation as part of the Professional Master Study Program, at Riga Technical University (RTU) - Faculty of E-Learning Technologies and Humanities in Riga, Latvia (09/2016 – 02/2017). Recently, she finished her second Master`s Degree with honors, at the Master Study Program, European Integration and Public Administration at University of Prishtina, Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Political Sciences. She was Head of the Academic and Career Development Team at the Western Balkans Alumni Association since October 2019, until now, where she was in charge of leading approximately a group of 30 members of a work team in completing assignment projects and activities. Simultaneously, she is also a Professional Volunteer Mentor of UNICEF development programs Kosovo CSR Network & UNICEF where she contributes in empowering and developing young people by increasing the capacity and the ability to participate in the workforce, policy-making and decision-making processes, by implementing youth programs such as Podium, Ponder & Upshift. During the period (07/2019 – 02/2020), she performed as an English-Albanian Translator & Simultaneous Interpreter at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports at the Republic of Kosovo. Furthermore, she was also the Project Manager for the project "The development and promotion of training skills and competencies in Western Balkans." Njomza joined the WBAA Board in October 2021.
Milan Stojanovic is a Ph.D. in Sustainable Food Production from the University of Belgrade. He is a Board Member of Sweden Alumni Network Western Balk... more_vert
Milan Stojanovic is a Ph.D. in Sustainable Food Production from the University of Belgrade. He is a Board Member of Sweden Alumni Network Western Balkans, a founder of Sweden Alumni Network Serbia and Adriatic Ionian Youth Network, an ambassador of the UN "Agenda 2030" and promoter of the Green Transition within the Western Balkan region.
During his higher education, he was a holder of four European scholarships and he spent 6 months at the University of Gothenburg, 10 months at the University of Milan, 6 months at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Valencia and 7 months at the University of Minho in Braga. At the University of Minho, he worked at the office called TecMinho and dealt with issues such as Technology Transfer, Process Development and Intellectual Property Management. He was also a beneficiary of Climate KIC - Pioneers into Practice program and he spent 2 months in Portugal working on development of one Sustainable Food related startup. Last 5 years Milan has been working intensively on regional connectivity and he was a project manager of 6 regional WBAA projects as well as 4 regional projects within the Sweden Alumni Network Western Balkans. He is passionate about changes in society, career development of youth, green entrepreneurship and cross-border collaborations. When it comes to his local community, Milan is a member of the School Board of one local primary school and secretary of local Rotary Club "Mihajlo Pupin" from Pancevo. Milan joined the WBAA Board in October 2021.
Andrija Tomić holds a BA in International Relations from ELTE University in Hungary. He is a teaching assistant at the Institute of Political and Int... more_vert
Andrija Tomić holds a BA in International Relations from ELTE University in Hungary. He is a teaching assistant at the Institute of Political and International Studies at ELTE University.
Andrija has been very active within the NGO sector and youth organizations. He has volunteered in the Organization of Montenegrins Studying Abroad, advancing through different positions from team member to Coordinator for Marketing.
He is devoted to promoting strong cooperation ties between Hungary and the Western Balkans, especially his home country - Montenegro. Thus, he engaged in organizing diaspora events and charity gatherings.
Currently, he is at MA International Relations at ELTE University with a specialization in Security Studies. In academia, he is focused on security studies and cybersecurity. Andrija joined the WBAA Board in October 2021.
Mario Vrhovac is a teacher of Latin at the secondary medical school Jezero-Sarajevo. Mario obtained his BA degree at the University of Sarajevo with a... more_vert
Mario Vrhovac is a teacher of Latin at the secondary medical school Jezero-Sarajevo. Mario obtained his BA degree at the University of Sarajevo with an exchange erasmus year at the University of Zagreb. On the MA level, he graduated from the University of Mostar with an exchange Erasmus year at the Universidade Lisboa. During the last few years, Mario worked closely with RYCO on the program „Super Schools," where he established a partnership between schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo*. Regarding WBAA, he has participated in two projects until now. He is passionate about changes in society, career development of youth, green entrepreneurship, and cross-border collaborations. For the last 5 years, Mario has been a volunteer at ESN Sarajevo, where he now holds the president's position. As a mentor and teacher, he tries to involve more and more of his students in youth work and activism. There are a lot of workshops and opportunities for youth, but they don't know about them.
Aleksandar Vučinić did his BSc studies in Moscow at the Power Engineering Department of Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Subsequently, he h... more_vert
Aleksandar Vučinić did his BSc studies in Moscow at the Power Engineering Department of Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Subsequently, he has acquired his MSc in Budapest at the International Economics and Business department of the Corvinus University of Budapest. Throughout his studies, he has been a very active youth activist. In particular, he was an active member of OMSA (Organization of Montenegrins Studying Abroad) where he was covering the role of the President of the Assembly (2017/2018) and eventually the position of Executive Director (2018/19). While being Executive director, Aleksandar put the emphasis on the organization’s expansion and growth, institutional foundation, recruitment of motivated members, incentivization of active members’ participation, development of the cooperation with Government, Local Businesses, Sports Associations, and Diaspora Organizations. Moreover, many significant projects were launched and implemented such as the education-oriented “Brain network”, which goal was to bring together, connect and develop collaboration between accomplished Montenegrin students (mentors) from abroad and their young fellow-citizens (mentees) from Montenegrin high schools, aspiring to pursue an education and a career in a field of mentor’s expertise. Aleksandar has been covering the role of Risk and Control Analyst in the multinational company Diageo. Currently, he is employed as a Product Control Associate at Investment Bank Citi in Budapest. Aleksandar is passionate about reading, hiking, and traveling. He joined the WBAA Board in October 2021.
Sara Zekaj works as Community Engagement and Public Relations Coordinator at the Perspektivat e Reja – a UK Home Office Funded project implemented i... more_vert
Sara Zekaj works as Community Engagement and Public Relations Coordinator at the Perspektivat e Reja – a UK Home Office Funded project implemented in Albania by Swisscontact and TAG. She has built her career in a variety of roles and industries including Law firms, central government, and international organisations. She worked for two years the Cabinet of Minister in the Ministry of Interior in 2017, working on issues of serious organised crime, irregular migration and violent extremism, including related international cooperation initiatives. She was engaged as a migration expert with IOM Albania in the implementation and midterm review of the National Strategy of Migration and Action Plan 2019-2022.
Currently her main focus is alternative pathways on preventing the irregular migration of young people.
Following her interest in international political affairs and security matters, she graduated in 2020 in MA International Relations and Security at Westminster University in London, UK as a Chevening Scholar. She holds a Joint degree in law from University of Tirana and Masaryk University under the JoinEU-SEE program (2014) and MSc in Public Law (2016).