Jelena Bulic Milenovic

Well educated professional with 11 years of Project implementation experience in different fields. All the projects have been EU financed, which gave me an insight and knowledge of EU procedures and practices:

 Media and communication experience: Media writing experience (cultural section of Politika and Jazz column in KNR Times magazine – samples available), Website content maintenance, Social Media experienceOrganisation of events (seminars, conferences, roundtables, etc.); Copywriting (have a course certificate) and development and editing of marketing and advertising materials; Preparation of handouts, fact sheets and press releases for workshops; Organization and participation in trainings; Drafting of tender documentation; Voluntary work for the local Citizens organization of Mirijevo in writing project proposals, raising funds and organization of the cultural and entertainment events , with the aim of providing children and community in all with high quality cultural contents, otherwise unavailable to them.
 Project management experience: complete follow-up of the project activities; liaison between team members, funding body (ECD) and beneficiaries; compilation of deliverables and timely revision and submission of reports and other Project documentation; ongoing evaluation of project activities; reporting of project progress to Project Coordinators and Team Leader; close cooperation with regional bodies in the implementation of project activities; conducting documents reviews, assessing the quality of research and collation of obtained information; backstopping; preparation of project events and meetings
 Project administration experience: organization of meetings and field trips; daily communication with all stakeholders; communication with relevant State Bodies and Authorities; organization of study tours; proofreading of the reports and advising on their content; organization of workshops, seminars, and roundtables.
 Translator/Interpreter experience: translation of all project documentation (correspondence, reports, feasibility studies, media invitations, etc.); consecutive interpretation at meetings; taking minutes of meetings;
 Teaching and educational experience: more than 14 years of teaching experience both privately and at school; extensive experience with children of all age and background; experience with children from minority and underprivileged groups, helping them achieving good results in school; organisation of creative and untypical curriculum, helping children deal with the school programme in a progressive way; organisation of EU trainings in the school given by different NGOs; participation in the school Task Forces during implementation of the educational reform during 2002/2003
 Artistic experience: finished primary music school for solo singing and piano; performed in a couple of bands (mostly jazz and pop genre) in clubs in Belgrade; I had the honor to perform with some Serbian giants of jazz such as Jovan Maljokovic and Ivan Svager, as well as many at the time young musicians, currently having exceptional careers all around the world. In 2014, had a collaboration with Serbian DJ Formic on the single “Summer love” (lyrics and vocal), https://www.trackitdown.net/track/dj-formick-feat-jbm/summer- love-original- mix/house/7002428.html; Icon painting (in the period 1997-2002); glass painting; Polymer clay jewelry; Felt jewelry and other accessories; Beads jewelry; Fondant cakes; Certified Makeup Artist; Decoupage (most of the above can be seen on the page https://www.facebook.com/Lightcatchers-crafts- 116785045087269/?fref=ts and here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/48071697916/); Writing (published articles in magazines and newspaper) and blogger www.emogration.com