About the 1st edition
The 1st ever edition of the beeEffect was a great success. Imagined as a pilot, it has allowed us to fully design a programme and experience that was demanding but extremely beneficial for both participants and alumni.
Participants overview
Meet the very first participants of the beeEffect programme who were selected through a very competitive process. They all successfully completed the programme cycle and are now active members of our beeEFB alumni network.
Aida Yzeiri
is a project manager at the Foundation Together Albania, an Empowering Self Defence Instructor with ESD Albania and ESD Global network and possesses extensive experience in the educational and psycho-social field both in public and civil sectors; working with youth, children and families as a psychologist and as a youth leader.
Andrea Matijevic
is a junior researcher at the Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade and a PhD student. She authored a monograph and several papers published in scientific journals, as well as edited books in the fields of International Economic Relations, Political Economy and European Integrations, is frequently presenting at scientific and professional conferences and has worked as a consultant with different CSOs.
Andrijana Lazarevic
is engaged as a research associate at the Institute for Political Studies in Belgrade and as a project coordinator at think-tank RESECO and a PhD student at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.
Bojana Marinkovic
is a lawyer with expertise in Corporate and Commercial Law, Data Protection, working with several law firms. She is currently a Chevening scholar pursuing her master's degree at the Newcastle School of Law, University of Newcastle, UK.
Chrysa Petala
is co-founder and COO at the innovation agency Youthnest, and she has successfully implemented numerous projects in Greece and abroad in the socio-cultural field. She is also a member of the Culture for Change, Bosch Alumni and Humanity in Action Networks.
Dusan Radujko
works as a researcher at the Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade and as a student instructor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade. He is currently enrolled in the PhD in Politicology program at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade and focuses on the rule of law.
Eldin Buljubasic
is an expert associate for monitoring evaluation and learning, who has two master degrees under his belt - one in international relations and diplomacy and another one in business and administration.
Gordana Vukov Ciganjik
is an actress, activist and cultural worker; co-founder of “Klara i Rosa” a CSO from Subotica, Serbia and one of the initiators of the establishment of the umbrella organisation - Contemporary Culture and Arts Center, Subotica. She is an author of several audio podcasts on Radio Plac.
Kostian Jano
is a coordinator in a development project implemented in Albania with the support of KfW. He was engaged in various national and international organisations working in the fields of European integration of Western Balkans and strengthening of youth participation in democratic processes.
Luka Anicin
works as a Machine Learning engineer, also dedicated to Web3 and is interested in artificial intelligence explainability and Ethics in enterprise settings.
Margareta Roncevic
works as a a Senior Associate Expert at Zadar County Development Agency ZADRA NOVA in the Strategic Planning and Development Management Unit.
Mariola Ceku
works at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs in Albania, and previosly has been involved in different civil society projects as an executive board member of JEF-Albania, dealing with gender equality and EU integration.
Romina Kali
is a licensed lawyer working as legal specialist in Shkoder municipality and focusing on civil rights and youth activism in her free time. Romina has been working as a researcher in the field of transitional justice and is a founder of a youth organisation “The Roots” in her city, Shkodër.
Programme Overview
In short, the 1st edition enjoyed a full week in Belgrade and nearby area filled with lectures, workshops, mentoring and case study setups, and amazing team building and networking.
It was followed by a 4-month individual work with mentoring and group work on case study development, followed by several online thematic workshops.
We are pleased to have selected an amazing 1st cohort of the programme, very diverse and accomplished in their own right, who are already making new contributions and co-sharing the beeEFB alumni network in more ways than one.
As a result of the programme, new researches, new project ideas, new collaborations have already sprung over the broader Balkans!
Testimonials
“The themes were interesting and very relevant for the situations, crisis and development we have nowdays.”
Aida Yzeiri
“In general, the opportunity to meet a diverse group of people - all seeking ways to contribute towards meaningful goals, was the biggest benefit for me.”
Dušan Radujko
“My expectations were to meet new and interesting people who would inspire me, and to gain some guidance. It was all exceeded :)”
Margareta Rončević
