Ms. Sladjana Bijelic is a comparative public administration specialist, policy analyst and international project manager. Areas of expertise include democratization, legislative strengthening, intergovernmental relations and fiscal policy, local governance, and public administration reform. Ms. Bijelic has worked in countries as diverse as Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Denmark. Her assignments have included serving as acting COP on legislative strengthening project in Jordan; providing technical assistance and managing multi-million dollar USAID legislative strengthening projects in the Middle East and Africa; serving as the Country Director in Russia in the area of international education; conducting UNDP-sponsored policy research on regional development policies and local governance in South Eastern Europe.

Ms. Bijelic holds a Masters degree in Public Administration with focus on governance in post-conflict societies. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Ms. Bijelic is fluent in English and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian; proficient in Danish and has a working knowledge of Russian, Swedish and French.