Written by Ms. Lesya Il'chenko-Syuyva

The pilot training course for advisors “How to be a better policy advisor” was held in Belgrade on April 5-8, 2006 for two groups of selected Serbian trainees, mainly PhD students, who are fluent in English. This pilot training was successfully led by two teams of Serbian trainers (participants of both parts of the training of trainers in February 2006).

1^st team of trainers:

Ms. Snezana Djordjevic

Ms. Tamara Dzamonja Ignjatovic

Mr. Zoran Krstic

Mr. Aleksandar Panovski

2^nd team of trainers:

Ms. Dragana Mitrovic

Ms. Maja Kovacevic

Mr. Dejan Pavlovic

The pilot training and the work of trainers were supervised by Ms. Luba Vavrova and Ms. Lesya Il'chenko-Syuyva, who were responsible for training of Serbian trainers. As a result of the training 23 Serbian trainees representing various government bodies, academic institutions and NGOs were trained and awarded by certificates.

During and after the training participants have repeatedly highlighted their high interest in the training and its importance for their further carrier development. A considerable amount of time was spent developing interpersonal communications as well as sharing experience of working for the central and local government bodies, international institutions and NGOs. Trainees expressed their willingness to continue their advisory carriers to the benefit of their country.

Participants

1^st group

Marija Glibo

Milena Joksimovic

Jelena Vidojevic

Dozic Darko

Milan Blagojevic

Vera Stancetic

Suvad Cizmic

Maja Gavrilovic

Desimir Miketic

Milan Miljkovic

Mysun En Natour

2^nd group

Dragana Bjelica

Ana Bozic

Milomir Isailovic

Dzaric Milorad

Ana Nedeljkovic

Milica Vujovic

Nenad Stevanovic

Natasa Grujic

Aleksandar Tadein

Nikola Trajkovic

Veljko Blagojevic

Andjela Pavlovic