Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information First name(s) / Surname(s) Address Helga Bubanović Devčić 7 / Supilova ulica, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) Telephone(s) +385.(0)1.4572.769 Mobile +385.(0)91.44.555.21 Fax(es) +385.(0)1.4572.769 E-mail(s) helga.bubanovic@razbor.hr Nationality Croatian Date of birth 18 April 1973 Gender Desired employment / Occupational field Female Regional Development/Project Planning Expert Work experience 15/09/2010 Senior Consultant (Local/Regional development expert) Expert Work: participating in different assignments and missions contracted via the Firm; Programme and project design, monitoring and evaluation - EU funds, organizational and business development; educational activities in the area of regional and local development and EU funds management, quality control; Managerial Work: participating in Firm's management - member of the Steering Board in charge of selling policy, and strategic planning. Razbor Ltd. / Regional Development March/2011 to date Monitoring Expert - short term position Providing technical assistance in monitoring of the grant scheme implementation, under the contract providing TA to Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education (IPA IV) Regional Network of Local Learning Institutions in the republic of Croatia Razbor Ltd. as a member of Consortium led by EEO Group S.A. October/2010 November/2010 Administrative Capacity Expert - short term position ST assignment within Service contract financed from Phare 2006: Project Pipeline for IPA/Structural Funds: Identification and elaboration of project development plans for ESF projects under OP Administrative Capacity Development; SAFEGE Gulledelle 92, 1200 Brussels (Belgium) Page 1 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
May/2011 - July/2011 PCM Training Expert - short term position Providing training on PCM in the context of CBC Programme Croatia- Bosnia and Herzegovina Razbor Ltd. (for UNDP Croatia) April/2011 June/2011 PCM Training Expert - short term position Providing training on PCM in the context of CBC Programme Croatia- Bosnia and Herzegovina Razbor Ltd. (for UNDP Bosnia) September/2010 to date Quality Control Expert - short term position Support to the effective implementation of the BRI grant scheme under RCOP, quality control of Tender dossiers developed by grant beneficiaries for procuring (secondary procurement) works, supplies and services; quality control of grant application forms, budgets and LFMs Razbor Ltd. (for HCL Consultants Ltd) August/2010 September/2010 Quality control expert - short term position «Technical Assistance to Local Self Government Reform in Montenegro» - quality control of project applications (application forms, LFM, budgets) prepared by the potential applicants for the purpose of Grant scheme Municipal Development Grants for Small Infrastructure Projects HCL Consultant Ltd Philopappou 34 st, 11741 Athens (Greece) May/2010 - June/2010 DIS Expert - short term position Project Preparation and Technical Assistance to Reinforce Administrative Capacity in Serbia Training of Trainers: OP HRD Management and Implementation providing training on programming and implementation of OP HRD, working under DIS, managing Operating Structure, accreditation process (purpose of the gap assessment), purpose and preparation of Statement of Assurance, on-the-spot checks (institutional and project level on the spot checks), key management issues for grant scheme implementation. GTZ Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40, 53113 Bonn (Germany) Page 2 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of 01/02/2009-14/09/2010 Assistant Director Supervision of the application of Decentralized Implementation System (DIS) within the CFCA scope of activities; organization and implementation of internal quality controls within CFCA; conducting preparatory activities for introduction of EDIS (fulfilment of the accreditation criteria), including preparation of relevant manuals o procedures; Reporting in the context of Road Map to EDIS; Checking and verifying the projects documentation (i.e. tender documentation, evaluation reports, contracts and contracts addenda for service, supply, works and grant contracts) conformity with the EU rules and regulations (PRAG primarily); Preparing and providing trainings related to management and quality control of EU funded programmes and projects, and functioning of DIS system; Dealing with audit missions (internal and external system audits); Reporting on EU programmes in the context of PHARE, IPA I, IPA II and IPA IIIc; Human resource management (running the Directorate of 9
employees organizing the Directorate s work, planning of yearly budgets, planning of recruitment process, conducting training needs assessments and preparation of training plans for staff, providing on the job trainings etc. CFCA Ulica Grada Vukovara 284, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) 28/07/2008-15/01/2009 Interim Task manager for Regional policy and CBC Project manager for projects in the area of regional policy and coordination of Structural Instruments and Cross-border Cooperation (grant schemes), including participation in programming activities, exante control of project(s) tender dossiers, monitoring of contract(s)/project(s) implementation, assessment of the project(s) reports, participation in projects(s) steering committees and programmes sectoral sub-monitoring and joint monitoring committees, participation in projects(s) Evaluation Committees as an observer. Coordination of activities/projects (both in the programming and implementation phase) focused on capacity building for EU SF. Coordination of IPA Component III (Regional Development) and IPA Component IV Human Resource Development activities under the respective Technical Assistance priorities (i.e. coordination of activities between the two components within the respective Programmes TA priorities). Preparation of materials needed for conferral of management to the Croatian Administration for IPA Component IIB (cross-border cooperation between IPA countries). Preparation of regular monthly pre-accession reports on achievements under the acquis Chapter 22 Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments. Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia Trg Žrtava fašizma 6, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) 01/11/2007-27/07/2008 CARDS and PHARE projects programming and implementation in the area of regional policy (preparation of PFs, TORs, GfA; project implementation, monitoring of project implementation; ex-ante control of secondary procurement under grant contracts); management of different working groups related to regional development; involvement in the preparation of appropriate legal documents related to regional development and their harmonisation with EU legislation; management of bilateral projects related to regional development; cooperation with state administration bodies and local and regional self-government units in the various matter related to regional development and preaccession funds; leading of the Croatian Drafting Team for elaboration of CBC programme Croatia- Montenegro; involvement in preparation of the OP for Regional competitiveness, as well as related Manual (for the purpose of the accreditation process); preparation (as a member of the Working Group) of the documents for the Working Group for Negotiating the Chapter 22 (Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments); organisation of the work of the Department; providing training and different kind of workshop for the regional and local administration on strategic planning, EU Cohesion policy, regional policy development in Croatia, PCM, project preparation and development; cooperation with the counties and County Development Agencies Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management Trg kralja Petra Krešimira IV 1, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) Public Administration 01/08/2003-31/10/2007 CARDS and PHARE projects programming and implementation in the area of regional policy (preparation of PFs, TORs, GfA; project implementation, monitoring of project implementation; ex-ante control of secondary procurement under grant contracts); management of different working groups related to regional development; involvement in the preparation of appropriate legal documents related to regional development and their harmonisation with EU legislation; management of bilateral projects related to regional development; cooperation with state administration bodies and local and regional self-government units in the various matter related to regional development and preaccession funds; leading of the Croatian Drafting Team for elaboration of CBC programme Croatia- Page 3 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
Montenegro; involvement in preparation of the OP for Regional competitiveness, as well as related Manual (for the purpose of the accreditation process); preparation (as a member of the Working Group) of the documents for the Working Group for Negotiating the Chapter 22 (Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments); organisation of the work of the Department; providing training and different kind of workshop for the regional and local administration on strategic planning, EU Cohesion policy, regional policy development in Croatia, PCM, project preparation and development; cooperation with the counties and County Development Agencies. Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development Prisavlje14, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) 01/04/2002-31/07/2003 Co-ordination and co-operation with state administration bodies in the process of programming, implementation, monitoring, assessment and promotion of the EU assistance programme CARDS in the following sectors and sub-sectors: Democratic Stabilisation (Return of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons), Administrative Capacity Building (National, Regional and Local Development; Statistics). Co-ordination and co-operation with state administration bodies and local and regional selfgovernment bodies of activities related to INTERREG, CBC programmes. Preparation of PFs and TORs. Leading (within the Ministry) the process of trilateral CBC programme (HU-SLO-HR) preparation. Organisation of the work of the Department (micro-management, planning of yearly budgets, planning of recruitment process, conducting training needs assessments and preparation of training plans for staff Ministry for European Integration Ulica Grada Vukovara 62, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) 15/12/1995-31/03/2002 Trainee Co-operation with state administration bodies and local/regional self-government bodies in the various matters related to the Croatian areas of special state concern/less developed areas; participation in the preparation of project proposals to be financed under CARDS programme; project manager for project "Support to the Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction and Construction in the Formulation of Regional Development Policy" funded under EU OBNOVA 1999 programme; co-project manager for the project "Criteria for development of system for defining disadvantaged areas in Croatia"; dealing with activities related to international co-operation. Ministry of Development and Reconstruction Nazorova 61, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) Public Administration Education and training Title of qualification awarded Principal subjects / occupational skills covered Name and type of organisation providing education and training 01/10/1991-22/10/1996 Bachelor of Science Geography Faculty of Science, Department for Geography 19, Marulićev trg, 10000 Zagreb (Croatia) Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) Croatian Other language(s) Page 4 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking W r i t i n g European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 Proficiency or C1 Proficiency or Vantage or upper B2 intermediate Vantage or upper B2 intermediate C1 Proficiency or (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level Social skills and competences Organisational skills and competences Technical skills and competences Computer skills and competences - Team spirit and adaptability; - Communication skills - Experience in project management especially according to Project Cycle Management principles; - Organisational capabilities. - N/a - Good command of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) Artistic skills and competences Other skills and competences Driving licence(s) - N/a - extensive experience with EU funded projects and integration processes (from the very beginning of EU assistance in Croatia); - presentation skills - over 10 years of experience as trainer and lecturer. B Page 5 / 5 - Curriculum vitae of