Robert L. Barry
Mr. Barry is the Ambassador of the OSCE Mission
in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Chairperson of the Provisional
Election Commission. Mr. Barry served in a number of other positions
during his foreign service career: Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for European Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International
Economic Affairs, and overseas assignments in the Soviet Union,
Yugoslavia, and Germany.
Francesca Binda
Francesca Binda is the Director of Elections
for the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Canadian political
consultant, Ms. Binda has lived and worked in Bosnia & Herzegovina
for over four years. Before joining the OSCE in August of this year,
Ms. Binda was the country director for the National Democratic Institute
for International Affairs working with political parties and parliamentarians
in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Daniel Blessington
Mr. Blessington, a native of Boston, Massachusetts,
has worked in the Balkans in the areas of electoral, public and
international law and administration since 1996. He is currently
the IFES Project Director for Macedonia.
Benjamin Feit
Since May 1999, Benjamin Feit has served as
Democracy and Governance Advisor for the United States Agency for
International Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this capacity
he manages US Government assistance in political institution building
including strengthening political parties and legislatures, NGO
sector development, civic and voter education, and elections support.
Lidija Korac
Mrs. Korac was born on November 13, 1958 in
Imotski, Croatia. In 1983 she graduated at the Faculty of Law, University
of Sarajevo. Her work experience includes the following: Director
of Department for Foreign Citizens and Borders in the Ministry of
Interior Affairs of Republic of BiH, Assistant Minister in the Ministry
of Justice and General Affairs in Republic of BiH.
Dr. Rafael Lopez-Pintor
Dr. Rafael Lopez-Pintor is the Professor of
Political Science at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Dr. Lopez-Pintor
is also working as the IFES Consultant and the Senior Research Advisor
for International Institute for Democracy and Elections Assistance.
Josif Lukovski
Mr. Lukovski was born in 1947. He graduated
at the Law Faculty, Judicial Deparment, in 1971 in Skopje. From
1971 until 1976 he worked as an expert consultant at the Municipal
Court in Bitola. In Since 1995 he has been performing the functions
of the judge at the Supreme Court of Republic of Macedonia. Mr.
Lukovski is the Secretary of the Republic Election Commission for
the Bitola municipality, the President of the MEC Bitola, and form
1999 the President of the Macedonia State Election Commission.
Loreta Obreja
Mrs. Obreja is the Counsellor for the National
Agency for Civil Servants in the Government of Romania. Mrs. Obreja
attended the First Annual Conference and Assembly Meeting of AEOBiH
last year in Teslic where she participated in talks with other election
officials from the region of South-eastern Europe.
Beverly Hagerdon Thakur
Ms. Hagerdon Thakur has been assisting the AEOBiH
in its development since December 1998, which marked the beginning
of the project at the First Congress of Local Election Commissions.
The AEOBiH was initiated under the auspices of the OSCE Mission
to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where Ms. Hagerdon Thakur worked in the
Elections Department from March 1997 through December 1999. She
is currently the IFES Field Representative and Training Advisor
at the joint IFES Sarajevo/AEOBiH Secretariat.
"The Association of Elections
Officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina
has state-wide representation with more than 600 members.
Most of our members are involved in the organization of elections
in Bosnia and Herzegovina either as professionals or volunteers.
It is our aspiration to contribute to the advancement of democratic
elections
and to ensure the fairness of and public confidence in the electoral
process"
IFES/AEOBiH Secretariat
Hamdije Kresevljakovica 60/II
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Irena Hadziabdic
Executive Director
Tel: (387 33) 276-797
E-mail: irenah@aeobih.com.ba
Emin Novalic
Program Manager
Tel: (387 33) 276 793
E-mail: eminn@aeobih.com.ba
Aleksandra Babic
Program Coordinator
Tel: (387 33) 276 796
E-mail: aleksandrab@aeobih.com.ba
Jaminka Joldic
Program Assistant
Tel: (387 33) 276 794
E-mail: jasminkaj@aeobih.com.ba
Beverly Hagerdon Thakur
IFES Field Representative/Training Advisor
Tel: (387 33) 276 795
E-mail: beverlyht@aeobih.com.ba
Jeppe Olsen
Training Facilitator Advisor
Tel: (387 33) 276 792
E-mail: jeppe@aeobih.com.ba
Enes Kaljanac
Office Manager
Tel: (387 33) 276 790
E-mail: enesk@aeobih.com.ba
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