Dzenita Bečić

Dženita Bečić:

Born in Sarajevo

Specialization:

  • NGO management
  • Finance and accounting management (International NGO sector)
  • EFQM training (European Foundation for Quality Management)
  • PR, marketing and sale
  • Event and training management
  • Government Relations and Communications
  • Fund-raising
  • Promotion of Energy Efficiency
  • Humanitarian sector
  • Research work

Professional career:

  • 1993 – 1993: City Assembly of Town Sarajevo, Personal Assistant to President of the Executive Board, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 1993 – 1995: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of BiH, Personal Assistant to Minister, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 1995 – 1997: UNPROFOR, SFOR, translator /interpreter for English Language, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 1997 – 2000: International Management Group – IMG, Personal Assistant to General Manager, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2000 – 2001:        Salmaner d.o.o., Import Manager, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2001 – 2005: American Chamber of Commerce in BiH, Executive Director, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2006 – 2006:        The Economist Group (the Economist Conferences), Independent Consultant for Business Development and Marketing, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2007 – 2010: USAID REAP „Regulatory and Energy Assistance Project“, Executive Assistant/Translator / Finance & Accounting/ Researcher, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2010 – 2012: USAID Project 3E „Economy of Energy Efficiency“, Development Manager for MCEE (Multimedia Center for Energy Efficiency), Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2012 – 2013: USAID PS Project „Parliamentary Strengthening in BiH“, Office & Finance Manager, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2013 – 2014: CMI Excellence, Consultant, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • 2014 – 2017: Independent Consultant, Sarajevo, BiH
  • 2017 -current:    The Law Firm „Ademović, Nožica and Partners“, Head of Office, Sarajevo, BiH

Education and Training:

  • 1987 – 1991: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo
  • 2000 – 2000: Institute Bourguiba, Tunisia
  • 2002 – 2002: Business Ethics, U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) – certificate, Bucharest, Romania;
  • 2003 – 2003: Government Relations and Communications, U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) – certificate, Washington, U.S.;
  • 2003 – 2004: London School of Public Relations (LSPR) – diploma, Sarajevo;
  • 2005: Building Effective Networks in Europe, and Lobbying at National level, American Chamber of Commerce in European Union – certificate, Brussels, Belgium;
  • 2005: Development of Institutional Capacity, U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) – certificate, Bucharest, Romania;
  • 2011: Enviromental Policy of the U.S., American Embassy in BiH, Sarajevo;
  • 2013: ‘Journey to Excellence’, EFQM certificate (European Foundation for Quality Management, Brussels), Abu Dhabi, UAE;
  • 2014: Consulting SMEs in ISO 9001 QMS Implementation (funded by EC) – certificate, Sarajevo;

Languages:

  • English
  • Arabic
  • French
  • Persian

Publications:

  • 2004: Brochure:

Textual author of the Brochure „Night of a Thousand Dinners“ (AmCham BiH)  –  which includes i) description of 24 minefields in BiH, ii) economic and social impact of the minefield areas before and upon de-mining, and iii) donor community and letters of thanks.

The funds were being raised three years in a row, from 2002 – 2005., within global initiative „Night of a Thousand Dinners“ promoted by the organization UN Adopt-a-Minefield, New York, U.S.

  • 2011: Handbooks:

Technical writer and adviser in three Handbooks:

  1. „Energy Management in BiH Cities, Cantons and Municipalities“;
  2. „Economic and Financial Analysis of Energy Efficiency Projects;
  3. „Energy Reviews in Buildings“;

Handbooks were published in cooperation between: USAID, GIZ and UNDP.

Awards and achievements:

  • 1994 – 1994: Special guest of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) on Visitors’ program (1994) in three U.S. cities Washington D.C., Los Angeles and New York, as an acknowledgment for personal and professional contributions towards the civil society during the siege of Sarajevo from 1993 – 1994;
  • 2001 – 2002: One of the initiators / lobbyst of the ‘Law on Registration of Non-Governmental Organizations and Foundations at the State Level’ to be adopted. The law was adopted in 2002;
  • 2001 – 2002: One of the initiators of the American Chamber of Commerce to be founded in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AmCham BiH). The American Chamber of Commerce in BiH was the first NGO registred at the state / BiH level in 2002;
  • 2005: „Letter of Thanks for the most funds raised for mineclearance“ three years in a raw, from 2002 – 2005, from the UN Adopt-a-Minefield, New York;
  • 2009: Special recognition for quality and methodology of accounting and bookkeeping protocol in USAID-REAP project from USAID Auditor

2011:     Draft of the first „USAID – 3E dictionary and glossary of Energy Efficiency related terms“, Bosnian – English / and English – Bosnian Languages.

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