OFFICIALS

Jela BACOVIC Ambassador, Assistant Foreign Minister (Acting) Director General (Acting) Directorate General for the European Union

1. Family name: BACOVIC

2. First name: Jela

3. Date and place of birth: May 25, 1958 in Niksic

4. Citizenship: Serbian, permanent residence in Serbia since 1976

5. Civil status: Married, mother of one child

Education:

Institution Faculty of Law of the Belgrade University Graduated 1981
Degrees or diplomas Obtained - BA of Law - Passed Bar Exam

Important Courses

1. Since 1986, participated in large number of seminars devoted to various subjects – from economic policy, management techniques, negotiation skills, economic and social sustainability to different subjects related to EU integration, in organization of different United Nation agencies, European Union bodies, for e.g.:

• Workshop on Negotiation Skills and Techniques“ , United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 2005, Belgrade
• „Train the Trainers – European Negotiations Seminar“, Diplomatische Akademie, Vienna School of International Studies, 2005, Vienna
• „Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda“, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic University of Prague, 2004, Prague
• „Training Course for Women’s Entrepreneurship“, Italian Ministry of Productive Activities, Central European Initiative, Istituto nazionale per il Commercio Estero, Wifi Osterreich, 4-7 2002, November Trieste, 2002, Wien
• Trade Policy Consultations“, United States Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), 2002, Washington D.C.
  

Language skills (mark 1 to 5 for competence, 5 = excellent, 1 = slight)

Language Speaking Reading Writing
Serbian Mother tongue
English 5 5 5
Spanish 3 3 3
Russian 3 3 3

Computer skills: Computer literacy in mainstream computer programs