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Effective Communication
and Public Outreach Authors and Trainers
| Arben Loka
Freelance,
Translator/Interpreter, Albania
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Albanian
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 Since
Jan. 2004, Arben is a freelance English translator and interpreter,
and has worked for the World Bank, UNICEF, IOM and other groups
Since 1994 has been associated with a variety
of other organisations in a similar capacity (IFRC, ORT, EC, Oxfam)
He received a bachelor degree in 1992 in Philosophy
from the University of Tirana
Arben also served as the Executive Director of
the Soicety for Democratic Culture, and was Advisor to the Minister
of Youth and Civil Society Issues between 2000 and 2004.
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| Jasmina Cengic
Independent translator
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnian
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Prolific and professional
translator who has worked for both foreign (Office of the High Representative)
and domestic state and inter-entity institutions (Central Bank of
BiH, Constitutional Court of FBiH, Ministry of Justice BiH), as
well as business institutions and attorney offices (Chamber of Commerce
of Slovenia, CBS Banka, InterEuropa)
Prior to this worked for 3 years at REC Bosnia
and Herzegovina as project manager on institutional strengthening
Has an MSc in State Management and Humanitarian
Affairs and a BSc in English Language and Literature from the University
of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Enjoys photography, painting and interior design
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| Sanja Lokner
Bilingua, Croatia
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Croatian |
 Sanja
is the founder and owner of Bilingua Ltd., a translation and simultaneous
interpretion agency based in Zagreb. Catering for the English and
German language she has 15 years continuous experience working for
international organisations, NGOs, state administration and corporate
clients (UNDP, USAID, IMF, KPMG, La Roche, Croatian government etc),
which has culminated in her becoming accredited conference interpreter
for EC Directorate General for Interpretation, in July 2006.
She holds an MA in English and German studies from
the University of Zagreb and is a certified court interpreter for
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| Violeta Hamidi
Capacity Building Advisor, UNDP, Kosovo
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Kosovar
Albanian |
 Violeta
is licensed for Albanian-English-Albanian translation by the District
Court of Pristina, Kosovo;
She holds an M.A. degree in Social and Public
Policy from the Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA and also
holds a B.A degree in English Language and Literature from the University
of Pristina;
She currently serves as advisor to the Kosovar
Government’s security ministries where she is also responsible
for the drafting of primary/secondary legislation and supporting
security and the rule of law;
As a human rights and civic affairs activist she
worked for local and international organizations serving as an institution
building advisor for bodies such as OSCE, UNMIK, KFOR and ABA CEELI.
She is also a founding board member of the Kosovo
United States Alumni.
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| Borce Trencevski
BEK INVEST, Macedonia
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Macedonian |
BEK INVEST (established
2002) provides translation and interpretation services (English-Macedonian-English)
Clients have included the World Bank, USAID, EBRD,
UNDP, EAR, IMF, and the Macedonian government, besides many private
sector companies.
Subjects translated range from environmental protection,
to medicine, architecture to mathematics, and other natural sciences
to law, economics, tax administration, property, land issues and
many more subjects
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| Vanja Drljevic
Freelance Translator, Montenegro
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Montenegrin |
 Since
June 2005, Vanja is an appointed permanent court interpreter for
English.
Since 2003 she is employed by the Ministry of
Education and Science as National Coordinator for the Tempus Programme;
an EU initiative fostering reforms in higher education and cooperation
between EU member states and associated countries
Between 1995-2000 she studied at the University
of Belgrade’s Dept. of English Language and Literature, and
is currently pursuing post-graduate studies in International Relations
and Diplomacy at the University of Montenegro.
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| Natasa Djereg, CEKOR, Serbia
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Serbian |
 Natasa
Djereg is from Subotica and has a BSc in watershed management economics
and now studies for a Diploma in International Environmental Law
with UNITAR.
She is a programme coordinator for CEKOR and project
assistant with CEE Bankwatch Network, as well as a GMO campaigner
and e-list moderator.
As a manager she is highly versatile, and experienced
in investigative research and data analysis.
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