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Family name: First names: Date of birth: Citizenship: Place of residence: Education:

Remeti Aleksandar July 26, 1954 Bosnia and Herzegovina Tuzla, BiH Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Master of Macro Economic Sciences Economic Development (two years study) Bachelor Degree in Economic Graduated Economist (four years study) Speaking 1 1 3 Writing 1 1 3

Institution (Date from - Date to) Faculty of Economic Science Sarajevo Postgraduate Study (Dec 1977 Feb 1996) Faculty of Economic Science Sarajevo (November 1973-September 1977) 7. Language Bosnian/Croatian/Serbia n English German 8. Reading 1 1 3

Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Membership of professional bodies: President of EDI - Entrepreneurs Development Initiative Tuzla (NGO), 2001-2005 Member of EU QIF LESP (Local Economic Services Providers in B&H) 9. Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.): MS Office (Word, Excel), Power Point, Gender (with B&H legal frame), Project Cycle Management, NGOs Capacity Building, Networking, etc. 10. Present position: Independent Business Consultant 11. 12. Years within the firm: 17 years as Consultant, 3 years as Senior University Assistant Key qualifications: Strong educational background - Masters of Economic Sciences Economic Development, two years study More than 17 years of experience working on Local and Regional Economic Development, Consulting Practice with SMEs, Tourism, SME Business Consulting (Management, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Business Planning, Privatisation, Administration, Restructuring, Revitalization, Financial Management, Loan Diagnostic, Loan Monitoring), etc. Extensive experience in Comparative Analysis, Social and Political Analysis, Budget Analysis (22 municipalities, 2 entities and BiH State Level), PCM, Capacity Building, Networking. 13. Proven experience working within EU-funded projects. Extensive experience working in Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1977) and good knowledge of local context, institutions and stakeholders involved in Economic sector. EU TaC (Training and Consultancy) Trainer Certificate (Invent Hamburg, Germany) Specific experience in the region: Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Date from - Date to October 1977 - ongoing

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Professional experience Location BiH Company & reference person USAID/ UNDP Nermin Zukic: +387-61-165-219, nzukic@usaidpare.ba UNDP-Agenore, Sladjana Simic: sladjana@agenore.ba Amra Kraksner: +387-61-302-866 UNIS TOK Kalesija/ Kalesija Sead Dzafic, +387-35-630-157, unistok@bih.net.ba Position Short-Term Consultant/ Senior Assistant/ Regional Economic Development/SME General Manager CEO Description Independent Consultant for Local Economic Development (LED), Integrated development and Regional Economic Development (RED), LED Management, LDP Management, MTS, ILDP Independent Business Consultant for Micro and SMEs Senior Assistant at University Macroeconomics, Entrepreneurship, Management Manager of Company (CEO) with 138 workers (7 of them engineers), automotive parts for key European car makers, Annual Turnover eur 5.5 mill, Assets of eur 3.5 mill. Forging, rolling, grinding, metal processing, import of raw materials, export of semi products, fright forwarding, transport. Wagon Buffers/towing for Railways (FBiH, RS, and Serbia). Owner of Process Management and Permanent Improvement at Company Level. Owner of Process Human Resources Management. Company has ISO TUV certificate No. 12 100 24308 TMS, TS certification in Process. Foundation Business Development, Found Rising, Project Proposals writing; Trainings of companies and employees in Innovative Technologies Incubator on Strategic Planning, Business Planning and Business Plan, Marketing, Financial Management, Management, Human Resources Management, Monitoring and Evaluation. SMEs Market Linkages (Local, Regional, International ), Self-employment Centre Srebrenica drafting, Quantitative and qualitative Analysis of Sekovici and Vlasenica Municipalities Budgets, Evaluation and granting of 652 Start up application, Workshops and Trainings on Marketing, Strategic Planning, Business Plan, Financial Management of start ups, unemployed, returnees, vulnerable groups, Assessment Needs of unemployed people in Srebrenica Region, Strategic Planning and Strategic Plans for NGOs. Business Consulting and Training Project Strategic Planning, Action Planning, Business Plan and Planning , Team Work, Fund Rising, Financial Management, Marketing, Market Linkages, Human Resources Management, Banking Procedures, Project Monitoring and Evaluation Sustainable Return Project for 43 Bosnian families in Kamenica Region (Zvornik Municipality), Job Creation for 6 returnees, Cooperation with local authorities , Business Association and SMEs

Date from - Date to January 2009 to the date

April 2008 December 2008

BiH

November 2006 March 2008

BiH

BIT Centre Tuzla (Business Innovative Technologies Centre )/ Robert Martic, phone +387-61-739-350, email: Robert@bit.ba CARE International Sarajevo, Business Centre Srebrenica, Association Drina Srebrenica/ Emira Varatanovic phone +387-61-547-081

Business Development Manager

January 2006 November 2006

BiH

Short-Term Consultant/ Regional Economic Development/SME

October 2005 December 2005

BiH

Business Centre Srebrenica (UNDP Project)/ Zulfo Salihovic, phone +387-61-667-182 CARE International Sarajevo/ Emira Varatanovic Phone: +387-61-667-182

Short-term Consultant/ Business Consulting Short-Term Consultant/ SME development

June 2005 December 2005

BiH

April 2005 August 2005

BiH

CARE International Sarajevo NGO Drina Srebrenica / Business Centre Srebrenica/ Zulfo Salihovic Phone: +387-61-667-182 European Commission/ Stefano Mussi caghafa@yahoo.com UNDP Sarajevo/ Emina Pasic e.pasic-kurtagic@eutac.ba epasic@yahoo.com Masimo Diana: mdiana@undp.ba European Commission/ DANAS Project (Development Networking, Sustainability) (SEMA-PMO Brussels Contr.)/ Didier Winrocx Didier.winrocx@pmo.be

Short-Term Consultant/ Regional Economic Analysis/ Tourism study Short-Term Local financial expert Technical Specifications and Tender Consultant/ Economic development analysis Project Coordinator for Lukavac and Tuzla Municipalities/ Local Economic Development

January 2005 March 2005 October 2004 January 2005

BiH BiH

January 2004 September 2004

BiH

March 2002 December 2003

BiH

Mercy Corps Scotland/ Richard Thwaites program@mercycorps.org.ba rmthwaites@yahoo.co.uk

Economic Development Department Coordinator/ Regional Economic Development

Srebrenica-Bratunac Regional Economic Analysis ; Made Two Business Guidebooks for Bratunac and Srebrenica Municipalities, Proposed Initiatives for self-employment Guide, Made Three Business Plans for three most advanced SMEs in Region ; made Bratunac Tourism Feasibility Study; Business Strategic Planning and Business Plan Trainings Budgets financial analysis of 10 municipalities, two entities (FB&H, RS), 10 Ministries and State level in B&H. ENVIPAR Project (Functional Review of Environment in B&H) Local Economic Development Analysis, Tender Technical Specifications making, member of Municipalities Tender Commissions and Tender Evaluator. Tender Implementation. Work with Local Consortiums (Business, Municipal and NGO sectors) in Municipalities Tuzla, Lukavac, Bosanski Brod, Doboj, Travnik and Mostar. Incentive Report writing, Local Economic Development designing projects with local consortium ( Business, Municipality, NGO ), Mapping of NGOs, networking of NGOs, sustainable return process designed projects and implementation, partnership of non-governmental, governmental and private sector, local consortium building and development, NGOs and returnees advocacy, coordination with municipalities, technical assistance to partnership of three sectors, NGOs Capacity Building. Cooperation with SUTRA Project (local project Economic Development , implementation, monitoring, evaluation, assessment of project budget, review of Project report, information and communication activities, logistic planning of meetings, fundraising with NGOs). Micro Region and Local Economic Development projects (design, implementation, Project Proposal writing); Job Creation and Income Generation Projects; Grant and Soft Loans Diagnostic, Regional Economic Development Project Design , Cooperation with regional Development Agencies (RABD, RAS, NERDA, BREDA); Trainings of SMEs, NGOs, Cooperatives, and Returning Associations on Strategic Planning, Business Planning, Marketing, Financial Management, Market Linkages; Project Presentations, Project Implementation, Project Cycle Management, cooperation with local authorities, design of returnees sustainable developing projects, reconciliation through business cooperation, Market Linkages. Project Cycle Management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation,

September 1997 December 2001

BiH

USAID Business Consulting (Contractors: TRG Boston, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Washington)/ David King, dking@firmaproject.ba

Senior Consultant, Relationship Manager/ Team Leader/ Trainer/ SME Business Consulting

April 1995 August 1997

BiH

Norwegian Peoples Aid Oslo/ Oddbjorn Flemm Email: oddbjorn@creative-minds.no

Office Administrator, Coordinator for cooperation with local authorities

October 1992 April 1995 July 1989 October 1992 May 1986 July 1989

BiH

Army of Bosnia Herzegovina Air Forces Remax Tuzla (own private company) Tuzla Tax Administration Office

Financial Officer, Manager of Financial Department Owner and CEO Tax Director and Regional Coordinator of 17 municipalities in North-East Bosnia Herzegovina Financial Manager Deputy Director

BiH BiH

assessment of project budgets, review of financial reports, handling all financial transaction with members NGOs and organizations, setting up project contracts, participation in information and communication activities, logistic planning of meetings, presentations and promotions, Fundraising. SME Business Consulting and Practice , Trainings, Strategic Planning, Action Planning, Business Planning, Financial Management, Management, Marketing, Loan Diagnostic and Monitoring , improvement of performances of Bosnian companies. Portfolio of 112 companies (77.o mill KM disbursed loans), ISO and HACCP Training, Turnaround / Restructuring, Privatisation, Market Linkages , work with foreign experts and consultants, cooperation with agencies for Privatisation (Tuzla, Zenica) Office Management, Coordination of sustainable refugees shelter projects in NE B&H fund by NPA and UNHCR, Budget Proposals, Business Planning and design of small scale returnees businesses, administrative work with NPA, UNHCR and 7 Municipalities, reports, accounting (Concorde system), filing system, contacts, contracts, coordination of cooperation with local regional, entities and state authorities, Land mine survivors advocacy, Land mine Campaign in the World (Mozambique 1997, meeting with Pope John Pole II in Vatican in April 1997, Official Host of Lady Diana to Bosnia Herzegovina in August 1997, first data base for Landmine Victims, cooperation with Land Mine Survivors Network in Washington, cooperation with Media, reporters (SKY One, CNN, NBC, local media). Financial Management, Accounting, Bookkeeping, Budgeting and Financial Analysis, Inventory Management, contacts with Cheshire Brigade (UK Army), Training of financial staff on Financial Management and Accounting. Food wholesale trading, transport, freight forwarding Managing Municipal Tax Office with 52 clerks in 32 different taxes, financial inspection services, taxation, accounting, 93% year tax collection, managing the best Tax Office in B&H in 1986-89. Public financing of Tuzla Municipality Budget, Municipal Management (assisting Tuzla Mayor with local government budget and finance). Public Administration, PR management. 770 workers, Accounting, bookkeeping, budgeting, Financial Management, purchasing, import, contracts with suppliers and services, insurance, salaries policy and implementation,

July 1983 May 1986

BiH

Power Plant Maintaining Department

May 1980 July 1983

Serbia

Radio Yugoslavia Belgrade

Head of Analysing and Planning (Consulting) Department Business Analysis and Planning Dept. Associate Student Assistant

October 1977 May 1980 September 1975 September 1977 15. -

BiH

Power Plant Tuzla (800 MW) Faculty of Economic Sciences Sarajevo

BiH

incentive, quality system implementation, warehouse management (25 mill US dollars inventories of raw material and spare parts). Business Consulting and Planning, Financial Management, budgeting, Action Planning , Marketing , import of spare parts and equipment, financial management of new investment (SW Transmitter of 2 MW), costing, insurance. Set up Marketing Department, Projects implementation. Business Planning , financial management , insurance, salaries, incentive programme,, cooperation with commercial banks, import of spare parts and equipment, inventory management Two years Training 200 students on Statistics

Other relevant information (e.g., Publications) Business Guidebook of Srebrenica Municipality Publication , Co-Author 2005 Business Guidebook of Bratunac Municipality Publication , Co-Author 2005 Self-employment Initiatives Publication , Co-Author, Srebrenica 2005 Reviewer-book editor of the book Management of future by Emin Hatunic, edited by Off-set Tuzla 2011, ISBN 978-9958-31-053-9 EU QIF Quick Impact Found Regional Office Tuzla (North East B&H) Business Plans Evaluator (2003). Personal Trainings (for Mercy Corps Tuzla, CHF Zenica, REZ Zenica (Regional Development Agency), BHWI B&H Women Initiative Sarajevo, Ship to Bosnia Stockholm, Open Society Lipnica, Business Centre Srebrenica, Forum of NGOs Lukavac, CARE BH/C Sarajevo, Returnees Association Drina-Srebrenica Srebrenica, Self-employment Centre of Bratunac-Srebrenica on Management, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Coalition Work of NGOs, NGO Budgeting, Financial Management, Team Work, Business Planning, Fund Raising, Project Writing, Project Cycle Management, Project Proposal Writing, Networking, Agribusiness, Fund Raising); logistic planning of meetings and trainings, Training Reports writing Trainings with B&H Chamber of Commerce Sarajevo (with Revicon Sarajevo), Training of Bankruptcy Managers Reorganization / Turnaround /Restructuring / Reengineering Trainings with Red Cross Region Tuzla (and Trainers Network of BiH) Leadership in Business, Risk Management, Control of Business Development, Changes Management, Trainings and teaching students at Open University Apeiron (Vitez) Travnik Macroeconomics, Business and Management, Entrepreneurialship, Cooperation with Regional Development Agencies on local, micro regional and regional economic analysis and reviews and development projects, design and implementation of sustainable returning projects, projects implementation, NGO capacity building trainings, agribusiness cooperatives establishing, job creation and Income Generation Projects, market linkages, project evaluation, Local consortium establishing (Business-Municipality- NGOs sectors - NERDA Tuzla, RAS Bijeljina, RABD Brcko, RDA of Posavina Bosanski Brod, REZ Zenica, BREDA Zvornik). OTHER:

Paul Harris Fellow Award Rotary International Chicago, May 2010, President of Tuzla University Supervisory Board (16,000 students), 2006-2008, President of Rotary Club Tuzla, 2004-05; Founder Member since 1998, Honorary Member of Rotary Club Srebrenica, since 2006, Assistant of Rotary District 1910 Governor Vienna for NE BiH 2008 2009, Assistant of Rotary District 1910 Governor Vienna for NE BiH 2009 2010, Primus Assistant Governor of Rotary District 1910 Vienna for entire BiH 2010 2011, Official BiH Host of Lady Diana visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 1997, Visit to Pope John Paul II in Vatican - Rome in February 1997, President of Tuzla Orphanage Managing Board - volunteer (Orphanage 1992-95 Bosnian war period, up to 300-500 children during Srebrenica crisis, currently 139, Fund Raising, Financial Management, Donations, Grants, Institution Management), Member of Metalotehna Managing Board (trading, 85 employees), 2006 - 2007, President of ZINA Apparel Tuzla Managing Board 2001-2005 (200 workers, 2.5 mill KM revenue per year, Marketing/Sales/Export) 20012005, Member of International Airport Tuzla Managing Board (since 2009)