Erna Kusturica

Experience

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  Radio Kameleon

  Mar 2006 - Mar 2007

  Marketing Assistant/Media-planner

  - Conducting and managing marketing activities for clients and business partners;- Day to day preparing and generating of media-plans; - Planning and implementing promotions and events for clients and business partners;- Preparing and working on local and international Conferences and Congresses;- Maintaining communication with key partners and establishing cooperation with potential partners, media companies and marketing agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina; - Collecting, analyzing and processing media data;- Generating weekly and monthly reports about marketing activities;- Performing all other relevant duties in the Marketing department Show less

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  Hypo Alpe-Adria-Leasing,TOV

  Jan 2008 - Jun 2010

  Back Office Assistant

  - Receiving calls and providing customer support; - Making appointments and arranging meetings; - Receiving, collecting and preparing contract documents, - Processing and managing applications submitted by clients; - Other administrative duties in the Back-Office department

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  Omega d.o.o. Živinice

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  Commercial Officer

  Organization, planning and improvement of sales, active participation in the purchase and sale of imported brands, monitoring customers and their obligations, monitoring competition in the market, field work and regular visits to large customers, informing business partners about new and current offers, implementation of promotional activities companies, preparation of calculations, offers, invoices and contracts, other tasks ordered by the director of the commercial sector.

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  PepsiCo Zapadni Balkan

  Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

  Pre-Seller for Organized Trade

  Operational planning and implementation of goods placement programs on the NE BiH market, implementation of sales promotion programs, creation and management of a database of existing and potential customers, data collection and processing, and preparation of analyzes and reports in the field of competence, communication with business partners and key customers in the area of NE BiH, regular monitoring and reporting on the placement of competition in the market, participation in the creation and implementation of promotional offers for key customers in the market, implementation of promotional activities and strategic plans of the company and more. Show less

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  Ministry of Development and Entrepreneurship of Tuzla Canton

  Oct 2012 - Dec 2017

  Expert Associate for informational support to the SME sector and crafts

  Implementation of communication with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and other entities with the aim of cooperation and identification of entrepreneurship problems, preparation of presentations, publications and other promotional activities with the aim of presenting activities and results and establishing partnerships with business, public, non-governmental and other entities. information, documents, brochures, presentations and publications for the purpose of promoting entrepreneurship and crafts and improving the business environment in the Canton, preparation of analysis, reports and proposals within the statutory competence, runs an info-desk (collecting analyzes and presentations for the web, professional and advisory assistance in the field of entrepreneurship and crafts), preparation and participation in the implementation of programs to support the development of SMEs and crafts, collects, processing and analyzing relevant data in the field of entrepreneurship and crafts, analyzing information support for entrepreneurship, maintaining databases relevant to entrepreneurship, preparation of tender documents and public procurement procedures, etc Show less

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  Ministry of Economy of Tuzla Canton

  Jan 2018 - now

  Management of the Development Planning Unit in Tuzla Canton, coordinating the preparation and implementation of Development Strategies, sectoral strategies of the Canton, strategic documents in FBiH and BiH, coordinating the preparation and reporting on the Public Investment Program, coordinating the implementation of the Law on Public-Private Partnership, coordinating the process of 3-year and annual planning, implementation of activities for financial support, coordination of activities in the field of development planning and development management in the process of European integration, coordination and implementation of cross-border projects etc. A special achievement is the coordination of the preparation of the Tuzla Canton Development Strategy 2021-2027, as well as the fact that Tuzla Canton was rated by the UNDP ILDP project as the Canton with the best development planning and management system. Especially to emphasize is the successful implementation of two IPA / INTERREG HR-BiH-CG Cross-border projects, both worth more than 3 mil. € and one of them - "SMART SCHOOLS" to be selected as one of the 25 best projects funded by EU and the second one "SMART SCHOOLS 2" to get the Climate Champion Award in SEE. Participated in the Coordination Board for the Development Strategy of Federation of BiH 2021-2027, Commission for Public Investment Program of Tuzla Canton, Practitioners Network for Development Planning in Federation of BiH, Corruption Prevention Team in Tuzla Canton and other.Participation in projects:- INDUSTRIAL HUB Establishment within the EU4DIGITALSME Programme- EU / IPA INTERREG Cross-border Cooperation Projects HR-BiH-CG "SMART SCHOOLS" and "SMART SCHOOLS 2"- TAIEX EU Capacity building in the field of PPP- ILDP Integrated Local Development Project (Joint UNDP and Swiss Government Project)- USAID Bosnia and Herzegovina Government and Process Strengthening Project (SGIP)- UNDP Diaspora for Development project - D4D Show less Participation in the development of the Canton Development Strategy, operational plans and implementation reports, development of sectoral strategies of the Canton, development strategy of local self-government units within the Canton, Development Strategy of the Federation and strategic documents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, preparation of incentive mechanisms for financing development priorities Canton in cooperation with federal government bodies and local self-government units, providing domestic or international financial support to the development of the Canton, organizes trainings in the field of PPP, cataloging potential PPP projects, establishing and maintaining a register of PPP contracts project applications for fundraising, professional and advisory assistance to applicants in the field of PPP, preparation of tender documents and procurement procedures, etc. Show less

  • Assistant Minister for Development

    Feb 2018 - now

  • Expert Advisor for Development and Public-Private Partnership

    Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
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  University of Tuzla

  Oct 2021 - now

  External Associate - Expert in practice

  External associate - expert in practice, as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Economics in Tuzla, scientific field Economic theory and politics (Teaching subjects: Macroeconomics, Economic policy and diplomacy, Public sector economy, Sustainable development economy, Entrepreneurial economy), actively participating in the Coordination and Executive Board for the Tourism Development Strategy of Tuzla Canton for the period 2022-2027.