Bosnia and Herzegovina

From January 1996 – to date

Feb. 2007 - ongoing

Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Sarajevo

Attorney’s Office Meliha Filipovic and mr.sc.Kenan Ademovic

Attorney (partner)

■ providing legal advises to the companies regarding registration of the business, bankruptcy, liquidation.;

■ drafting various types of petitions (claims, law suits, appeals, complaints etc.);

■ drafting various types of legal documents (contracts, testaments, etc.);

■ representing the clients in law proceedings (criminal, labor, enforcement etc., administrative and other proceedings at the courts of all levels, state institutions, arbitration, as well as before legal entities;

■ defending and representing the defendant in criminal cases, minor offence cases and other types of cases where the responsibility of physical and legal entities is to be determined;

■ providing other types of legal aid to physical and legal entities in order to protect their rights and interests.

June 2015-July 2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina

USAID

Justice Project in BiH

Legal Expert,

Working on Enforcement procedure Law

■ Analysis of Laws and legislation pertaining to Enforcement Procedure of the Republika Srpska and of the Federation of BiH, conduct interviews with members of the High Judical and Prosecutorial Council of BiH, identify gaps and obstacles in the enforcement procedure etc.

May 2011-March 2013.

Bosnia and

Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Progeco, Italy

Legal Expert,

Project Development of Central Bodies of Governments in BiH

§ responsibility for permanent provision of support to the team leader in implementation of the project activities,

§ working individually with representatives of the governments/the Council of Ministries, especially in the area of legal analyses and legal regulation drafting,

§ coordinating and supervision of the other relevant experts’ activities.

December 2007 – 2008.March

Bosna i Hercegovina, Brčko

Agenore d.o.o

Main coordinator „Development of strategy for enviroment protection Brčko District BiH 2008-2018“

§ Revision of legal and institutional framework of enviromental protection strategy of Brčko District;

§ Participation in public presentation of sraft Strategy;

§ Making addendums to the strategy draft based on the comments and suggestions gained from public presentation of the Strategy.

July 2006 – March 2008

Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Sarajevo

Sofreco, EC Delegation

Legal Expert EU Project “Strengthening BiH Health System for EU Integration”

■ support to the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Entity Ministries to develop the capacity to introduce and conduct unified, equitable and sustainable health care system prepared for the EU integration;

■ helping to establish at the state and entity level related to policy formation, quality of health care and evidence based planning and monitoring of health care;

■ introducing and development of functions at the state, entity and level of institutions related to EU integration of BiH health care system;

■ helping in strengthening the Department for Health within Ministry of Civil affairs;

■ helping in establishing the Department staff capable to plan human resources and capacities for health care;

■ helping to establish an inter entity Health Council with regular meeting;

■ helping to establish an Unit for health statistics.

Jan. 2005-June 2006

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

OSCE

Legal Advisor, Public Administration Reform

■ Assessing weaknesses in the legislative functioning within executive and legislative structures in FBiH and developing strategies to improve legal transparency and quality of legal documents;

■ Providing legal advice on public administration, government and legislative reform issues to local government and public institutions at municipal level;

■ Providing input to the creation of manuals and rule books to be used of municipal level;

■ Making comparative analysis of legislation and by-laws with European laws on local self-government, in particular the European Chart on Local Self-Government, in case of planned and adopted amendments;

■ Attending federal assembly sessions when issues of relevance to PA Reform are on the agenda and reporting on the status of the law (adoption or rejection);

■ Updating legal database with the latest domestic and international legal issues and making sure that information was disseminated among relevant OSCE staff.

Dec. 2003

Dec. 2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Progeco Srl,

EC Delegation

Long term legal expert

EU Project: “Support to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers (CoM) of BiH”:

■ Drafted recommendations based on EU best practice and assisted the General Secretariat (GS) in devising its structure and improving its capacity and performance;

■ Assisted the GS in preparing and/or revising relevant legislation; advised on the legal drafting of the Rule Book, on relevant rules of procedures and on legal amendments related to the CoM;

■ In partnership with BiH Agency for Civil Service, delivered training to the GS staff in policy coordination, planning and monitoring and legal drafting.

Oct. 2003

March 2004

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Office of the High Representative,

High Judicial and Prosecutorial Councils (HJPCs)

Judicial Reform Officer

■ Provided legal and operational support to the 3 HJPCs, and acted at a departmental liaison;

■ Reviewed incoming dossiers related to appointment and discipline of judicial officials (judge and prosecutors) and other HJPCs staff, analyzed legal issues and drafted reports for judges and barristers on judiciary reform of BiH;

■ Prepared dossiers for disciplinary sessions for the Independent Judicial Commission (IJC) and the Disciplinary Prosecutor;

■ Drafted correspondence of the HJPCs on legal issues related to their decisions and to interpretation of the regulations;

■ Participated in the organization and preparation of the sessions of the HJPCs;

■ Conducted legal preparation of high-level meetings with Ministries of Justice, Supreme and State Courts Presidents, Constitutional and lower tier courts and Prosecutors Offices;

■ Maintained operational contact and co-ordination on legal issues within and outside the HJPCs with persons and organizations involved in the work of the Councils.

May 2002

Oct. 2003

Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Brcko

Office of the High Representative Brcko

Legal Officer

■ Dealt with all aspects of administrative reform and the development of the legal framework for the integrated PA in the Brcko District;

■ Reviewed and harmonized entity legislation applicable in the Brcko District and its conformity with the Final Award and the Statute. Drafted corresponding regulations particularly related to PA including the Law on Public Employment, and the Law on Civil Service, in accordance with the principles of respective State Laws;

■ Monitored and advised on the decision-making process, the interrelations of the various PA sectors in accordance with the statute and legal framework of Brcko District and the implementation of District legislation;

■ Was responsible for the establishment and delivery of training for the Legal Department staff within the Brcko District Government in legal drafting;

■ Assisted Brcko District Government in consolidating their legal resources.

Feb.2002 May 2002

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Berlioz Consulting /

EC Delegation

Short term legal expert EU Project “Support to the Constitutional Court and the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

■ Compiled and analyzed documents (including production of statistics) related to the Constitutional Court of BiH on court decisions and appeals.

Sept. 2001

April 2002

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Market Investment Group, Fund Management Company

Expert Associate

■ Organized and supervised the law section of the firm;

■ Organized and coordinated all the general meetings of the shareholders, the meetings of the Supervisory Board;

■ Assessed and prepared all the proposals, rules of conduct, and other normative acts of the company, abiding all the written laws and the company’s Statute;

■ In charge of coordinating all personal and administrative projects.

Febr. 2001

July 2001

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Law Firm Filipović

Law clerk in Law office

■ Prepared dossiers for Criminal Law, Civil Law, Property Law and Labor Law cases.

April 2000

Dec 2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

OSCE

Deputy Director of Voter Registration Branch

■ Supervised the work of the registration officers, in order to ensure accurate processing of voter registration activities;

■ Advised and instructed Local Officers and Local Registration Officers via Regional Centers;

■ Participated in the investigation of the deletion of duplicates from Voters Register;

■ Developed the procedures of the 18 years olds registration, the deceased names deletion and other specific cases registration from Voters’ Registers.

Jan. 1997

April 2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Soros Foundation

Open Society

Programme Coordinator

■ Within the Law Center managed contacts with NGOs and other institutions regarding training of judicial staff (judges, lawyers etc.);

■ Organized round tables and seminars, and coordinated with other partners.

Jan. 1996

Dec. 1996

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Law Firm Filipović

Law clerk

■ Prepared dossiers for Criminal Law, Civil Law, Property Law and Labor Law cases.