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Jelena Jovetić
Montenegro
General Director, Ministry of Finance
Description
Ms Jelena Jovetić, Director General of the Directorate for Public Procurement Policy, Ministry of Finance of Montenegro.
Jelena Jovetić has been at the leading position in the public procurement policy field of the country since 2019, and is the Head of the EU accession negotiation team for Chapter 5 - Public Procurement. She began her work engagement within the Ministry of Finance in 2007, where she held various roles related to coordination and participation in numerous reform activities aimed at creating a favourable business environment in the country and efficiency of public sector.
After excelling at the Faculty of Economics in Podgorica, she continued her professional and academic development and education at Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, United States of America; Vienna University of Economics and Business, WU Executive Academy, Vienna, Austria; Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna; Austria; Duisenberg School of Finance, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ms Jovetić also performed a function of Director General of the Directorate for Investment and Development Projects within the Ministry of Finance, and was a member of the Council of the Montenegrin Investment Agency. She coordinated drafting of the Law on Public-Private Partnership, as well as other system regulations, primarily in areas of public procurement, investment policy and financial system. She has been a member of steering and supervisory boards of several organizations within the country, maintains cooperation with relevant international partners and keeps developing as an expert in mentioned fields.
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