YEAR OF BIRTH: 1982
GENDER: Female
LOCATION: Podgorica
MOBILE: +382 67 112007
SKYPE:
EMAIL: kristina.backovic@mup.gov.me
INSTITUTION/AGENCY
Department for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid in Directorate for Emergency Situations of the Ministry of Interior of Montenegro
POSITION
Independent Advisor
EDUCATION
Master degree (MSc)
EXPERTISE
Since the establishment of the Directorate for Emergency Management (Ministry of Interior of Montenegro) in 2007, she has been actively engaged in various activities related to the field of civil protection and DRR activities in the country. She is a technical SENDAI focal point in Montenegro as well as National Training Coordinator for EU Civil Protection Mechanism. She is a member of the Working group which prepared the National Strategy for DRR with Dynamic Plan of Activities for the Implementation of the Strategy for the period 2018-2023 in Montenegro and co-author of various papers in DRR field such as: Euro-Atlantic Integrations and Crisis Management – Experiences of Montenegro (co-authored with Dražen Bozovic and Ljuban Tmusic). Moreover, she is actively involved in all projects and international activities in the field of DRR which are implemented at the national level with UNDP, GIZ, OSCE, DG ECHO, UNISDR etc.