The Centre for the Study of Global Governance and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office would like to invite you to a public lecture at the London School of Economics:
The EU and the Western Balkans in 2009: Troublemakers and Boring Countries
Speaker: Montenegro’s Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djuroviã
Chair: Professor Mary Kaldor
Wednesday 25th February 2009, 1.00-2.00 pm.
Room U8, Tower 1
Dr Gordana Djurovic is a full professor on the Faculty of Economics in Podgorica, where she teaches Economic Development, International Economic Relations, and Regional Economy on basic studies. She is the Head of the post-graduate studies in the field of European Economic Integration, where she teaches Economics of the EU Economy and Enlargement Policy.
She was born in 1964 in Novi Kneþevac (Serbia), where she completed the elementary school. She graduated from the high school of economic in 1982 in Herceg Novi. From the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade she graduated in 1986.
Prof. Dr Djurovic obtained her Master Degree in 1991 on the Faculty of Economics in Podgorica in the field of comparative analysis of contemporary economic systems, and in 1994, at the same faculty, she obtained her PhD in the field of economic development planning in transition.
She is the co-author of the textbook "Economic Development" (1996) and the co-author of the analysis "Alternative Developmental Concepts of The Economy of Montenegro" (2002). She is the author of analysis "Montenegro: from foreign-trade re-integration towords European integration" (2007). Prof. Dr Djurovi¿ is the author of more than fifty articles published in international and national professional journals, as well as the author of a number of papers relating to the economic development, comparative economic analysis, and European Integration. She had a number of study visits abroad.
Dr Djurovic was also project manager and associate on projects in the field of economic policy planning and sustainable development, especially on strategic developmental projects of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro: "Regional development of Montenegro" (1998), "Programme on utility services transforamtion and restructuring in Montenegro" (1999) and "Development and poverty reduction strategy in Montenegro" (2003). In the previous capacity of the Government of Montenegro, she was the Minister for International Economic Relations (February 2004-October 2006). By the decision of the Government of Montenegro adopted in June 2005, she was appointed for the Head of Negotiating Team for negotiations on stabilization and association process, which was successfully completed with signing of the Agreement (SAA) on 15 October 2007.
On the session held on 10 November 2006, the Assembly of the Republic of Montenegro appointed her as Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration.
Married, mother of two sons.
If you are able to attend and would like to reserve a place, please email Dominika Spyratou at i.spyratou@lse. ac.uk or telephone on 020 7955 6419.
Centre for the Study of Global Governance
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Email: I.spyratou@lse. ac.uk
Tel: 020 7955 6419
Fax: 0207 955 7591
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