Serbia

Dr. Jermina Stanojev is a policy and research expert and lecturer in cultural heritage and international cultural relations. She serves as an individual expert to the European Commission expert group on cultural heritage. Dr. Stanojev has extensive experience in policy development, evidence-based research, and the implementation of international projects. She has collaborated with institutions such as Uppsala University, KU Leuven, Una Europa, UNESCO, Europa Nostra, the European Commission, and Goethe-Institut Brussels. Her work focuses on culture-led policy development to address global challenges through various governance frameworks.

Dr. Stanojev co-chairs the EIT Culture & Creativity Strategic Topic Group on Cultural Heritage in Green and Digital Transitions for Inclusive Societies. She advises on cultural heritage in international relations within the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance in the Western Balkans and supports the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations.

She is an expert advisor to the European Heritage Green Paper and a member of the CHARTER advisory board. She co-authored the report “Skills, Training and Knowledge-transfer in the Traditional and Emerging Heritage” from the Structured Dialogue with the European Commission. Additionally, she serves as an expert assessor for the European Urban Initiative – Innovative Actions – New European Bauhaus projects, vice-chair for the Creative Europe programme, and a European Heritage Awards jury member.

Slavica Vujović is a renowned conservation architect with a distinguished career in cultural heritage preservation. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, in 1983 and completed a specialist exam in conservation in 1988. In 2013, she earned her PhD from the University of Belgrade with the dissertation “Modern Doctrine Improvement in Built Heritage Preservation – The Centuries of Bač Project Experience.”

Dr. Vujović began her professional career at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Kraljevo (1984–2002), focusing on Islamic architecture in the Raška region and church architecture during the Ottoman period. Since 2002, she has served at the Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Petrovaradin, where she leads heritage-based local development initiatives. Notably, she is the initiator and manager of the Integrated Protection Project of the Heritage “Centuries of Bač”, encompassing the Bač Fortress, the Franciscan Monastery of Bač, and the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Bodjani.

Her international contributions include participation in the Council of Europe and European Commission’s Regional Programmes for Southeast European Heritage (IRPP/SAAH) and membership in the HEROMAT Project, coordinating provincial institute activities. She has served as President of the Society of Conservators of Serbia (2002–2006), is a member of ICOMOS Serbia, and is actively involved with Europa Nostra Serbia.

Dr. Vujović has received multiple awards recognising her outstanding work, including the Great Award of the Society of Conservators of Serbia and the Europa Nostra Award for the Bač Fortress, highlighting her exceptional contributions to architectural conservation and heritage management.