Date of birth

04-05-1979

Education

Bachelor of Law  

• Institution: Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” Skopje
• Studies: Law Studies

Languages

Македонски, Албански, Англиски, Српски, Хрватски

Previous work experience

Previous work experience

• Lawyer in a law firm with head office in Debar, R. Macedonia, October 2006 - June 2010
• Judge in Primary Court Debar, June 10, 2010 - March 31, 2021;
• Acting President of the Primary Court Debar, December 2011 - March 2012 and March 2016 - October 29, 2018;
• President of the Primary Court Debar, October 30, 2018 - March 31, 2021.

Relevant professional activities

Description of other work activities

• Date: November 2001 - November 2003; Place: Tetovo; Institution: NGO “Multikultura” Tetovo; Position: Volunteer; Description: Volunteer in many projects implemented in this period;
• Date: November 2001 - July 2002; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Institution: National Democratic Institute (NDI); Position: Trainee; Description: Trainee in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia;
• Date: November 2003 - December 2005; Place: Debar (R. Macedonia); Institution: Primary Court Debar; Position: Trainee - volunteer; Description: Trainee - volunteer in court;
• Date: December 2003 - June 2010; Place: Debar (R. Macedonia); Institution: NGO “Tolerantna mladina”; Position: President; Description: President and coordinator of the Human Rights Program in the organization;
• Date: January 2005 - June 2010; Place: Municipality of Centar Župa (R. Macedonia); Institution: Municipal Election Commission in Centar Župa; Position: Secretary of the Municipal Election Commission in Centar Župa; Description: Local, parliamentary and presidential elections;
• Date: January 2006 - March 2008; Place: European Youth Center in Budapest/Strasbourg; Institution: Council of Europe - Directorate for Youth and Sport; Position: Participant in a e-learning platform and residential seminars; Description: Trainer for preparation, implementation and monitoring of seminars and trainings, especially in the field of human rights and human rights education;
• Date: March - December 2006; Place: Debar (R. Macedonia); Institution: Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia – FOSIM; Position: Coordinator for Debar and Centar Župa; Description: Coordinator of the project “Monitoring the freedom of information implementation on local level”;

Publications and written papers

Publications/monographs

• Title: “PRIMARY COURT – DEBAR, 1945-2016”, Struga, June 2017.
• Title: “GJYKATA THEMELORE DIBER, 1945-2016“, Tetovo, April 2020.

• Title: “INDEPENDENT JUDGE ON INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY – TERM, TYPES, THE STATE OF THE JUDICIARY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA WITH LOCAL STANDARDS FOR INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND COMPARATIVE EXPERIENCES AND PROPOSALS”, Skopje, Pravnik, no. 306, October 2017;
• Title: “PARTICIPATION OF THIRD PERSONS IN THE PROCEEDING”, Skopje, Pravnik, in two parts, no. 320 and 321, December 2018 and January 2019;
• Title: “MORAL DILEMMAS, PROBLEMS IN THEIR DEFINITION AND DISTINCTION FROM OTHER PRACTICAL PROBLEMS", Skopje, Pravnik, no. 327-328, July - August 2019;
• Title: "THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA DURING A CRISIS AND/OR AN EMERGENCY WITH REFERENCE TO THE EMERGENCY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE”, Skopje, Pravnik, no. 336, April 2020.

• Title: “Handbook for Remote Trials in Civil Proceedings”, January 2021.

Description to other professional activities

Relevant experiences, trainings, conferences, seminars, symposia

• Date: 08.05. - 05.2002; Place: Veles (R. Macedonia); Organization: NDC (Nansen Dialog Center); Title: “Human Rights and Intercultural learning;
• Date: 21.05. - 05.2002; Place: Budapest (Hungary); Organization: International Republican Institute (I R I); Title: “First South-Eastern European Youth Dialogue”;
• Date: 08.07. – 07.2002; Place: Mavrovo (R. Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM - Skopje; Title: “Summer School for democracy“;
• Date: 29.07. – 07.2002; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM - Skopje; Title: “Training for trainers“;
• Date: September 21 - December 12, 2002 (12-week training); Place: Lillehammer (Norway); Organization: NDC (Nansen Dialog Center); Title: “Democracy, Human Rights and Peaceful Conflict Resolution”;
• Date: 27.11. - 11.2003; Place: Bitola (R. Macedonia); Organization: OSCE; Title: “Project proposal and Budget”;
• Date: 12.03. - 03.2004; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Youth Council - Prilep; Title: “NGO Forum 1“;
• Date: 14.03. - 03.2004; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM - Skopje; Title: “Training for Trainers for youth NGO management“ (First phase);
• Date: 19.03. - 03.2004; Place: Banovići (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Organization: Centre for non-violent action (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro); Title: “Building peace in post conflict areas in Ex-Yugoslavia”;
• Date: 15.04.2004; Place: Debar (R. Macedonia); Organization: ESEM; Title: “Attraction and contacts with the voters“;
• Date: 27.05. - 05.2004; Place: Struga (R. Macedonia); Organization: MCMS (Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation); Title: “Project management“;
• Date: 19.06. - 06.2004; Place: Prilep (R. Macedonia); Organization: Youth Council Prilep; Title: “Training for trainers“;
• Date: 13.07. – 07.2004; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM - Skopje; Title: “Training for Trainers for youth NGO management“ (Third phase);
• Date: 20.07.2004; Place: Peshkopi (R. Albania); Organization: USAID; Title: “Visit to the Center for Information“;
• Date: 27.08. - 29.08.2004; Place: Struga (R. Macedonia); Organization: Youth Council Prilep; Title: “NGO Forum 2“;
• Date: 06.09. - 09.2004; Place: Trogir (Croatia); Organization: Balkan Youth and Children Foundation (BYCF); Title: “Balkan Youth Forum 2004”;
• Date: 02.11. – 11.2004; Place: Budapest (Hungary); Organization: Council of Europe - Directorate for youth and sport; Title: “Training trainers in Human Rights Education with young people”;
• Date: 17.11. - 11.2004; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Youth Council Prilep; Title: “South-Eastern Europe Youth Policy Conference”;
• Date: 23.11. - 11.2004; Place: Piran (Slovenia); Organization: CEI – (Central European Initiatives); Title: “4-th European Youth Forum“;
• Date: 3.12. - 12.2004; Place: Popova Šapka - Tetovo (R. Macedonia); Organization: OSCE; Title: “Citizens Advisory Groups”;
• Date: 22.01. – 23.01.2005; Place: Debar (R. Macedonia); Organization: Detra Skopje; Title: “Training for leadership“;
• Date: 24.02. - 02.2005; Place: Pristina (Kosovo); Organization: B I R D; Title: “Multiethnic Society- Challenge or reality – Standards for Kosovo”;
• Date: 02.04. - 04.2005; Place: Budapest (Hungary); Organization: EFYSO; Title: Study session “Human rights – human wrongs?”;
• Date: 01.07. - 07.2005; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM Macedonia Title: “Training for free access of information on local level” (1-st phase);
• Date: 25.07. - 07.2005; Place: Novi Sad (AP Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro); Organization: ELSA Novi Sad; Title: Conference “Civil dialogue Kosovo – Serbia, dialogue for the future – dialogue for the coexistence”;
• Date: 26.10. - 10.2005; Place: Strasbourg (France); Organization: Council of Europe - Directorate for youth and sport; Title: Symposium “All equal-all different” The manifestation of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance and their impact to the young people in Europe today;
• Date: 26.12. - 12.2005; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM Macedonia; Title: “Training for free access of information on local level” (2-nd phase);
• Date: 26.02. - 02.2005; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: FOSIM Macedonia; Title: “Training for free access of information on local level” (3-d phase);
• Date: 08.05. - 05.2006; Place: Budapest (Hungary); Organization: Council of Europe - Directorate for youth and sport; Title: Advanced Compass Training in Human Rights Education” (ACT-HRE) – initial seminar;
• Date: 17.06. - 06.2006; Place: Pula (Croatia); Organization: Belgrade Open School & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation; Title: Regional school “Education for Democracy”;
• Date: 21.09. - 09.2006; Place: Saint Petersburg (Russia); Organization: Council of Europe и National Campaign Committee Russia; Title: European Youth Event “All equal – all different” Campaign;
• Date: 08.02. - 02.2007; Place: Strasbourg (France); Organization: Council of Europe - Directorate for youth and sport; Title: Advanced Compass Training in Human Right Education (ACT-HRE) – consolidation seminar;
• Date: 17.02. - 02.2008; Place: Budapest (Hungary); Organization: Council of Europe - Directorate for youth and sport; Title: Advanced Compass Training in Human Right Education (ACT-HRE) – evaluation seminar;
• Date: 13.07. - 07.2009; Place: Bansko (R. Bulgaria); Organization: Bulgarian Network for HRE; Title: Using creativity and innovation in Human rights education for social inclusion of disadvantaged youth.

• Date: 22.06. - 06.2007; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia and OSCE Skopje; Title: Training for lawyers "Special investigative measures and how they can be disputed by the defense lawyer";
• Date: 15.05. - 05.2008; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia and OSCE Skopje; Title: Training for lawyers “Juvenile Justice - treatment of minors” part 1;
• Date: 14.11.2008; Place: Struga (R. Macedonia); Organization: Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia and OSCE Skopje; Title: Training for lawyers “European standards for fair trial in criminal proceedings based on the ECHR and for the practical skills that a defense lawyer can use in the criminal proceedings;
• Date: 24.04. - 04.2009; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Bar Association of the Republic of Macedonia and OSCE Skopje; Title: Training for lawyers “Juvenile justice - treatment of minors” part 2.

• Date: 01.02.2010; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: IRZ Foundation in cooperation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: European standards in consumer protection and the impact on national legislation;
• Date: 28.11. - 11.2011; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors; Title: Judicial structure in EU and the procedure of introducing preliminary questions;
• Date: 23.02. - 02.2012; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: TAIEX in cooperation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Workshop in competition law;
• Date: 15.03. - 03.2012; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: TAIEX in cooperation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Workshop on Civil procedure/civil litigation;
• Date: 10.04. - 04.2012; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: TAIEX in cooperation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Workshop on EU Environmental law;
• Date: 16.11.2012; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Ethics – national and international regulations and documents on independence of judiciary;
• Date: 23.11.2012; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Judicial practice in ECHR to the right of freedom of expression – article 10;
• Date: 12.06.2014; Place: Skopje (R. Macedonia); Organization: TAIEX in cooperation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Workshop on civil procedure;
• Date: 28.10. - 10.2016; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Supreme Court of RM, Macedonian Judges association and CEELI Institute Prague, in cooperation with US Department of State (INL); Title: International judicial conference – Independent judiciary;
• Date: 26.01. - 01.2017; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: EIPA in cooperation with the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Training for ethics of Court presidents, deputies, judges and administrative supervisors;
• Date: 07.06. - 06.2017 (10-day training program); Place: Leiden and The Hague (Kingdom of Holland); Organization: Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Leiden Law School and The Hague Academy for Local Governance; Title: MATRA RULE OF LAW TRAINING PROGRAM “The administration of justice”;
• Date: 02.11. - 11.2017; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Supreme Court of Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian Judges association and CEELI Institute Prague, in cooperation with US Department of State (INL); Title: International judicial conference – Strengthening the Role and Independency of Judges in the Republic of Macedonia;
• Date: 26.03. - 03.2018; Place: Belgrade (Serbia); Organization: Netherlands Helsinki Committee, Leiden Law School and The Hague Academy for Local Governance; Title: Rule of Law in the Western Balkans (Matra Rule of Law Training Alumni Days);
• Date: 04.04. - 04.2018; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Association of Judges of the Republic of Macedonia and OSCE Mission to Skopje; Title: Strengthening the quality of justice in the light of judicial reforms;
• Date: 19.04.2018; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Courts and public relations - communication with the media in order to achieve the principle of publicity and transparency;
• Date: 10.05. - 05.2018; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Association of Judges of the Republic of Macedonia and the US Embassy in Skopje; Title: Justice Report: Guide for improving court-media relations for judges and journalists;
• Date: 19.04.2018; Place: Skopje (Republic of Macedonia); Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Courts and public relations - communication with the media in order to achieve the principle of publicity and transparency;
• Date: 10.05. - 05.2018; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Association of Judges of the Republic of Macedonia and the US Embassy in Skopje; Title: Justice Report: Guide for improving court-media relations for judges and journalists;
• Date: 13.06. - 06.2018; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Association of Judges of the Republic of Macedonia and the US Embassy in Skopje; Title: Promoting transparent justice: Formalizing judiciary and media cooperation;
• Date: 01.11. - 11.2018; Place: Ohrid (R. Macedonia); Organization: Association of Judges of the Republic of Macedonia (ZSRM), in cooperation with and with the support of the US Embassy in the Republic of Macedonia and the CEELI Institute in Prague; Title: Third International Conference in Ohrid - Effective implementation of the reformed concept of the Judicial Council;
• Date: 05.03. - 03.2020; Place: Dubrovnik (Republic of Croatia); Organization: Judicial Academy of the Republic of Croatia, financed by The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN); Title: Judicial Ethics;
• Date: 23.04.2020; Place: Webinar; Organization: The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN); Title: Lessons Learned from Around the World About Managing Courts in a Pandemic;
• Date: 14.05.2020; Place: Webinar; Organization: Global Judicial Integrity Network; Title: The investigation of Judicial Misconduct;
• Date: 15.06.2020; Place: Virtual event; Organization: CEELI institute, US Embassy Skopje and JPA Skopje; Title: Practical and Ethical Guidelines for Judges’ Use of Social Media: To Post or Not To Post?;
• Date: 16.06.2020; Place: Online training; Organization: JPA Skopje and the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ); Title: The Judiciary and the Media;
• Date: 05.10. - 10.2020; Place: Online webinar; Organization: The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN); Title: Freedom of speech;
• Date: 14.10. - 10.2020; Place: Online webinar; Organization: The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN); Title: Human Rights and Access to Justice in EU;
• Date: 22.10.2020; Place: Online webinar; Organization: The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN); Title: Access to Justice in Times of Pandemic;
• Date: October 2020 - February 2021; Place: Long-term online training; Organization: CEELI Institute Prague; Title: Best practices for Remote judging;
• Date: 11.11. - 11.2020; Place: Online webinar; Organization: The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN); Title: Personal Leadership;
• Date: 21.01.2021; Place: Online webinar; Organization: Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (R. Croatia); Title: Using Molecular Genetic Analysis in Criminal Proceedings - National Legal Frameworks and European Standards;
• Date: 11.02.2021; Place: Online conference; Organization: Association of Judges of the Republic of North Macedonia, CEELI Institute and the US Embassy in Skopje (R. North Macedonia); Title: 5th International Judicial Conference - The Functioning of the Judiciary During a Pandemic: Necessity or a Challenge - Online trials in the civil proceedings in the RNM;
• Date: 19.03.2021; Place: Online training; Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors of the RNM; Title: Strengthening the Capacities for Budgeting and Financial Management;

• Date: 12.04.- 13.04.2021; Place: Online study visit; Organization: EJTN, with financial support from the Justice Program of the EU; Title: EU Institutions (Exchange program for Judicial authorities);
• Date: 27.04.2021; Place: Online specialized training; Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Introduction of the latest documents of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ);
• Date: 05.05.2021; Place: Online training; Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors Skopje; Title: Ethics workshop;
• Date: 25.05.2021; Place: Online virtual round table; Organization: The Institute of Comparative Law in Belgrade and the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ)Title: Case management methods as a contribution to the practical education of lawyers – Education of Lawyers in Germany – Theoretical Basics and Practice;
• Date: 26.05.2021; Place: Online event; Organization: Council of Europe, financed by the European Union and the Council of Europe; Title: The Methodology for Evaluation of Human Rights Training Courses;
• Date: 16.06.2021; Place: Online training; Organization: Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors and the US Embassy in Skopje; Title: Training for Trainers;
• Date: 23.06-24.06.2021; Place: Online study visit; Organization: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH; Title: Virtual study visit for Western Balkans (WB) Judicial Training Institutions (JTIs);

• Lecturer at the Academy for Judges and Public Prosecutors of the Republic of North Macedonia “Pavel Shatev”

• Period: December 2017 - March 2018; Work group for: Strategy for establishing regional networking of Association of Judges in Southeastern Europe 2018-2020.

• Period: May 2020 - 2024; Member of the Steering Committee of the Association of Judges of the Republic of North Macedonia

• Speaker at the Fifth International Judicial Conference, organized by the Association of Judges of the RNM, CEELI Institute and the US Embassy in Skopje (R. North Macedonia), on the subject of: “The Functioning of the Judiciary During a Pandemic: Necessity or a Challenge - Remote (online) trials in the civil proceedings in the RNM”