1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Mr. Petar Vasilev
Personal details:
Date of birth: 06/06/1976
Citizenship: Serbian
Residence: Belgrade, Serbia
Profession: Development Expert - Governance
Phone/Viber: + 381 62 231 185
E-mail: vasillev.petar@gmail.com
Skype: pera-pera
Work experience:
2010 – 2015 National Program Officer
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) / Swiss Embassy in Serbia
National Program Officer for the broad range of governance issues: public administration reform,
Institutional support to the legislative branch (national parliament and local assemblies); justice sector
reforms; local governance and decentralization; improving local service delivery (public utilities and
municipal administration); inter municipal cooperation; regional and rural development; sub national
public finance management. Size of portfolio exceeds 20 million CHF. Also prepared public tenders
for mandates and back stopping for governance expertize issued by SDC.
Between 2010 and 2012 also supervised programs in the area of migration management carried out
by Serbian national authorities. The programs covered economic and social integration of refugees
and returnees. At a later stage, the programs also covered prevention of human trafficking and
asylum seekers protection.
2006 – 2010 National Coordinator/ Project Manager
Swiss Labour Assistance / SOLIDAR Suisse in Serbia
Managed a portfolio of projects related to the Social Dialogue / Labor Relations in municipalities. In
time, portfolio expanded to include national and sectoral projects such as metalworking industry and
construction. The project addressed important aspects of labor relations such as, social dialogue,
occupational health and safety, collective bargaining, informal economy and employability. The main
partners included local governments; trade unions; business associations, line ministries etc. Applied
the Project Cycle Management methodology throughout implementation. Managed an office of three
people and a network over 15 partner organizations.
2003 – 2006 Short term administrative and project assignments
Various employers in Serbia
Management of office supplies, translation, various administrate and operational tasks for the following
organizations: United Nations Habitat, Delegation of European Commission and others.

2. 2002 – 2003 Program Manager
Concern Worldwide in Serbia
Managed a portfolio of diverse humanitarian and development projects related to employment
assistance for refugees and elderly care.
2000 – 2002 Administrative / Project Assistant
Various humanitarian and development organizations in Serbia and Montenegro
Short term contracts for organization dealing with response to refugees, community development and
conflict reconciliation such as Organization for Security and Cooperation of Europe (OSCE), Japanese
Emergency NGO (JEN), Spanish NGO (MPDL) and others.
Education:
2004 – 2010 University of Belgrade – MA in Human Resources Management
1995 – 2003 University of Belgrade, BA in Asian Studies / Japanese Language
1991 – 1995 High School for Business Development, Belgrade
Languages:
- English (fluent);
- Japanese (basic);
- Serbian (native).
Skills and characteristics:
- Excellent computer skills
- Driver’s license
- Good organizational skills; result oriented; both working well as a part of the team and individually.
Training courses and Seminars:
- Role of Informal Authorities in Local Governance – SDC peer exchange (2015)
- Performance Based Budgeting – Jesper Steffensen, DEGE Consult (2014)
- Sustainable financing of local governments - SDC peer exchange (2014)
- Political economy analysis – SDC (2014)
- Migration management, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2012)
- Decentralization and Local Governance – Hague Academy for Local Governance, Brussels (2010)
- Project Cycle Management – Concern Worldwide (2002), SOLIDAR Suisse (2006) and SDC (2012)
- Strategic Planning – UN HABITAT (2003) and Civic Initiatives (2002)
- Managing a participative monitoring and evaluation process – INTRAC Oxford (2002)