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Under the Patronage of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou

Delphi Economic Forum IX

April 10-13, 2024

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Vesna Marjanovic

Vesna Marjanovic

Vesna Marjanovic

Secretary General

Europa Nostra Serbia, Serbia

Vesna Marjanović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra Serbia. Member of the Europa Nostra Council.
Member of the Board of Trustees of the European Museum Forum (EMF).
Founder of the Center for Democracy Foundation, Belgrade, Serbia.
She was a political activist when, after years of conflict, democratic reforms started in Serbia witnessing the hopes and frustrations of a changing society that did not succeed in placing cultural policies into mainstream government strategies. Member of the Serbian Parliament and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture and the Media (2007-2011, 2012-2016). Member of the City Council of the City of Belgrade and Chair of the Board of the Belgrade International Film Festival – FEST (2011-2012). She was the Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2012 to 2016) where she held the position of Vice-Chair of Committee on Culture, Education, Science and Media and Vice-Chair of Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage. She was Rapporteur on “Europe’s Endangered Heritage” and for the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
Since 2021, she is active as Secretary General of Europa Nostra Serbia. Since then, the country representation of Europa Nostra in Serbia has launched the Heritage Heroes Award Scheme, with the EU Delegation in Serbia, for dedicated service in the field of cultural heritage and has organised a first civil society international Belgrade Heritage Forum in Belgrade, in May 2023 in partnership with Europa Nostra, EU Delegation in Serbia and the Delphi Economic Forum.
Vesna believes that cultural heritage has an infinitely important democratic role to reach far, educate all and give us a better understanding of humanity. She graduated at the Belgrade University Law School.

Thursday 11

  • 17.00 - 17.50

    Accelerating Untapped Potential of our Shared Heritage Eu/Western Balkans Integration - Athens Hub

    • CLASSICS

    location_onExhibition Hall | European Cultural Centre of Delphi

    At the moment when we are witnessing a welcome acceleration of the EU enlargement agenda, this panel will demonstrate that our shared cultural heritage provides a still untapped potential for building the much needed bridges between the citizens and institutions of the EU Member States and the candidate states from the Western Balkans. Special focus will be given to the vital role of cities and civil society organisations to mobilise citizens and their communities to engage in the safeguard of our shared values and cultural heritage, not only in their own cities and regions but also across borders, in collaboration with neighbouring countries.