Intersection (http://intersection.rs) is an international action tank, a non-profit civil society association, established to engage in and to promote responsible research and innovation, quality education, creation of evidence based policies and good governance and to strengthen the link between science and society, with special focus on Central and Southeastern Europe. It is based in Belgrade, Serbia, and has 150 active members, coming from research and educational organizations, the public sector, as well as companies and civic organizations contributing to the field of Science and Society. This pool of experts in research and innovation, policy creation, advocacy and science engagement from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Albania, Hungary, Romania and other countries, supported by a prominent international Advisory Board, has joined forces with the aim to use regional synergies to multiply impact of national efforts in building knowledge and creativity based societies. Intersection initiates and stimulates research and dialogue on important societal challenges, advocates for structural changes in research performing and research funding organizations in order to advance the integration of RRI policy in their agendas and supports open discussion and co-creation in research and innovation processes. Members of Intersection have previously participated in a number of innovative research and cooperation projects funded by the European Commission, regional initiatives and national grants in natural, technical and social sciences and humanities, Science and Society, Culture, Comenius, COST, Tempus, Creative Europe, Erasmus+ and other EU programs (e.g. FP7 RRI Tools, FP7 SATORI, FINHED, LLP V-Alert, OpenArch, T-Pass, Comenius Sci Camps, FP7 Smart Santander, EUSP, CREAT-IT, PLACES, OutSmart etc.) thus jointly contributing to the valuable knowledge base, competence and expertise of this action tank.

Projects related to empowerment of women and men through use of ICT.

Responsible for the overall coordination of EU funded projects, and for the promotion of gender dimension in research, as well for the popularization of science and technology careers for girls. Local coordinator of FP7 RRI Tools project managing the regional RRI Hub and local coordinator of LLP V-Alert projects. A team member of EU projects Satori, SciCamp and SciVis. Coordinator of First Regional SEE Science Promotion Conference held in Belgrade in 2013 and a number of workshops and initiatives for motivating young people, especially girls, for choosing science and improve coding skills.

As Business Development Director I am part of the team responsible for the Business Development & Strategy Execution in Region Mediterranean Engagement Practice.