Advisory & Expert Groups
2022/23 Member of the Scientific Committee for Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability (S4) Methodology Development, European Commission Joint Research Centre
2021-2022 World Bank expert on evaluation of Serbian institutes of social sciences
2021/22 Member of the UNECE ‘Task Force on Innovation Policy Principles for Sustainable Development’
2020/21 Advisor on the project ‘Roadmap for the integration of the Lithuanian industry into European value chains’ for the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy
2020 World Bank advisor on final evaluation of smart specialization strategy of Croatia
2019 World Bank study project leader ‘Technology upgrading in Ukraine’
2018 Advisor on industrial policy to German Organisation for International Cooperation (GIZ)
2017/18 Advisor to Ukrainian Ministry of Economy on industrial policy, contract with GIZ
2016/17 Expert of the EC DG Regio involved in several conferences on smart specialization
2015/16 Invited expert by the EC DG Regio on assessing Smart specialization strategy activities of Bulgaria
2016 Member of a team of experts by the UN Economic Commission for Europe in charge of assessing innovation performance of Belarus
2015 Member of a team of experts by the UN Economic Commission for Europe in charge of assessing innovation performance of Tajikistan
2014/15 Invited expert by the EC DG Regio on assessing Smart specialization strategy activities of Slovenia and Croatia
2013 Invited expert by the EC DG Regio on assessing Smart specialization strategy activities of Slovakia and Slovenia
2012 Invited expert by the EC DG Regio on assessing Smart specialization strategy activities of Bulgaria
2012 Member of a team of experts by the UN Economic Commission for Europe in charge of assessing innovation performance of Ukraine, September
2011 – 2012 OECD invited an expert on study ‘Needs assessment and feasibility study for the establishment of a competence centre in Serbia’ OECD
2005-2012 Member of Management Committee of ERAWatch Network
2011 (with Graham Vickery, Terttu Luukkonen, and Robbert Fisher (Rapporteur)), (2011), Interim Evaluation of EU Competitiveness and Innovation Programme: ICT for Policy Support (CIP ICT PSP Final (Second Interim) Evaluation, Report to DG INFO, EC, Brussels
2010, Member of a team of experts by the UN Economic Commission for Europe in charge of assessing innovation performance of Belarus, Minsk, September
2009 UNESCO appointed member of three experts team with the task to advise Serbian minister for science and technological development Mr Bozidar Djelic on Strategy for science and technology development of Serbia
2009 Member of the Expert Group chaired by Luc Soete: “The role of Community research policy in the knowledge-based economy”. The objective of the group is to develop recommendations on how to frame and articulate the Community research policy, its objectives and means of actions (both financial and non-financial) in the post-2010 period, so that it better fosters the development of the EU knowledge-based economy, strengthens the competitiveness of the EU industry and stimulates an innovation-based growth. EU. DG Research
2009 – 2010 Member of Panel of independent experts for monitoring of the CIP ICT-PSP performance: impact observatory, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media
2008-09 Member of Evaluation Panel of Independent Expert for Interim Evaluation of Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) ICT PSP program, European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, Report to European Parliament, May 2009
2008-09 Chair of the expert group on innovation policy established under the EU Czech Presidency, October 2008 – January 2009. Introductory presentation at the final conference in Prague, January 23, 2009
2007- 2008 – 2009 Member of the independent review panel of EU funded Network of Excellence, DIME: Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe, Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 7 [Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge based Society]
2006-07 Member of High-Level Advisory Group of the EU funded study ‘Innovation Impact’ commissioned by the EU DG Research
2007 UN Economic Commission for Europe, Major contributor to the UNECE Report “Creating a conducive environment for higher competitiveness and effective national innovation systems. Lessons learned from the experiences of UNECE countries”. The UNECE Team of Specialists on Innovation and Competitiveness Policies (TOS-ICP)