Director

Marina Dražić was born in Belgrade in 1981. She completed her undergraduate and master’s studies at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. She has passed the bar examination and has extensive professional experience in law, public administration, management, institutional development and the implementation of reform processes.

She began her professional career at a law firm before joining the public administration in 2010. Throughout her career, she has held various professional and managerial positions at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Justice, the Administrative Inspectorate and the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, where she served as Assistant Minister.

She has been involved in the preparation and implementation of numerous systemic reforms, including the digitalisation of civil registers, the establishment of the Central Population Register, improvements to the electronic interconnection of official records, and the drafting of legislation and strategic documents.

As Project Manager of the Local Self-Government for the 21^st Century project, implemented with the support of the Government of Switzerland, she managed project activities aimed at strengthening the capacities of local self-governments, developing inter-municipal cooperation, and improving organisational and management processes.

Since 2021, she has been an accredited trainer with the National Academy for Public Administration.

Her professional experience also includes activities related to human resource development, the enhancement of competencies and the assessment of professional knowledge within the public administration.

As Director of the National Academy for Public Administration, she focuses on the institution’s strategic development, the modernisation of the professional development system, improving the quality of training programmes and strengthening institutional capacities. During her tenure, the Development Programme of the National Academy for Public Administration for 2026–2030 was prepared and adopted, the system for planning and developing training programmes was improved, and a regulatory framework was established for delivering programmes to participants from outside the public administration system as well.

She holds certificates for directors and managers in the public sector, as well as for senior civil servants, specialising in strengthening leadership skills in public administration.