Vanja Ratkovic

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About Vanja Ratkovic

Profile Experienced Public Affairs, Media, and Social Media Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the international affairs industry. Skilled in Public Affairs, Financial Assistance Monitoring including Development, and Management of Innovative Programs that Promote Mission Goals. Also experienced in News Writing, Crisis Communications, Editing, Media Relations, Exchange Programs Management, and Recruitment, Speaker Programs. Expert in Partnerships Development and Project Implementation Monitoring. Worked with multiple sectors in Croatia: as a lead on public engagement with established opinion leaders and youth in Croatia, and organizations such as startup accelerators, academia, media, local and national government, non-governmental organizations, and the IT sector. Work included partnering with various institutions on numerous projects: the U.S-Croatia Forum 2022, the Brown Forum 2012-2015, the Startup Camp, the Big Bang Camp, Robotics Camp, IT Boot Camp, Speaker programs on STEM, innovation, science commercialization, various anti-corruption and environmental issues, women empowerment projects. Oversaw the Fulbright program and various U.S. State Department's Professional development programs, such as International Visitor Leadership Program, Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative, Tech Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Professional Fellows Program. Strong experience in science communication with degrees in STEM and journalism. Years of experience in editing and science writing.