As of 1 August Ms. Sabina Beber Boštjančič will lead ITF as Acting Director
As of 1 August 2017, Ambassador Damjan Bergant is leaving his position as ITF Enhancing Human Security Director. Ambassador Bergant’s tasks will be taken over by Ms Sabina Beber Boštjančič, ITF Deputy Director, who will be assuming the role of Acting Director until the appointment of the new Director. ITF’s work will continue uninterrupted.
Ms Beber Boštjančič has been an integral part of the ITF team since 2001. Prior to her role as ITF Deputy Director, she was responsible for projects in Albania, Serbia, Kosovo** and Montenegro, and led ITF’s project management team as the Head of Operations. She has over ten years of experience in ITF’s operational leadership and an impressive track record in humanitarian mine action, project management, fundraising, and advocacy.
Ambassador Bergant took over the ITF team in 2014. His broad diplomatic skills and international experience were integral to ITF’s daily work and successes of the past three years. In this period, ITF established itself as a stable and forward-looking organization. He will continue his work as the newly appointed Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
We wish Ambassador Bergant all the best in his future work and we are looking forward to our future common achievements.
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Od 1. avgusta 2017 bo vodenje ITF prevzela Sabina Beber Boštjančič kot vršilka dolžnosti direktorja
Veleposlanik Damjan Bergant s 1. avgustom 2017 zapušča položaj direktorja ITF Ustanove za krepitev človekove varnosti. Vodenje ITF bo do imenovanja novega direktorja prevzela Sabina Beber Boštjančič, prej namestnica direktorja, ki bo prevzela naloge vršilke dolžnosti direktorja. ITF bo deloval nemoteno v skladu z načrtovanimi aktivnostmi.
Sabina Beber Boštjančič je ključni član ITF ekipe že od leta 2001. Pred nastopom funkcije namestnice direktorja ITF je bila odgovorna za projekte v Albaniji, Srbiji, na Kosovu* in v Črni gori ter je kot operativni vodja ITF nadzorovala in strateško usmerjala upravljanje projektov in programov ITF. Nova vršilka dolžnosti direktorja ima bogate, več kot desetletne izkušnje z operativnim vodenjem ITF in številne rezultate na področju protiminskega delovanja, vodenja projektov, zbiranja sredstev in zagovorništva.
Veleposlanik Bergant je vodenje ITF prevzel leta 2014. Široka paleta njegovih diplomatskih znanj in mednarodne izkušnje so bile sestavni del vsakodnevnega dela ITF in uspeha ITF v zadnjih treh letih. ITF je v njegovem mandatu postal stabilna organizacija na področju človekove varnosti. Odslej bo nadaljeval svoje delo kot novoimenovani generalni sekretar Ministrstva za zunanje zadeve Republike Slovenije.
Veleposlaniku Bergantu želimo veliko uspehov na novem delovnem mestu in verjamemo, da bomo v ITF uspešno sodelovali tudi vnaprej.