MA Dragana Veljanoska holds a Master's degree in International Relations, as well as a Master's degree in Human Rights and Democracy in Southeast Europe. Veljanoska is a PhD student at the Department of Balkan,Slavic Studies and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (Greece). At the Institute she is engaged as a research associate.

Dragana has extensive experience as a consultant for S. Macedonia at the European Endowment for Democracy, but also as a trainer in project cycle management and participant in various initiatives for strengthening local organizations advocating for gender equality, implemented by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights. Her expertise includes promoting inclusion in education and assessing the work efficiency and motivation of different teams and as such can make a significant contribution to this Project.