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curriculum vitae
Personal information
Surname(s) / First name(s)
Address(es)
Telephone(s)
Kristijan Ležaić
Ljudevita Gaja Street 1b, 49221 Bedekovčina, Croatia
O0385 49 213 120
Mobile: 00385 98 209 082
Business: kristijan.lezaic@mrrsvg.hr
Private: klezaic@gmail.com
Fax(es)
E-mail(s)
Nationality(-ies)
Date of birth
Gender
Croatian
24th of April 1983.
Male
Work experience
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
July 2004 - July 2010.
Tourism promoter and destination manager
Different multiple studies on tourism development and innovative tourism offers in selective types of
rural tourism ,sectoral development of the region, administration and promotion of Krapina-zagorje
County as a tourism destination
Croatian Tourist Board, Tourist Board of the Krapina –Zagorje County
Krambergerova 1
49000 Krapina
Dates
July 2007 - onwards
Occupation or position held
Associate –project manager on implementation of projects financed from pre-accession funds of the
EU to Croatia – CARDS, PHARE, and IPA. Monitoring officer and financial specialist.
Main activities and responsibilities
Monitoring of projects, Implementation, Secondary procurement control, approval of reports, contact
with beneficiaries.
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Project of Social and economical recovery ( World Bank project) – assessor of projects
financed in Vukovar-srijem County ( 2007 -2008)
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Name and address of employer

Business Related Infrastructure Grant scheme PHARE 2005 – implementation and
monitoring of projects ( 2008 -2009)
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CARDS 2004 Regional Development Capacity building Facility – service contract (task
manger) – 2008.

CARDS 2004 – Development of centre of excellence in mehatronics – project manager
(2008)
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CARDS 2004 Border Region Cooperation Grant Scheme (Borders with B&H, Montenegro
and Serbia) – implementation of 8 projects 2009

IPA CBC programmes Croatia-Serbia, Croatia- Bosnia and Herzegovina, CroatiaMontenegro and OP South East Europe – task manger and National Contact Point
(Currently)
Ministry of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management,
Directorate for integrated regional development,
Department for Cross-border Cooperation
Section for CBC with non member states
Heinzlova 69, 10 000 Zagreb
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/Occupational skills
covered
September 2009 – July 2010
Master of European studies and international relations
International relations, Federalism, European integration, Economy and globalization
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Institut Europeen des Hautes Etudes Iinternationales Nice/Berlin/Rostock/Rome
Level in national or international
classification
MA
Education and training
Dates
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/Occupational skills
covered
September 2001. – October 2006.
Bachelor of Science in Economy
Management, Macroeconomics, Croatian Economy, International Economy, Public Finances.
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Faculty for Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija
Level in national or international
classification
Bachelor of science in Economy
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
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Croatian
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Other language(s)
German, French, English,
Russian
Self-assessment
European level
Understanding
Listening
(*)
Language
GERMAN
Reading
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Writing
Spoken production
B2 Independent B2 Independent B2 Independent B2 Independent B2 Independent
User
User
User
User
User
(Goethe
Institut)
Language
FRENCH
B1 Independent B1 Independent B1 Independent B1
User
User
User
Independent B1 Independent
User
User
(Alliance
Francaise)
Language
C1
Proficient C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User
User
ENGLISH
TOEFL
(*)
Social skills and competences
Organisational skills and
competences
Computer skills and competences
Artistic skills and competences
Other skills and competences
Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
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Team spirit
-
Ability to work in multicultural and multilingual environment, learnt by working with foreign
consultants on various projects
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Great communication skills, learnt by working with project beneficiaries and various other
institutions e.g. Delegation of the European commission, Central Financing and
Contracting Agency, Central State Office for Development Strategy and Coordination of
EU Funds, Foreign Consultant Companies.
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Experience in managing complex projects( Grants, Services)
Organizational and administrative skills
Proficiency in working with MS Office programmes ( Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
Member of folklore ensemble “Žuna”, I play guitar, drumms.
Hobbies: Basketball, football, running, pilates, music, voluntary work, journalism.
I am a member of : Youth Club Bedekovčina, British Council : Intercultural Navigators
Worked on UEFA EURO 2008 Football championship as a volunteer in STADION MEDIA CENTER
for 14 days, passed the ambassadors training from UEFA
I write articles for the regional papers “Zagorski list “ and “ Bedekovčanski Glasnik”
Driving licence(s)
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I have a driving license B category
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Additional information
Military obligation done
Not married
Passed the official State exam
N.B.
Recommendations available upon request at the adrresses:
Mathiass Waechter , IEHEI, Avenue des Fleures 10 060 NICE, France
Email : iehei@wanadoo.fr
Darko Stilinović ; Ministry of Regional Development , Forestry and Water Management,
Heinzlova 69, 10 000 Zagreb
Email: darko.stilinovic@mrrsvg.hr
Annexes
In the annex 1-3 are the training registers of the year 2007.-2009. of all the trainings I took part in.
Annex 1
TRAINING REGISTER 2007
Employee:
No.
1.
Assistant task manager
Department for County and Wider Region Development
(position, department)
Name of the
programme
Introduction to civil
service
2.
MTEC IPA/SF
training
“IPA in Croatia”
3.
Programme
planning and N+3
for regional
Competitiveness
OP
Kristijan Ležaić
(name)
Brief description
Organised by
Time of the training
Place
Croatian laws, civil service in general,
constitution of the Republic of Croatia,
Regional and local self government
system, financing of the state, EU,
Republic of Croatia and EU, law
settlements in Republic of Croatia
Preparation for the management of EU
IPA mechanisms, implementation
processes, project generation, Project
development, Project appraisal and
selection, Procurement and tendering,
Monitoring and evaluation, Financial
management, Group
assignment
Central office for
administration
September 17th – 19th ,
2007
Zagreb
October14th-17th, 2007
Zadar
Programme planning and N+3 for
regional Competitiveness OP
Ian Mackie, GDSI
30th October 2007
Zagreb
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Ecorys
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Annex 2
TRAINING REGISTER - 2008
Employee:
No.
Assistant Task Manager/Assistant Programming Officer – Project Level
Department for Cross-border Cooperation
(position, department)
Name of the programme
1.
ALPHABET OF THE EU
– BASICS OF EU
2.
INTRODUCTION TO EU
COHESION POLICY
3.
ROP – INSTITUTIONAL
STRUCTURES IN NEW EU
MEMBER STATES
4.
ALPHABET OF THE EU
– PCM
5.
ALPHABET OF THE EU
– REGIONAL POLICY
6.
MONITORING &
EVALUATION CARDS,
PHARE & IPA PROJECTS
7.
Training on financial
management of EU
financed projects for the
staff of IPA bodies
involved in the
management and
implementation of IPA
programmes
8.
General procurement
training
9.
Preparation of Croatian
regions for using the
structural funds :
opportunities and
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Brief description
General information about the
institutions of the EU The
history of European integration
and the legal aspect Institutions
of the EU and decision making
European Constitution Unique
European Market
Objectives of EU Cohesion
Policy and main instruments
and EU institutional set-up and
regulations with the implications
to MRDFWM - what is the task
ahead
Overview of sectoral and policy
regional OPs in new EU
member states regarding future
SF set-up in Croatia
Making of log frame matrix,
project cycle management,
identification of beneficiaries,
Regional policy in EU member
states, regional issues, SF
absorption capacity, ERDF
Key issues on monitoring &
evaluation of the projects within
existing CARDS and Phare
programmes as well as future
IPA programme
Transfer of knowledge,
understanding and practical
skills in the management of EU
funded grant contracts as
required by rules and
procedures under IPA and the
PRAG
Procurement under the EU
regulations and PRAG,
including Works, Supplies and
Services module.
Structural funds opportunities,
NUTS 2 regions and their
responsibilities in structural
funds, experiences from
(name)
Organised by
Time of the
training
Place
MEI
22nd -23rd of
January 2008.
MEI, Zagreb
Ecorys
25th of January
2008
MRDFWM,
Zagreb
Ecorys
21st of February
2008
MRDFWM,
Zagreb
MEI
26th – 27th
February 2008.
MEI , Zagreb
MEI
12th of March
MEI , Zagreb
CODEF
13th of March 2008
CODEF,
Zagreb
NF
17th of March 2008
MFIN, Zagreb
CODEF/ METIS /GTZ
31st of March –
15th of April 2008
CODEF,
Zagreb
ECORYS
16th of May 2008
Hotel
Antunović,
Zagreb
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Kristijan Ležaić
No.
Name of the programme
Brief description
challenges
Slovenia and Hungary in
managing structural funds
Understanding of processes
and procedures in management
and implementation of IPA III C
component
ROP’s in Czech Republic,
Implementation systems for
ROP’s , Organizational structure
10.
Presentation of Manual of
Procedures for the staff of
IPA OS bodies
11.
Regional Operational
Programmes in the
Czech Republic
12.
Measuring Regional
competitiveness in
Croatia
13.
ALPHABET OF THE EU
– TRANSLATION IN THE
EU AND FOR EU
Typologies of regions, why
competitiveness of regions
matters, measuring drivers of
productivity
General information about the
translation processes of the EU,
Croatia’s tasks in translating EU
documents, languages in the
EU
Organised by
Time of the
training
Place
IPA IIIC Operating
Structure
19th May 2008
MELE, Zagreb
ECORYS
June 2008
MRDFWM,
Zagreb
ECORYS
17th of June 2008
Hotel
Panorama,
Zagreb
MEI
30th of October
2008
MEI, Zagreb
24-27 November
2008
Budapest,
Pecs
17th December
2008
MELE, Zagreb
14.
INSTITUTIONAL ROP
STRUCTURES IN HUNGARY
Study tour to Hungary
CARDS 2004 Project
“Regional
Development
Capacity Building
Facility”
15.
Risk management of EU
financed projects for the
staff of IPA bodies
involved in the
management and
implementation of IPA
programmes
Transfer of knowledge,
understanding and practical
skills in the risk management of
EU funded projects as required
by rules and procedures under
IPA
CARDS 2004 Project
“Regional
Development
Capacity Building
Facility”
Annex 3
TRAINING REGISTER 2009
Employee:
Assistant Task Manager/Assistant Programming Officer – Project Level
Department for County and Wider Region Development
(position, department)
No.
Name of the programme
1.
AFCOS SYSTEM, ROLE OF
STAKEHOLDERS, STRATEGY
FOR IRREGULARITIES AND
FRAUD PREVENTION
2.
INTERCULTURAL
NAVIGATORS
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Brief description
Workshop with general info on
AFCOS’ role in irregularity
prevention system as well as info
on roles of other stakeholders, and
general info on Strategy for
irregularities and fraud prevention
Different ways of approaching
people from different cultural
backgrounds, system thinking,
TICING Model, UBUNTU
Philosophy
(name)
Organised by
Time of the training
Place
AFCOS
13th February 2009.
MRDFWM,
Zagreb
Three Modules of
three days
BRITISH COUNCIL
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Kristijan Ležaić
27-29.11. 2008
14.16.12.2008.
13.-15.02.2009.
Zagreb, Terme
Jezerčica
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