Srdja Popovic
Hadzi Djerina 18
11000 Belgrade
+381641124268
+381654380788
Srdja Popovic is an experienced political party & nonviolent movement leader with excellent skills in leadership, targeted communications, motivation and knowledge transfer. As a student leader, founder of the OTPOR! (Resistance!) movement that finished with Milosevic era, and a proactive member of Democratic Party of Zoran Djindjic, his expertise unites both partisan, and NGO sector skills and knowledge.
Work Experience
2008-ongoing: Lecturer, “Methods of nonviolent struggle” CANVAS graduate studies, Faculty of political science, Belgrade, Serbia
2007-2008. UN Sustainable Development Division, Government of Serbia, National focal point
2004- Ongoing. Consultant and trainer in Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, multiple references
2004 – 2009.. Special advisor on PR to the General Manager of“Dunav Insurance Company,“ Belgrade
2004- Ongoing. Founder of Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action & Strategies (CANVAS), Belgrade
2001 -2004. Special advisor to Zoran Djindjic,Prime Minister of Serbia on environmental issues.
2000 -2004. Member of Serbian National Assembly
2000- 2004. Member of BelgradeCityAssembly
2000. Executive Director of national OTPOR campaign,“Heis Finished!”.
1998 -2000. OTPOR founder, and Director of HR and Training Program. member of Marketing and Propaganda Team.
1996-2000. Youngest elected member of BelgradeCity Assembly, and. member of Municipal Assembly of Vracar.
1998.-2000. Spokesperson, Democratic Party, City of Belgrade Committee.
1994.-1996. President, Democratic Youth, Democratic Party, Belgrade.
1993. Regional Coordinator, national parliamentary election campaign «Posteno» (“Honesty”), Democratic Party, Serbia
Activities
2009. July presenter, Fletcher Summer Institute for advanced study in SNVC, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, USA
2009. June, Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University, Newark, NYC
2009.April, Visiting lecturer on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, Colorado College, USA
2009. February, Lecturer, “Methods of nonviolent struggle” CANVAS master studies, Faculty of political science, Belgrade, Serbia
2008.June presenter, Fletcher Summer Institute for advanced study in SNVC, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, USA
2008. April, Visiting lecturer on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, Colorado College, USA
2008. February, Lecturer, “Methods of nonviolent struggle” CANVAS master studies, Faculty of political science, Belgrade, Serbia
2007. June presenter, Fletcher Summer Institute for advanced study in SNVC, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, USA
2007. April, Visiting lecturer on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, Colorado College, USA
2007. March, speaker, Conference on Civil Resistance and Power Politics St Antony's College, Oxford, UK
2006. December, presentation on Security department, KingsCollege, London.
2006. September – Co-Author of a book “Nonviolent Struggle 50 Crucial points” supported by United States Institute for Peace
2006. June, presenter, Fletcher Summer Institute for advanced study in SNVC, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, USA
2006. June, speaker, CIVICUS world assembly, Glasgow, UK
2006. April Visiting lecturer on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, Grinell College, USA
2006, April, Visiting lecturer on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, Colorado College, USA
2005. Multiple references: transferring nonviolent skills and knowledge, 3 workshops
2004,December.“Waging Strategic Nonviolent Struggle,“ a 3 day workshop sponsored by UNDP and Mayor of Bogota, Universidad external, Bogota, Colombia.
2004. 7-day curriculum course on strategic Nonviolent struggle, International training (24 participants from 11 countries), Montreal, Canada.
2004, May.Training seminar for Zimbabwe’s democratic movement on StrategyBuilding, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2004,March. Freedom House knowledge transfer workshop on Strategic Nonviolent Struggle , USA,
2004. Submitted nomination for Dr Gene Sharp for the Nobel Peace Prizefor his contributions tononviolent struggles over the past decades.
2002-2004. Consultant and trainer in Zimbabwe and Georgia for their democratic movements and opposition parties.
2002-2004. Team building, HR and public campaigns, Serbian National Assembly & OSCE students program, Belgrade
2002. “The global arena for nonviolent struggle”, Freedom House, Virginia, USA
2001. Conflict resolution on Kosovo, USIP, WashingtonDC, USA
2000. Leader of OTPOR HR team, and one of the leaders of the department for marketing and propaganda,
2000. February, National Prayer Breakfast, President Clinton, WashingtonDC, USA
1999. Founder of OTPOR HR team, and co-founder of department of marketing and propaganda.
1999. Arrested for OTPOR anti-government activities,released after the reaction of international community
1998. Founder and one of leaders of “OTPOR” student movement
1998. International Visitor Program, USIS, USA
1996.-1997. Student Protest organizing and logistics, public actions, and leadership, Belgrade
Dec. 1996. Party Campaigning for local elections, City of Belgrade.
1992. Student Protest, department of marketing, Belgrade
Trainings / Workshops
2009. Ferbuary, Workshop for Vietnamesse Activists
2008. March, Canberra, California, Workshop for Vietnamesse activists
2007. September, Guatemala City, Workshop for Indigenous People Organizations
2007. June, London, Workshop for Maldivian Activists
2007. February, Sri Lanka, SNVC workshop
2006. December Training of Trainers, Strategic Nonviolent Struggle, Belgrade
2006. September Nonviolent Struggle Workshop – South Africa
2006. February. Nonviolent struggle workshop, Oceania region.
2005. “Waging Strategic Nonviolent Conflict,“ 3 day workshop, Dubai, UAE
2005. “Theory and Practice in SNVC,“ 3 day workshop Seoul, South Korea
2004, May.“Strategic Nonviolent Action and Democracy” workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
2003. Held a training for Zimbabwe NGOs and opposition, WashingtonDC, IRI, USA
2003. Zimbabwe Program, Amsterdam, party leaders training, IRI, USA
2003. Nonviolent strategy in Georgian movement, CESID, Belgrade, Serbia
2001, August. Trainer in differences between partisan and non-partisan campaigns, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2000. «Vreme je!», Get out to vote campaign, Working with volunteers, Door–to-door, public communication, cultural events as a political tool.
1999 - 2000. OTPOR HR centre, Nonviolent Strategy, Human Resources, Recruitment, Motivation, Propaganda and public campaigns,
1997-1998. Public appearance trainings for members of local parliaments, 14 cities of Serbia, Democratic Party.
Education
2000. BS in animal ecology, Faculty of Biology, BelgradeUniversity . One reference in «Great Lakes» magazine 2001, USA.