Anisa Curraj is project officer of Thomson Foundation’s component of the FCDO-backed Supporting Greater Media Independence programme in the Western Balkans. She is experienced in management and human resources with a portfolio interlinking academia with the business sector and project development in civil society and media. She is an external lecturer of entrepreneurship at the Professional College of Tirana and provides ongoing support to Tech360 Smart Solutions and project assistance to Centre Science and Innovation for Development (Scidev). She graduated at the University Politeknik in Tirana, Albania, and completed two MA programmes – MSc in Business and Administration at the European University of Tirana, Albania, and MA in Business Administration, Management and Operation at the Ludwigshafe University, Rhenald-Pfalz in Germany.
Ilcho Cvetanoski is the community management and communications expert for Thomson Foundation’s segment of the FCO-funded programme, Supporting Greater Media Independence in the Western Balkans. He is an experienced journalist with more than 15 years of experience working for several local and international media organisations. Before joining the Thomson Foundation team, Ilcho worked as a media analyst for several NGOs and IGOs. He has master’s degree in democracy and human rights from the University of Bologna and Sarajevo and a BA in journalism from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. He is fluent in Macedonian, English, and BCMS (Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian).
