Venice Commission :: Council of Europe

• Professor of Introduction to Macedonian Government, Studies for American Students in Republic of Macedonia (Tempi Arizona State University and University of S.s Cyril and Methodius , Skopje), 1995-1999

• Associate professor of Constitutional Law, Political Systems, Comparative Political Systems and Local Self- Government , from 2000

• Full Professor of: Constitutional Law, Political System; Comparative Political Systems and Local Self –Government, from 2004 to present

• Professor of Comparative Political Systems at the postgraduate studies of International relations and International Politics, from 2004 to present

Brief Highlights and previous positions :

• Member of the Group of Experts (Geneva Conference for Former Yugoslavia, 1991)

• Member of the Constitutional Commission of the Assembly of Republic of Macedonia (1991-1992)

• Minister in the Government of Republic of Macedonia 1992-1994

• Founder and member of the First Macedonian Council of European Movement

• President of the Governmental Coordinating Body for cooperation with CEELI (Central and Eastern European Law Initiative), 1992-1994, established by American Bar Association

• Member of the Editorial board of “Balkan Forum” (The International Journal of Politics, Economy and Culture) 1993-1995

• Legal adviser of Urban Institute from Washington (1998-99), of DAI from USA (2002) and of DIFID, from UK (2003)

• Member of the Steering Committee for Local and Regional Democracy (CDLR), Council of Europe (1996-2002)

• President of Macedonian National Committee for Equality of Men and Women (1999-2002)

• President of the Women's Lobby, Gender Task Force (2002-2004)

• Member of the Executive Board of the Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute Macedonia (1996-2000)

• Professor of "Women and Politics" at Alternative Gender Studies, Union of Women’s Associations, 2000-2004

Professional Service and membership of professional bodies:

• Member of the Scientific Board of the Law Faculty, Skopje

• Member of the Presidency of the Association of Constitutional Law of the Republic of Macedonia

• Member and Vice President of the Body of Independent Experts for the European Charter for Local Self Government, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

• Member of the Council of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL);

• Member and co-director of European Local Government Association of Researches (ELGAR)

• UN electoral expert from 1998 • Gender Issues Expert, UNDP (Gender Development);

• Member of UNCT CIVIL Society Advisory Board • One of the founders of Euro-Balkan think-tank organization;

• Salzburg Seminar Alumna

• Resource person for Legal Clinical Education - Constitutional Law Program Initiative (COLPI) and Public Interest law Initiative (PILI) of Columbia Law School, New York

• Manager of Center for Legal Clinical Education, Law Faculty – Skopje, from 1999 to present

Awards, nominations and membership:

• The Great Seal of the United States;

• Nominations by International Biographical Centre of Cambridge (IBC): Gold Star Award, International Woman of the Milenium, 1000 World Leaders of Influence, International personality of 2001, Outstanding Speaker Award, The Order of International Fellowship, 500 Founders of the 21 Century

• Nominations by American Biographical Institute (ABI): Who is Who of Professional & Business Women (Seventh Edition), Board Member of ABI, Deputy Director of ABI, World Laureate, American Order of Exellence, Order of International Ambassadors, Universal Order Accomplishment, member of Professional Women Advisory Board, Outstanding Women of the 21-st Century, Member of the Body of Governors and Deputy Governor, American Medal of Honor, Adviser to the Director General of IBC, Nobel Price of the United Cultural Convention

Selected scientific publications:

She is author of about 100 scientific papers in the field of the Political System and Constitutional Law.

Books:

• “Local Self Government”, Siljanovska-Davkova G. and Mitkov V., Magor, Skopje, 2000, 2004

• “Macedonian transition – from unitary toward binational state” (in English), co-author, Magor, Skopje, 2001

• “Draft Amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia”, (in English) group of authors , Law faculty - Skopje, 2001

• “Local Self Government”, in the text book “Politics and Institutions” (in English), group of authors, Taipei, 2000

• “Local Self Government” in “Constitutional and Political System”, group of authors, Prosvetno delo, Skopje, 1997,2000, 2003

• “Local Self Government” in Constitutional Law and Political System, group of authors, Prosvetno delo, Skopje, 2006

• Handbook for Public Administration: Siljanovska-Davkova, Trenevska and Trendafilova, Euro Balkan, Skopje, 2001

• Macedonia on Globalization, group of authors, Public Scolarly Publications, New York, 2004

• Organizational Structures and Internal Party Democracy, group of authors, edit. Georgi Karasimeonov, Friedrich Ebert, Sofia, 2004

• Values and Politics: EU and South-East Europe: group of Authors, ed. Derhnert S. And Diebold A., Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Skopje, 2006

• Macedonian Political Parties and Ideology, in Political Parties and Voters in Former Yugoslav States,group of authors, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Institute for Social Sciences, Beograd, 2007

• Macedonian Model of Parliamentarism and Democracy, in Dilemmas and the Challenges of Parliamentarism, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Faculty for Political Sciences, Beograd 2007

• Constitutional Law, Svetomir Scaric and Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Law Faculty, Skopje, 2007

Selected publications:

• The “Status of Women”, Collection of Papers from UN Preparatory Conference for the Women’s World Congress in Beijing, Viena, 1995

• "Women’s Organizations in the Republic of Macedonia", UNDP, 1995

• "How to define Local-Self Government and Municipality", Annual Book of the Law Faculty, Skopje, 1994/1995

• "Theories of Local-Self Government", Annual Book of Law Faculty, Skopje, vol. XXXVII, 1996/97

• The Council fot Inter-Ethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia, CEU Bulletin no. 3, Prague, 1996 • Between Majoritarian and Proportional Electoral Model, Collection of Papers, Law Faculty, Skopje, 1995

• Structure and Operation of Local Democracy in Macedonia, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 1997

• “On Preamble-Comparatively and in the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia”, 1995, Collection of Papers, 1996

• "On Tolerance", Friedrich Ebert’s and UNPREDEP’s Publication, 1997

• “Homo Religiosus between Faith and State”, in “Constitutionalism, Universalism and Democracy”, Fifth World Congress of IACL, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 1999,

• “On the Way of Allotment of Electoral Mandates – Electoral Models”, in “Constitutionalism, Universalism and Democracy”, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 1999,

• “Transition and the Third Wave of Democracy in the Republic of Macedonia”, in "Recent Developments and Problems in the Transition Economies”, Faculty of Economics, Skopje, 1999,

• “The Charter of Local-Self Government - Magna Carta of Local Democracy”, Council of Europe, Skopje ,1999

• "For (Non) compliance of the Macedonian Local Self Government with European Charter of Local Self-Government”, Collection of papers, Council of Europe and Government of The Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, 2000.

• "Developments in the Field of Local Democracy in the Republic of Macedonia", Body of Independent Experts, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2000

• "The New Territorial Division in the Republic of Macedonia", Council of Europe and Ministry for Local Self-Government,Collection of Papers, Skopje , 2003

• "Advantages and Disadvantages of Directly elected Mayors", UNDP Publication, 2003, Skopje

• "Consultation of Citizens and Local Authorities", OSCE and Soros Foundation, Book of papers, Skopje, 2004

• "When Minority is Majority," Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Skopje, 2005

• “Democracy and Globalization-between Demos and Ethnos”, “Legal Life” 1-2, Belgrade, 2007

• "Democracy in Multiethnic and Multicultural Society", Law Faculty "Iustinianus Primus" and Lomonosov University, Skopje - Moscow, 2006

• "Globalization, Democracy and Constitutional Engineering as Mechanism for Resolving Ethnic Conflicts", VII-th World Congress of Constitutional Law, Athens, 2007, http://www.enelsyn.gr/en/workshops/workshop6(en).htm

Study visits in the last years:

• Sullo di Stato, Tempus Programme, Florence, Italy 2000

• University of Thessalonica, Tempus Programme, Greece, 2001-2002

• Moscow College of Law, Idaho, USA, 2003

• Columbia Law School, New York, USA, 2003

Selected Seminars and Conferences in last several years :

• On Liberalism, ELDR, Ljublana, 1994

• American Political Institutions, Salzburg, 1995

• Non-governmental Organizations, Goricia, Italy, 1996

• Participation of Foreigners in Public Life, Strasbourg, 1997

• Transfrontier Cooperation, Council of Europe, Skopje, 1997

• Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe, Krakow, 1999

• Diversification of the Higher Education, Strategies for Universities and Non-university institutions, OECD Countries’ Experience, Budapest, 1999

• Reform of local self-government in Republic of Macedonia – need or l`art pour l`art”, Urban Institute, Washington, Struga, 2000

• Transfrontier Cooperation between Local Authorities of Albania and Republic of Macedonia, organized under the auspices of the Council of Europe, Pogradec, Struga, 2000

• Decentralization, Democracy and Stability, Strasbourg,1999

• The Fifth World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Rotterdam, 1999

• Democracy in divided societies, Friedrich Ebert, Ohrid, 2000

• International Conference on “Dialogue among civilizations”, Skopje, 2000

• Legal Clinical Education, Columbia Law School (PILI) and COLPI, Ohrid, 2000

• Local and Regional Democracy in the Member States, Strasbourg, 2000

• Fourth Annual COLPI-PILI Colloquium on Legal Clinical Education, Riga, Latvia, November, 2001

• The organizational model of the capitals, Ohrid, November, 2001

• Intra ethnic dialogue, Swiss Embassy and FORUM, Interlaken, Switzerland, 2001

• Annual Conference on Legal Clinical Education, Warsaw, 2002

• The World Congress of Women, Barcelona, 2002 • The Higher Education and Practice, CEELI, Budva, 2002

• Decentralization and Parliamentary Elections in Macedonia: responsibilities, challenges and possibilities for civic action, Open Institute - Macedonia, Ohrid, 2002

• Balkan's Legal Clinic Linkage Law School, ABA/CEELI and Law School - Skopje, 2000

• Legal Clinical Education in the Region, Belgrade, 2003

• International Conference on Conteporary Law, Legal Science and Iustinianus Codification, Skopje, 2003

• Elections in Georgia, Columbia Law Scool (PILI) and Soros Foundation, New York, 2003

• The New Territorial Division of Macedonia, Council of Europe, Ohrid, 2003

• Accomodation in Ethnic Heterogenious Societies, OSCE, Ohrid, 2003

• Civil Rights and Libertiies, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin, 2004

• The Future of Region (2004-2015), Swiss Agency for Development, SECO, Bern, 2004, Skopje 2005

• Organizationational Structures and Internal Party Democracy, Fridrich Ebert Stiftung, Sofia, 2005

• Legal Aspects of Referendum in Montenegro, Podgorica, 2005

• Intermunicipal Cooperation, Counci of Europe,Group of Independent Experts for the Charter for Local Self-Government Saint Gallen, Switzerland, 2006

• The Status of Capitals, Council of Europe, Perugia, Italy, 2006

• Politics and Values, Fridrich Ebart Stiftung, Struga, 2006

• Rethinking Constitutional Boundaries, VII-th World Congress of Constitutional Law, Athens, 2007

• The Challenge and Dilemmas of Parliamentarism, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Faculty of Political Sciences, Belgrade, 2007

• The Capitals in South- Eastern Europe, International Conference, Skopje, 2008

• Bicameral Systems and Representation of Regions and Local Authorities: The Role of Second Chambers in Europe, Paris, 2008

Selected Projects:

• National Action Plan for gender equality, coordinator of the project taken by Macedonian Government and UNDP, 1999

• Women’s Organizations in Republic of Macedonia, UNDP, 1995

• “Republic of Macedonia toward the state of rule of law”, Law Faculty, Skopje, 1999

• “Legal Clinical Education”, COLPI and PILI, 1999 - 2004

• “Women can do it”, Stability pact, 2001

• Tempus project No 5 jep-14061-99 “EU institutions, Law, History and Human Rights” (Development of Curricula in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia), 2000

• The Role of Police in Elections, OSCE, 2002, Training Center for European Integration Foundation, Tempus Phare Project, JEP 17013 – 2002, contractor- College of Europe, Brugge, Belgium

• European Studies in the Republic of Macedonia, University of Thessalonica, University of Nica (France) and University Sts "Cyril and Methodius" (R.of Macedonia) 2002-2003

• "The Lights" - Democracy, Inter-Ethnic Relations, European Integration, Security and Economy in the Republic of Macedonia, Euro Balkan, 2002 – 2004

• Handbook for Newly Municipal Officials in Macedonia, VNG International, 2004

• Decentralization: Opportunities and Threats, Konrad Adeanuer Stiftung, Skopje, 2005

• Capacity Building of Local Governments - Development of Model Macedonian Municipality, UNDP, 2004-2005

• Decentralization and Local Social Services, Institute for Social Researches, Skopje, 2005

• Training of Local Civil Servants, Open Society Institute and Agency for Public Administration, Skopje, 2005

• Elections and Political Parties in Macedonia, OSCE, Council of Europe, 2006

• Political Parties in South Eastern Europe, Regional Project, run by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2006 -2007

• Political Parties in Former Yugoslav States, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2006 -2007

• Macedonia, in Front of Nato and EU Door – Joint Responsibility of All Parties, Ohrid Institute for Economic Strategies and International Relations, 2007

• Alternative Academic Agenda (AAA), Regional Project, Faculty of Political Sciences from Belgrade and Heinrich Boll Foundation

• Harmonization of Macedonian Legal System with European Union’s Law System, ongoing project of Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts

• Local Public Services, joint project with Law Faculty from Maribor, University of Maribor, 2008-2009