Director of the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Goran Danilović
Goran Danilović was born on 5 January 1971. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Nikšić, earning a degree as a Professor of Philosophy. In June 2023, he was appointed Director of the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. He is a former Member of the Parliament of Montenegro (2016–2020) and served as Montenegro’s Minister of the Interior in 2016. Before assuming the position of Minister of the Interior, he was a Member of the Parliament of Montenegro from 2001 to 2016.
He was a member of the Committee on International Relations and Emigrants from 2012 to 2016, Deputy Chair of the Parliament of Montenegro’s Security and Defence Committee for a one-year term, and a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from 2009 to 2015. He was also a member of the Parliament of Montenegro’s Security and Defence Committee from 2006 to 2012 and a candidate for Mayor of Podgorica in 2006.
He began his career as a journalist at RTCG, Montenegro’s national public broadcaster, where he worked from 1996 to 1998, initially as an associate journalist and later as a journalist and editor. He was one of the founders of Radio Svetigora, where he served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief from 1998 to 1999, and was editor of the revived daily newspaper Glas Crnogorca from 1999 to 2001.
He is the author of travel television reports on culture and spirituality, including Sveta Gora (Mount Athos, 1998), Istorija pravoslavlja (History of Orthodoxy, 2000), and Putevima Istoka/Kapadokija (Along the Roads of the East/Cappadocia, 2000). He was Editor-in-Chief of Kosovo i Metohija – lice Evrope (Kosovo and Metohija – The Face of Europe), the largest multimedia project in Southeast Europe. He also served as an adviser on the projects Srbija – zemlja sporta (Serbia – A Country of Sport) and 100 godina ponosa i slave (100 Years of Pride and Glory, 2013).
He is the author of the poetry collections Riječi i reči, Drhtaj u prutu, and Lunavo. He is the father of two children and speaks Russian.
Deputy Director for International Cooperation and Research
Milica Kavedžić
Milica Kavedžić was born on November 10, 1989, in Podgorica, where she graduated from elementary school and high school with the “Luča” Award. She studied at the Faculty of Economics in Podgorica, and as a scholar of the Austrian government, she spent part of her studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She graduated in 2012 and received an Award from the Faculty of Economics for being the Best student in a generation. The following year, in 2013, the Rector of the University of Montenegro awarded her with the Award for the Best student in the field of Social Sciences. After completing her studies, as a scholar of the German governmental organization “DAAD”, she continued her education at the German Language Institute „Deutch in Deutschland “ in Berlin.
She started her work engagement as a participant in the first generation of the Governmental Vocational Education and Training Program for higher education graduates in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Financial System at the Government of Montenegro. In 2013, she attended a one-month training module for young leaders in developing countries at the “CELAP” Academy in Shanghai, China.
In 2015, she was engaged as a PR of the Pavilion of Montenegro at the World Exhibition Expo in Milan, Italy.
In 2018, she started working as an Advisor for International Relations at the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education. In September 2023, she was appointed by the Government of Montenegro as the Deputy Director for International Cooperation and Research at the Agency. She is the representative of Montenegro in the Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG) which monitors developments in the Bologna Process. She prepares applications and participates in the implementation of the projects from available EU funds.
He speaks English, Russian, German and Italian.