ERMA Alumni Network (EAN)
ERMA Alumni Network (EAN) is the official action of the European Regional Master`s in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (GC SEE/ERMA) which links more than 550 graduates of the programme to its alma mater and vice versa. EAN is established in 2017 to represent the point of reference for communication, and a hub through which the ERMA programme fosters a web of professional, academic, and public relations with its graduates. EAN is funded by the ERMA programme, with support of EU and AICS Italy, and it is a proud member of the Global Campus Alumni (GCA), the biggest international alumni organization in human rights and democracy in the world with more than 3,000 members, supported by the Global Campus of Human Rights (GC).
The EAN vision is to strengthen human rights and democracy in South East Europe and beyond, through active involvement and work of our alumni in different spheres of political and social life towards societies based on social justice, solidarity, and respect for human rights.
The EAN mission is to establish a strong professional and expert alumni community of human rights professionals, ready to fight injustices and work towards better protection and promotion of the fundamental rights and freedoms, and socio-economic development of the SEE region. Furthermore, key actions of EAN are connecting, engaging, and empowering the alumni.
Marjan Icoski
EAN Manager
Marjan Icoski is a program manager at Mladiinfo International and a policy fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He has more than 7 years of experience in the civil society sector and academia, specializing in international programs and funding for youth education and human rights. He is also the lead researcher at Mladiinfo and author and editor of numerous policy and academic papers on the topics of youth migration, youth participation, regional cooperation, democratization, and EU enlargement. Additionally, Marjan is a trainer and facilitator of capacity-building programs for youth and youth CSOs from Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as visiting lecturer at the University of Bologna, where he previously worked as an academic tutor. He holds an LL.M from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, and a MA Degree in Human Rights and Democracy in SEE from the University of Sarajevo & University of Bologna.
Marija Ivanović
EAN Focal Point
Besides being ERMA Alumna, Marija Ivanović holds an M.A. in Political and Social Studies of Latin America from the University of Economics (Prague) and University Alberto Hurtado (Santiago de Chile). Also, she graduated from M.A. programme in Nationalism Studies (Central European University). She worked in the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean in Chile and, more recently, she was a Young Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Koszeg. Her interests lie in questions of identity, memory and political geography. She joined the CIS team as an assistant for educational programs in 2019.