Marija Novkovic is an Open Government Partnership specialist with nine years of professional experience in the governance field, focusing on anti-corruption, transparency and integrity. Before joining UNDP Montenegro, Marija was a Government of Montenegro employee, where she helped design and monitor the country’s first national anti-corruption action plan. Marija joined UNDP Montenegro in 2010 to manage the anti-corruption portfolio. In 2012, she spearheaded the establishment of an online petitioning platform, Citizens Voice, allowing every adult citizen of Montenegro to directly influence policy making. Marija is currently leading a social innovation project, canvassing the whole of Montenegro for ideas on how to harness the powers of web and mobile technology for social change. She regularly writes on open government issues for UNDP’s Voices from Eurasia blog and her articles have been published, among others, by the Guardian.

Marija is one of 41,000 Chevening alumni around the world who together comprise an influential and highly regarded global network of leaders who completed their postgraduate education in the United Kingdom.

Get in touch with Marija on Twitter: @MariaNovkovic.