Aleksandra Ilijin

OPENS | Novi Sad, Serbia

Aleksandra works as a senior consultant for a program within OPENS, a Serbian NGO that runs school participatory budgeting (PB) in Novi Sad and advocates for young people to be equally involved in the country’s decision-making processes.

As a leader of the program team, Aleksandra has helped develop a participatory budgeting program in 11 high schools in Novi Sad. Currently, her focus is on developing a youth participatory budgeting program and incorporating PB into local and national youth strategy documents.

Aleksandra has dedicated her professional career to youth participation and activism with the motto: “The world belongs to everyone equally, and it only makes sense to provide to each citizen, young or elderly, a chance to contribute to its governing.”