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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Boris Divjak (born 31 October 1972 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) founded the Bosnia and Herzegovina branch of the non-governmental organisation Transparency International (TI) in 2000, and as of November 2005 was elected into TI's global Board of Directors, where he served two terms until 2011. He also chaired TI's Membership Accreditation Committee responsible for approving the institutional and organisational capacities of every movement's member globally and assists the national chapters in their capacity building. He is an Individual Member of Transparency International since 2012.Divjak is a macroeconomist, with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Reading, UK and the Karl-Franzens University of Graz as well as a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Reading. Until 2008, he consulted the World Bank, the European Commission, USAID and other bilateral and multilateral donors, contributing to their development programs throughout the Balkans. From 2008 to June 2010 he was the Project Manager of the World Bank Group's Investment Climate Advisory Services in Azerbaijan. From June 2010 to October 2012 he worked as Operations Officer in the Washington DC main office of Investment Climate of the World Bank, on a similar range of issues, focusing on the Lusophone Africa and several other countries. From October 2012 he assumes the post of the Business Regulations Lead for West and Central Africa, including the Lusophone countries. He currently works in the Dakar hub of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group.His area of specialisation is business enabling environment and local economic development. Divjak was particularly active in setting up Regulatory Impact Analysis mechanisms throughout Southeast Europe (SEE) evaluating potential impacts of new business regulation and clarifying cost of enforcement of the regulation. He has previously worked in several Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, mostly in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, assisting the efforts to simplify the business registration, licensing and inspection system. He currently designs and helps implement the regulatory simplification programs for the region of West and Central Africa in the countries of IFC engagement. He also manages the programme for Sao Tome and Principe, which let the country to become a leader in the Doing Business Report of the World Bank and one of the fastest risers in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. He has won three World Bank Vice President's Awards for innovative solutions and project achievements in 2012 and 2013.In his Transparency International capacity, Divjak analyses corruption issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the rest of the SEE region and remains a key public opinion-shaper. He also worked on implementation of several anti-corruption strategies and tools both in BiH and beyond. He is also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Adriatic Institute of Public Policy headquartered in Croatia.. }

• Boris_Divjak abstract "Boris Divjak (born 31 October 1972 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) founded the Bosnia and Herzegovina branch of the non-governmental organisation Transparency International (TI) in 2000, and as of November 2005 was elected into TI's global Board of Directors, where he served two terms until 2011. He also chaired TI's Membership Accreditation Committee responsible for approving the institutional and organisational capacities of every movement's member globally and assists the national chapters in their capacity building. He is an Individual Member of Transparency International since 2012.Divjak is a macroeconomist, with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Reading, UK and the Karl-Franzens University of Graz as well as a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Reading. Until 2008, he consulted the World Bank, the European Commission, USAID and other bilateral and multilateral donors, contributing to their development programs throughout the Balkans. From 2008 to June 2010 he was the Project Manager of the World Bank Group's Investment Climate Advisory Services in Azerbaijan. From June 2010 to October 2012 he worked as Operations Officer in the Washington DC main office of Investment Climate of the World Bank, on a similar range of issues, focusing on the Lusophone Africa and several other countries. From October 2012 he assumes the post of the Business Regulations Lead for West and Central Africa, including the Lusophone countries. He currently works in the Dakar hub of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group.His area of specialisation is business enabling environment and local economic development. Divjak was particularly active in setting up Regulatory Impact Analysis mechanisms throughout Southeast Europe (SEE) evaluating potential impacts of new business regulation and clarifying cost of enforcement of the regulation. He has previously worked in several Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries, mostly in Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, assisting the efforts to simplify the business registration, licensing and inspection system. He currently designs and helps implement the regulatory simplification programs for the region of West and Central Africa in the countries of IFC engagement. He also manages the programme for Sao Tome and Principe, which let the country to become a leader in the Doing Business Report of the World Bank and one of the fastest risers in the Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. He has won three World Bank Vice President's Awards for innovative solutions and project achievements in 2012 and 2013.In his Transparency International capacity, Divjak analyses corruption issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the rest of the SEE region and remains a key public opinion-shaper. He also worked on implementation of several anti-corruption strategies and tools both in BiH and beyond. He is also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Adriatic Institute of Public Policy headquartered in Croatia.".