KARAIĆ DRAGICA, Prof.
VERN – Under-graduate Study for Economy of Entrepreneurship 

10 020 Zagreb

Hribarov prilaz 4

Croatia

Tel: (+385 1) 610 68 12
Fax: (+385 1) 610 91 14
E-mail: dragica.karaic@inet.hr
 
 

Date of birth:   15 March 1952. 

Nationality:     Croat

Civil status:      Married, 2 children        

 

Education:

Institution

High School-Gymnasium Vukovar

Date:

1968 - 1971

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

High School Certificate – Classic Type

 

Institution

University of Zagreb

Faculty of  Philosophy

Date

1971 - 1976

Degree or Diploma obtained:

Professor of Italian Language and Literature, and Phonetics

 

Institution

TSM Business School, University of Twente, The Netherlands and Ministry for Crafts & SMEs

Date:

May 1999 - June 2000

Degree or Diploma obtained:

Certificate of Trainer/Teacher for Entrepreneurship

Institution

University of Zagreb, Faculty of Informatics and Organization, Post-graduate Study on Business System Management – Management of small and medium sized companies

Date

October 2003 - October 2006

Degree or Diploma obtained:

Master of Science

 

Membership of professional bodies:

-          Croatian Technical and Scientific Translators Association since 1976;

-          Croatian Phoneticians Association since 1982; and.

-          Association of Trainers for Entrepreneurship since 2000.

 

Present position: Head of  Department for International Institutions and the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and National Co-ordinator of EU Charter for Small Enterprises

 

Years within the firm:  Since March 1997

 

Key qualifications: (Relevant to Economic development & SME Management

-           unique experience of development processes in a transition economy

-           experience in creating  country policy for SME support and  development

-           experience in creating and implementing program for SME long-term  development on national,      regional and local level

-                      knowledge and experience in relations between central, regional and local governments and local       entrepreneurs

-                      networks set up

-                      enterprise promotion  and utilizing foreign spots and donors

-                      experience in setting up institutional support for SME development

-                      competence in development and implementation of national programs:

-                      Train the Trainers  for Entrepreneurship  

-                      Train the Advisers for Entrepreneurship

-                      Train the Promoters for Entrepreneurship

-                      entrepreneurship and SME development issues

-                      pedagogical methods in SME development work

 

Specific experience:

 

Date:

From September 2002 – to present

Institution:

Undergraduate Study for Economy of Entrepreneurship – VERN

Location:

Position :

Zagreb, Croatia

Part time lecturer

Description: Lecturing on Dynamic Entrepreneurship, enterprise economic development and growth, economic theories, principles and applications relating to the management of growing company

 

Date:

October 1997 - June 2000

Institution/Company :

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Location:

Position :

13 Counties in Croatia

Head of Project within the Ministry of Economy

Description: Private Sector Development Project (PSDP). Learning and Innovation Loan for strengthening of the SME institutional support. Japanese Grant Agreement signed between Croatian Government and World Bank in October 1997 was intended for financing of the project preparations for establishing of new or service improvement in those already founded Small Business Assistance Centers (SBAC). 13 Proposals for Financing SBACs are in their final stage. Ms.Karaic position was to coordinate and to supervise the development of preparations done by Project Coordination Leader, foreign and local consultants,  WB, and regional governments.

 

Date

January 1999 - June 2000

Company

SENTER  the Netherlands Government Agency

Location

Position

Croatia

Head Project within Ministry of Economy

Description: Support to the Development of the Small Business Sector in Croatia.

The Dutch Government is assisting the Croatian Ministry of Economy with the formulation and implementation of SME policy. The present project consists of sub-projects among which

a) Train the trainers programme; b) Hands-on Assistance to MoE; c)SME Project Development in three Counties; d)Matchmaking between Croatian and Dutch companies; e) Direct Business Advice and

f) Incubator development.

Ms.Karaic position as head of project consisted of  selection of appropriate counties, designing  (formulating) sub-projects according to Ministry’s SME policy.

 


Professional Experience Record:

 

Date:

November 2001 - and present

Location

Croatia, Zagreb

Company

Ministry of Economy

Position

Head of  Minister’s Cabinet

Description: Organization of Minister’s of Economy Cabinet staff work; Ministry internal co-ordination of the five Divisions, and Assistants to the Minister; organization and co-ordination of the Minister’s public activities toward international bilateral and multilateral co-operation and co-operation with European and International organization.

 

Date:

February 2000 - November 2001 

Location

Croatia, Zagreb

Company

Ministry of Crafts & SMEs

Position

Head of Department for International Co-operation

Description: International bilateral and multilateral co-operation. Co-operation with European and International organization. Heading of programs PSO, WB, UNECE, ILO, EBRD,

 

Date:

March 1997 - February 2000 

Location

Croatia, Zagreb

Company

Ministry of Economy

Position

Head of Department for Enterprise Promotion

Description: SME national policy, SME development program in co-operation with cities, municipalities, counties and all other governmental and governmental SME institutions in Croatia.

 

Date:

October 1994 - March   1997

Location

CroatiaZagreb

Company

AURELIA Ltd.

Position

Owner and manager (self employed)

Description: General food items, wholesale, retail shops and super market chains in Croatia.

 

Date:

December 1992 - January   1995

Location

CroatiaZagreb

Company

Voce Export-Import Ltd.

Position

Assistant to General Manager

Description: Co-ordination of business activities on international market in trading food and non-food items.

 

Date:

1982 - 1992

Location

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Velika Kladusa

Company

Agrokomerc Inc.

Position

Executive Marketing Manager

Description: Food processing production. National and international marketing.

 

Date:

1979 - 1982

Location

Bosnia & Herzegovina, Velika Kladusa

Company

Agrokomerc

Position

Factory Manager

Description: Dehydrated soups, and mayonnaise production. Managing a hundred workers production under Liebig Brand Name. Production license by Brooke Bond Liebig Italiana Co.Milan, Italy  

 

Date:

1974 - 1979

Location

Croatia, Zagreb

Company

Zagreb Television  Center

Position

TV Speaker & Journalist

Description: Regional News Pool; covering economic, social and cultural information for TV News presentation

 

Others: