Dražena Vrselja, State Secretary






 
Professional career:
  • State Secretary, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia (2024) - appointed areas of responsibility include archives, libraries and museums
  • Assistant to General Manager appointed for EU funded projects and international and cross-border cooperation (April 2023 - July 2024)
  • General Manager, Croatian National Theatre in Osijek (April 2019 - April 2023)
  • Business Director, Croatian National Theatre in Osijek (September 2017 - March 2019)
  • EU funds project leader, the renovation of the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek building (March 2016 - March 2019)
  • Head of Sales and Marketing, Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
  • Manager in Sales and Marketing, Croatian National Theatre in Osijek (February 1995 - March 2016)
  • Director, HIG enterprise for trade and services (November 1993 - January 1995)
  • Head of paper consignation, Gradska tiskara Osijek Printing House (March 1993 - November 1993)
  • Assistant to the Sales Manager, Croatian National Theatre in Osijek (January 1987 - February 1993)
 
 
Expert and professional involvements and activities:
 
  • enabled the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek to join DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) (March 2016 - March 2019)
  • Member of the Governing Board, Alumni EFOS (2006 - 2016)
  • General Director, Osijek Summer of Culture (2015 - 2016)
  • Conceived and initiated several multiannual programs in the field of performing arts: Kazališni rujanski “KLIK”, Kazališni siječanjski popust, Kazališna ljetna špica and Lipanjska operna noć
 
 
Education and vocational training:
  • University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics, title of qualification awarded: Graduate Economist (1982 - 1986)
  • Entrepreneurship Centre, Regional Development Agency for Slavonija and Baranja, title of qualification awarded: EU funds project manager (2013)
 
 
Skills and competences:
  • knowledge of cultural institutions’ functioning and the legal framework in the field of culture
  • experience in initiating, planning and managing projects in the field of culture
  • experience in EU funds project management
 
 
Foreign languages:
  • English
 
Married, mother to two children