Darija Tankosić

Darija Tankosić’s main focus in business activities is on creating public policies. She is dedicated to developing innovative models of regional connectivity, innovation sectors, creative industries in the region, the concept of SMART rural area development, as well as education and female entrepreneurship, and creating new business and social models.

With over 20 years of experience in the development sector in state institutions and companies, education, business, and political analysis, creating new products, lobbying, designing and leading social, marketing, and economic campaigns in Serbia and the Western Balkans region, she initiated the SMARTVILL project – a concept for the development of SMART rural areas adapted to modern trends of integrated models of ecological, residential, educational, and economic rural centers combined with sustainable management, innovation, and remote work logistics.

She has held managerial positions in the corporate sector, and since 2007, as an entrepreneur and consultant, she has represented numerous prestigious clients, dealing with both personal image and the development of corporate policies and positioning new products and services in Serbia and the region. As a graduate political scientist, she developed her high organizational skills in the media, and later in the Government of the Republic of Serbia through managing complex joint activities and coordinating highly structured state services.

She is a member of the Women Entrepreneurship Section of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce responsible for regional networking, and she initiated a networking project for successful women called “Balkan Leaders.” She participates in numerous regional events and initiatives on the topic of creative industries and the application of SMART solutions in modern economy, and she initiated the establishment of the “Council for Creative Industries” in Banja Luka aimed at regional networking.