Jasna Matić
Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society is a relatively new ministry within the Government of the Republic of Serbia, and the sphere that it covers is of vital importance to Serbia's further technological and general development, and the integration of our country into modern world trends. I view this disproportion between social importance and current power and influence as one of the priority problems that needs to be addressed.
My aim during this term of office is for the Ministry to ensure full compliance with the legal regulations within our jurisdiction, and to establish long-term strategic development paths for these fields in Serbia, with the assistance of the professional, business and general public.
Curriculum Vitae
Jasna Matić was born in Belgrade, where she attended primary school and the Belgrade Fifth Grammar School. She graduated in structural engineering at the University of Belgrade, and acquired the title of Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Washington in Saint Louis, USA.
She started her professional career in Belgrade as a steel construction project engineer and project manager, where she worked for five years.
Between 2000 and 2001, Jasna Matić worked as a consultant with the World Bank in Washington, where she headed a status and needs analysis of information and communication technologies (Digital Gap) in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Between 2001 and 2002, she worked as a special consultant to Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus. She negotiated financing conditions with the World Bank and the European Commission, and coordinated the implementation of many complex projects, including the reconstruction of the Freedom Bridge in Novi Sad.
From 2002 to 2004, Jasna Matić worked for the American consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as a leading competition adviser for USAID, a project that sought to raise the competitiveness of the Serbian economy.
In April 2004 she was appointed manager of the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency. In this period SIEPA became one of the best agencies of this kind in developing and transition countries, for what she was acknowledged by several international institutions, including the World Bank.
From May 2007 Jasna Matić worked as state secretary in the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, where she supervised sectors related to economic relationships with other countries, and the Department for Competitiveness and the Infrastructure of Quality. She was the main negotiator for the accession to the World Trade Organization as well as the coordinator of the IPA projects for the ministry and its related institutions.
In July 2008 she was appointed Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society in the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
