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Ms Ružić is an independent consultant in the field of information offline and online – privacy and personal data, freedom of expression and information, classified data, internet law and regulation. Nevena used to work at the Open Society Foundation Serbia as a coordinator of programs related to digital rights, media and information society (2020-2022). She was the head of a department at the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Serbia (2009-2020). Prior to this, she was the Freedom of the Media Coordinator at the OSCE Mission to Serbia (from 2004) and a legal consultant at a national NGO – YUCOM (from 2001).

In 2019, she was a candidate for Information Commissioner supported by more than 100 civil society organisations. Nevena Ružić is a lawyer by profession and holds two masters – in contemporary diplomacy from the University of Malta and in law from the University of Leeds, UK. She graduated from the School of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia.