OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winner of 2022 Person of the Year Award

BELGRADE, 9 December 2022 - At a ceremony held today in Belgrade, the OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its 2022 Person of the Year Award to Ms. Miljana Pejić, Secretary General of the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS).

This award celebrates citizens of Serbia who have in a given year contributed the most through the activities supported by the Mission to the promotion of OSCE values and principles in the country, such as non-discrimination, consolidation of human rights, equal opportunities and sustainable democratic reforms, and focus on improving the lives of individuals and communities.

Miljana Pejić, the Secretary General of the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS), is recognized for her outstanding contribution to improving the position of young people in Serbia by supporting youth-inclusive public policymaking, as well as youth sector capacity-building ensuring that young people can actively participate in political and public life in their communities.

“The OSCE Mission to Serbia engages youth from Serbia’s diverse communities across all its programmes — democratization, rule of law, security co-operation, and media. We are proud to award Miljana Pejić, the Secretary General of the National Youth Council of Serbia (KOMS), one of the Mission’s key partners in youth engagement.  Their work is innovative and flexible. It demonstrates the potential that a country has,” pointed out the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Jan Braathu.

“Just as KOMS acts as a link between young people, its member organizations and various decision-makers in Serbia, we hope that young women and men will follow their example and join together, participate more in public life with a focus to contributing to development of Serbian society.”