Research Projects & Consultancy
Quality assurance, EU projects,
and applied consultancy
Independent quality auditing of EU-funded higher-education projects, expert evaluation for the European Commission’s executive agencies (REA for Horizon Europe, EACEA for Erasmus+), leadership of a digital civic-participation platform, and ICT consultancy across the Western Balkans.
Quality Assurance, Auditing & Evaluation
Independent oversight of EU-funded programmes
Expert Evaluator — Horizon Europe
European Research Executive Agency (REA), on behalf of the European Commission · Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking, 2026 call
Contracted by the European Research Executive Agency as an independent expert to evaluate research and innovation proposals submitted to a Horizon Europe call of the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking.
- Assessing proposals individually against the Horizon Europe award criteria of excellence, impact, and quality and efficiency of implementation, and drafting individual evaluation reports.
- Taking part remotely in the central consensus meetings that finalise the evaluation.
Selected Expert (reserve list) — EDPB Support Pool of Experts
European Data Protection Board (EDPB), Brussels · Call for Expressions of Interest 2025-044 · Field of expertise A, “Technical expertise in new technologies and information security”
Admitted to the sub-list for field A of the EDPB Support Pool of Experts, having met the eligibility, exclusion, and selection criteria set out in the call, and may be invited to submit offers for or take part in Support Pool projects in that field.
- Field A covers technical expertise in new technologies and information security — the area in which the application was assessed and accepted.
- Experts on the pool work on a project basis: not an EDPB employee, and no contract has been offered or awarded to date.
Listed Expert — Higher-Education Accreditation, Montenegro
Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (HEQA), Podgorica, Montenegro · List of Experts, third-quarter 2026 update · Academic staff, technical and technological sciences
Included on the List of Experts from which the Agency appoints its expert panels for the accreditation of study programmes and the reaccreditation of higher-education institutions in Montenegro, following an application under the Agency’s public call.
- Listed among the academic-staff experts in the technical and technological sciences, under the Department of Computer Science, American University in Bulgaria — see the Agency’s published List of Experts ↗.
- The Agency, formerly the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education (ACQAHE; AKOKVO in Montenegrin), is the national quality-assurance body for higher education in Montenegro, an affiliate of ENQA and a full member of CEENQA.
External Project Quality Auditor — SacredTravels4Growth
LOGOS University College (Coordinator) · Project No. 101238053 · Higher Education and Sustainable Socioeconomic Growth through Religious Tourism (Strand 2)
Selected through competitive evaluation by the project’s Management, General Management, and Quality Management Committees as independent External Project Quality Auditor for an Erasmus+ CBHE (Strand 2) project delivered by a sixteen-partner consortium spanning Europe, India, and Africa.
- Assessing the quality and timeliness of activities and outputs — curriculum reform in religious and cultural tourism, training resources (a manual and five MOOCs), and enhanced laboratory infrastructure — against EU standards and the OECD evaluation criteria.
- Evaluating project relevance, effectiveness, impact, dissemination, and the sustainability of capacities built within partner HEIs, recommending corrective actions where required.
- Authoring mid-term and final quality audit reports with findings and recommendations for the project coordinator and Quality Management Committee.
External Quality Auditor — DiLanEdu-WB
LOGOS University College · Project No. 101179642 · Digital Transformation in Language Study and Education of the Western Balkans
Appointed as independent External Quality Auditor for a 36-month Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project, with a consortium of ten partner institutions across Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece, and Germany.
- Conducted evidence-based audits of project deliverables, implementation, and compliance with the Grant Agreement and EACEA quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.
- Completed three formal audit reports to date, including in-person observation of transnational training events in Tirana, Banja Luka, Prishtina, and Podgorica.
- Applied ISO 19011:2018 auditing guidelines, ISO 9001:2015 quality management, the EACEA CBHE quality framework, and the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG, 2015).
External Quality Evaluator — Tech2Link
Project No. 101179816 · Bridging the Gap: Technology Transfer Hubs Connecting Western Balkans Universities, Business, and Society (Strand 1)
Appointed as independent External Quality Evaluator to assess project implementation against the EU evaluation criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability.
- Evaluating the quality of work-package activities and outputs, dissemination efforts, and the exploitation and sustainability of results, including the efficiency of budget execution.
- Authoring intermediate and final independent quality (monitoring) reports with actionable recommendations, culminating in the project’s final quality audit.
- Liaising with the project coordinator, Project Management Board, and Project Quality Board throughout the evaluation cycle.
Expert Evaluator — Erasmus+ CBHE
European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) · CBHE 2026 Call
Appointed as an Expert Evaluator for the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education programme, conducting independent evaluations of international higher-education cooperation proposals and participating in remote consensus panels.
- Applied the EACEA evaluation framework to assess the relevance, quality, and impact of proposed CBHE projects across the Western Balkans and beyond.
ISMS Associate Auditor — ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) / International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) · Membership No. 6221555
Certified competence in auditing Information Security Management Systems in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO 19011 auditing guidelines.
- Competencies in risk assessment, control selection (Annex A), compliance monitoring, audit planning and execution, and continual-improvement frameworks.
- Directly applicable to EU-funded project governance, data-protection compliance, and quality assurance in Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, and Digital Europe contexts.
EU & International Projects
Research leadership and expert roles
The Democracy Project (DemPro)
Center for Information, Democracy, and Citizenship (CIDC)
Leading the design and development of the DemPro digital civic-participation platform, fostering youth engagement in democratic processes.
- Overseeing product testing, research, and platform refinement to ensure usability and effectiveness.
- Integrating faculty and student participation in research, content creation, and impact analysis; managing institutional stakeholder engagement.
- Conducting monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, with structured progress reports and a final impact assessment.
Non-Key Expert — EU ICT Sector Support, Kosovo
EuropeAid/136756/DH/SER/XK · WEglobal · EU support for the competitiveness of Kosovo’s ICT sector
Delivered training under an EU-funded project managed by the EU Office in Kosovo.
- Senior NKE (Sep–Nov 2021): Python, Django, and Data Science training.
- Junior NKE (Mar–Dec 2021): Enterprise Java application development and Android development (Java & Kotlin).
IT & IS Research — WWW (W3) Research
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, USA
Ongoing project management of an information-technology and information-systems research programme.
Adriatinn IPA Project
Cross-border Adriatic R&D ecosystem
Member of a sustainable, cross-border ecosystem fostering and boosting the R&D capacities and networking of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Industry & Consultancy
Advisory and consulting roles
Co-Founder & IT Consultant
PRM Consulting Shpk — co-founder and technology consultant.
IT Consultant — Nebula
Technology consultancy, Tirana, Albania.
Associate Consultant — Protech
Associate consultant, Protech Albania.
IT Consultant — Inovacion
Technology consultancy, Inovacion Albania, Tirana.