Lidija Živčič
Senior Expert, Focus
Lidija is the senior expert of Focus. She covers topics of sustainable development, climate, energy, transport, consumption, participation, degrowth and global responsibility. She has over 20 years of experience in managing projects at the level of Slovenia and EU. Coordinated H2020 project EmpowerMed (2019-2023). In the past worked on numerous other European and Slovenian projects. Also experienced in advocacy and policy work and connected to a broad network of experts, decision-makers and campaigners in Slovenia and EU. After undergraduate studies of economics in Ljubljana, she completed MSc in Environmental Science and Policy at Central European University in Budapest in 2001. Obtained PhD degree at Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, in 2012.