Ivana Petrisková holds a Master’s degree in European Studies from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. With over a decade of experience in the civil society sector, she has dedicated her career firstly to youth empowerment through local and international initiatives and others and in the last years to women’s and green organizations.
Ivana brings extensive expertise in grant writing, qualitative research, capacity building, and the growth and impact measurement of civil society organizations. As a project coordinator and external consultant, she has collaborated with numerous CSOs across Central Europe and the Western Balkans, focusing on gender equality, youth and women’s education, empowerment, and employment.
She joined the team of CRPM in 2023 as a Growth Strategy Consultant, where she was responsible for designing new projects and contributing to the organization’s regional and global development. She now also serves as Program Manager, leading the Gender Budget Watchdog Network, a coalition advancing gender-responsive budgeting and accountability.
Ivana is a life-long student, believing in ongoing self-development. She is true Earth lover, yoga, meditation and biking enthusiast and a firm believer of transformational power of society starting on individual level.
e-mail: petriskova@crpm.org.mk