Ardita Abazi Imeri is one of the EPIs founders and works in the institute since 2011. She holds a PhD from the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” – Institute for sociological, political and juridical research in the area of consumer protection and alignment with acquis communaitaire and holds a degree Master of Law in International, Comparative and European law from Maastricht University (Maastricht, The Netherlands).
At the Institute, Ardita is the programme coordinator, responsible for overall strategic planning and monitoring and evaluation of EPIs work. Other areas of focus in her work are rule of law, accession monitoring, conditionality policy, consumer protection and promotion of social cohesion policies. Among successful projects under her leadership are projects related to the public administration reform (WeBER) as a regional grant manager and reforms in the area justice sector (Мрежа 23+, JuDGMeNT).
Between 2008 and 2010 she worked in the Secretariat for European Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, specifically on issues related to internal market and sectorial policies.