Ivana Albuquerque da Costa                         
 

 
   
 
   
  Education
2004-current
Personal construct psychology course for psychotherapists – in process of obtaining Faculty of psychology, University of Belgrade, SaM
   
1992-1993
Research fellow / Georgetown university, Washington DC, USA
   
1988-96
Medical doctor / Faculty of medicine, University of Belgrade, FRY
   
Equivalency program, Faculty of medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2004)
   
Tailored Hyatt training for DoHR and Leadership Series modules – Hyatt International
   
Certified facilitator (training-of-trainers course) by Interaction Associates, USA and by OSCE Secretariat, Vienna, Austria
   
Certified mediator – basic level by OSCE Secretariat, Vienna, Austria
   
Tailored training on human resources management – OSCE Secretariat, Vienna, Austria
   
Basic course in personal construct psychology – Belgrade, SCG
   
  Working Experience
2005, July – current
Director of human resources Hotel Hyatt Regency Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Leading the HR team and managing all HR function and processes:
400-500 employees with 7 executive committee members (including DoHR)
   
2004, September – 2005, June
Teaching consultant
European University, Belgrade, SaM
Design and delivery of lessons (as a part of international business and management course):
 - Strategic planning and planning with time management
 - Management in global context (with international human resources management and team management)
   
2003, October – 2005, June
Human Resources Management Consultant (independent)
Design and delivery of training modules: planning; stress management; time management; team management; conflict resolution; first aid.
Consulting and mediation in the areas of: HR management; project management;
Representative clients: Canadian Embassy, OSCE, UNHCR, McCann-Erickson PR, Societe General Bank
   
2001, March – 2003, August
NP Personnel and Training Officer (in a capacity of the chief of the human resources unit)
OSCE Mission to SaM, Administration and Finance Department, Belgrade, SaM
Initial set-up and staffing of the mission (160 international and national mission members): staff recruitment and evaluation; coordination and evaluation of personnel of mission units, sections and departments; staff training and mediation;
Set-up, development and supervision of the HR office;
Stress management training module design and training delivery:
OSCE mission in Croatia; ASPR (Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution) Austria
   
2000, May – 2001, February
Program Manager
Italian Embassy, Italian Cooperation Office, Belgrade, SaM
Design, development, revision and supervision of the projects in the areas of:
- assistance to the health system;
- assistance to refugees and idps;
- social welfare system development;
Set-up of the analytical team as a part of the ministry of social welfare (still operational)
   

1999, August – 2000, April
Staff counsellor
OSCE mission to Kosovo, Counselling service, Priština
Individual psychological treatment, debriefing and mediation services mentored by Dr Gert Ahrer and Brita Yri, around 200 hours for around 600 mission members;
Stress management training module design and training delivery (implemented 10 training sessions for 400 trainees)

   
1997, October – 1999, March
Education Manager
Johnson & Johnson Company, Belgrade, SaM
   
Organization and implementation of seminars: adolescence – psychological and medical aspect (for teachers and students, in 78 elementary and secondary schools on the territory of Belgrade)
   
1992, September – 1993, October
Research Fellow
Georgetown University, Medical School, Washington DC, USA
Designing and conducting the research in the area of endocrinology and cardiology; 3 international publications
   
  Professional Interests
Psychology, especially organizational;
Organizational and communicational mechanisms;
Endocrinology, especially reproductive endocrinology;
Linguistics;
Geo-cultural complexes, global and specific.
   
  Associations’ Membership
Serbian Constructivist Association (SCA)
European Constructivist Therapy Network (ECTN)
   
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