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Loé Lagrange

direktorica, Francuski institut u Bosni i Hercegovini u Sarajevu, BiH

Loé Lagrange je direktorica Francuski institut u Bosni i Hercegovini i savjetnica za saradnju i kulturnu djelatnost Ambasada Francuske u Bosni i Hercegovini. Diplomirala je međunarodno humanitarno pravo na Univerzitetu Aix-Marseille III te ruski jezik i civilizaciju na INALCO-u. Tokom svoje karijere sarađivala je sa Organizacija za evropsku bezbjednost i saradnju i brojnim nevladinim organizacijama koje se bave zaštitom ljudskih prava i demokratskim upravljanjem u Istočnoj Evropi. Radila je i kao pravna ekspertica za pravo azila u Belgiji i Francuskoj. Ministarstvu za Evropu i vanjske poslove Francuske pridružila se 2017. godine, gdje je radila na pitanjima razvoja u direkciji Ujedinjenih nacija i direkciji za kontinentalnu Evropu, a zatim kao politička savjetnica i šefica službe za štampu i komunikacije Ambasade Francuske u Ukrajini. Nakon ruske ofanzive u Ukrajini uključila se u rad francuske nevladine organizacije Biblioteke bez granica, razvijajući projekte za pristup obrazovanju i kulturi u nekoliko ukrajinskih gradova. Govori francuski, engleski, ukrajinski, ruski i bosanski/hrvatski/srpski jezik.

Loé Lagrange is the Director of the French Institute in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Advisor for Cooperation and Cultural Affairs at the Embassy of France in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She graduated in International Humanitarian Law from Aix-Marseille III University and in Russian Language and Civilisation from INALCO. Throughout her career, she has worked with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and several non-governmental organisations focused on human rights protection and democratic governance in Eastern Europe. She also worked as a legal expert in asylum law in Belgium and France. In 2017, she joined the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, where she worked on development issues within the United Nations Directorate and the Directorate for Continental Europe, before serving as Political Advisor and Head of Press and Communications at the Embassy of France in Ukraine. Following the Russian offensive in Ukraine, she joined the French NGO Libraries Without Borders, developing projects focused on access to education and culture in several Ukrainian cities. She speaks French, English, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.