Iva Gjurić Smrekar is President of the Croatian organisation Lota’s Box, which was founded in 2018 to promote the values of democracy, active citizenship and equality.
As president of the organisation, Iva guides it in its key mission of empowering people to engage with lifelong learning in order to better understand the models of participatory democracy. Working mainly with youth in the community to promote lifelong learning, active citizenship, and European values, Iva works in a team with her organisation’s 20+ members and four volunteers, who all bring their own expertise: entrepreneurs, marketing experts, doctors, physiotherapists, students, and athletes.
Lota’s Box is a member of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) since January 2019.
