ANEM database: Who are the record holders for the number of project evaluation committees?

A total of 79 candidates participated in the committees based on 172 completed calls for project co-financing of media content in 2025, although the official list of candidates included a total of 169 names. According to an analysis by the Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM), the independent expert Branimir Grulović participated in the majority of the committees, having evaluated projects in 65 calls from various governing bodies.

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ANEM database: Who are the record holders for the number of project evaluation committees?

In second place is also independent expert Branislav Sančanin, who has participated in 51 commissions so far, and in third place is Miodrag Miljković, candidate from the Center for Media Culture and Education, with 32 commissions.

Next is Slavoljub Ristić from the Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia (PROUNS), with participation in 26 commissions, Miloš Rajković from the Association of Radio Stations "RAB Serbia," and Dragana Stefanović from the Alliance of Associations "Association of Radio and Television of Serbia," each with 22 commissions, followed by Miodrag Popov as a candidate from PROUNS with 17.

The Association of Sports Journalists of Serbia proposed Aleksandar Simić, who was a member of 15 commissions, Sandra Iršević from the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) participated in 12, Biljana Latković Njegovan from the Journalists' Society of Vojvodina was involved in 11, and Dijana Čolaković Filipović, as a candidate from the Media Community of Serbia, was in ten commissions.

CANDIDATES

NAME OF THE ASSOCIATION PROPOSING THE CANDIDATE

NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS

BRANIMIR GRULOVIĆ

independent expert

65

BRANISLAV SANČANIN

independent expert

51

MIODRAG MILJKOVIĆ

Center for Media Culture and Education

32

SLAVOLJUB RISTIĆ

Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia

26

MILOŠ RAJKOVIĆ

Association of Radio Stations "RAB Serbia"

22

DRAGANA STEFANOVIĆ

Alliance of Associations "Association of Radio and Television of Serbia"

22

MIODRAG POPOV

Professional Association of Journalists of Serbia

17

ALEKSANDAR SIMIĆ

Association of Sports Journalists of Serbia

15

SANDRA IRŠEVIĆ

UNS - Journalists' Association of Serbia

12

BILJANA RATKOVIĆ-NJEGOVAN

Journalists' Society of Vojvodina

11

DIJANA ČOLAKOVIĆ-FILIPOVIĆ

Media Community of Serbia

10

Considering the associations that proposed candidates, PROUNS ranks first with six candidates participating in 61 commissions so far, followed by the Journalists' Society of Vojvodina with eight candidates in 52 commissions, the Association of Radio and Television of Serbia with seven candidates in 43 commissions, and the Center for Media Culture and Education along with UNS with three and eight candidates participating in 41 commissions each.

Independent experts, specifically 27 of them, have been members of commissions 189 times.

As a reminder, commissions have not yet been appointed in Gadžin Han, Vrbas, and Bujanovac for the repeated competition currently underway, in Čačak for the second competition that is ongoing, and in Surdulica where the competition for 2025 has not yet been announced.

You can read about the honorariums by commissions at THIS LINK.

A list of organizations that received the highest financial resources in 2025 is available at THIS LINK.

The complete documentation for the competitions is available in the ANEM Competition Database.

The project of the Association of Independent Electronic Media “Participatory Monitoring of the Implementation of Project Co-Financing Processes” is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the MATRA program. ANEM is solely responsible for the content, which does not necessarily reflect the official views of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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