Tanja Rankovic, Education Specialist and Head of Education Programme UNICEF Serbia, is leading
programs and initiatives in education and early learning. Her efforts are dedicated to ensuring access to
quality education and improving opportunities for all children, especially those from marginalized
communities and refugee backgrounds. With over 20 years of experience, Tanja has led initiatives to
improve early learning, foster inclusion, enhance education quality, and prevent violence,
discrimination, and dropout. Her expertise spans system-level reforms—policy development,
monitoring, and implementation—gained through work with UNICEF, governments and NGOs across
Serbia, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Greece, and Jordan.
Tanja holds a MA in Education Policy and she deepened her knowledge through the Equity, Quality, and
Leadership Programme from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (USA).