Participation of the Director of the Directorate Mirjana Čizmarov in the conference "Women in Transport" conference
The Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community organized on March 8, 2022 online "Women in transport" conference with the aim of better understanding the gender gap and for initiating activities to make the transport sector more professionally attractive for women.
In addition to Mirjana Čizmarov, Director of the Civil Aviation Directorate of the Republic of Serbia, the conference was attended by Adina Valean, European Commissioner for Transport, Enkelejda Mucaj, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy of Albania, Carla Gonzalez Carvajal, World Bank Transport Manager for Europe and Central Asia, Tanja Miščević, Deputy Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, where the discussion was held on political support to women to join the transport sector. The conference was chaired by the Director of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community, Matej Zakonjšek.
The "Women in Transport" conference was an opportunity for the most successful representatives in various spheres of transport industries to exchange experiences, ideas, professional challenges and together make a big step in empowering women to join the transport sector.
Mirjana Čizmarov, Director of the Civil Aviation Directorate, pointed out in her presentation the successes of the Directorate and Serbia in civil aviation, and showed by her example that it is possible to be a leader and successful woman in the men's industry, if you have a vision and work hard.
Director Čizmarov closed the presentation with an optimistic view on the topic of gender equality in the aviation industry, and called for patience of all women, since such changes take time to be made and to make balance from the point where there is none yet.