Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic

Secretary General Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic (RS/NL) Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailovic has dedicated her life to championing Europe’s shared values and shared cultural heritage, working for Europa Nostra for over three decades and assuming the role of Secretary General in 2000. She regularly interacts and works closely with all EU institutions, the Council of Europe, UNESCO and numerous public and private bodies committed to cultural heritage at all levels of governance, from local to global. A prominent figure in the European cultural and cultural heritage circles, Sneška is the leader of the pioneering EU-funded European Heritage Hub pilot project and serves as a spokesperson for the European Heritage Alliance. She also serves on the EC Expert Group on Cultural Heritage. Her multi-facetted activities extends to culture-based climate action as regional co-Chair of the Climate Heritage Network. She is a member of the EUYO Advisory Council and a member of the Council of the European Music Centre in Bougival. Before joining Europa Nostra, Sneška worked for the EU Institutions in Brussels and Belgrade. She was one of the founders and first Secretary-General of the European Movement in Yugoslavia. Sneška holds a graduate degree in International Law (Belgrade, former Yugoslavia) and a postgraduate degree in European Law and Politics (Nancy, France). In 2022, Sneška was elevated to the rank of Knight of the national order of the Legion of Honour for her “unreserved commitment to the preservation of heritage in Serbia and more widely in Europe” and “dedication and commitment to the cultural dimension of the European project”. In 2024, Sneška was appointed as a foreign member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, a prestigious academic institution that for almost 200 years has promoted science, humanities and the arts in Venice and Italy as well as in Europe and globally.