Head of Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT)

Jovana Carapic joined the GICHD in June 2019 and currently serves as Head of the Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT). She provides strategic leadership to the division, which forms part of the GICHD’s comprehensive approach to explosive ordnance risk reduction (EORR), alongside humanitarian mine action. AMAT contributes to reducing risks stemming from unsafely and insecurely managed conventional ammunition stockpiles by supporting national authorities, UN agencies, and international partners in strengthening technical, operational, and institutional capacities for safe, secure, and sustainable ammunition management. Under her leadership, AMAT also supports the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) through its contribution to the UN SaferGuard Programme, including the development and implementation of international norms and standards such as the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) and the Global Framework for Through-Life Conventional Ammunition Management.

Prior to her appointment as Head of Division, Jovana served as Programme Manager with AMAT, where she contributed in implementing the division’s multi-year strategy and managing the Support to UN SaferGuard Programme and AMAT Assistance to States in Eastern Europe Programme. Before joining the GICHD, Jovana was a researcher at the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, where she focused on weapons and ammunition management in South-east Europe. She has authored numerous publications on ammunition life-cycle management, unplanned explosions at munitions sites (UEMS), and training and capacity development in physical security and stockpile management (PSSM).

Jovana holds a PhD in Political Science from the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Her doctoral research examined the relationships between states and armed groups, with fieldwork conducted in Nepal, Serbia and Timor Leste. Since then, her work has taken her to conflict-affected settings across Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

• Division Head of Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT)
• Unit Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT)
• E-mail j.carapic(at)gichd.org
• Working Languages English, French, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian