Lidija Živčič (Female) is the senior expert of Focus. Her work covers topics of sustainable development, climate, energy, transport, consumption, participation, degrowth and global responsibility. She has over 15 years of experience in managing projects at the level of Slovenia and EU. Currently, she coordinates IEE funded project REACH. In the past, she worked on European projects, such as FP7 funded EJOLT, and numerous Slovenian projects. Also, she is experienced in policy work (developing policy framework and action plans in Slovenia and participating in the shaping of EU legislation). Lidija has extensive experience in communicating the listed topics in everyday life through education programmes, awareness raising actions and policy campaigns. She has access to a broad network of experts, decision-makers and campaigners in Slovenia and Europe. After completing her undergraduate studies of economics in Ljubljana in 2000, she completed a MSc course in Environmental Science and Policy at the Central European University in Budapest in 2001. In 2012, Lidija earned a PhD degree at Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, with her dissertation on raising awareness on climate change in Slovenia.