After graduation on the Faculty of Architecture in Ljubljana, Milena Marega was working for ten years as a free-lance architect on architectural, spatial planning and design projects. Her interest on environmental issues leaded her to get involved in several research projects dealing with environmental protection and sustainable development. She coordinated the team of experts working on environmental education, sustainable consumption and ecology-sound architecture. From 1993, when she retired, and until February 2013, Milena Marega was acting as the director of the REC - Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Country Office Slovenia. She was coordinating the REC Country Office’s activities and managed projects dealing with environmental protection, sustainable mobility, spatial planning, protected area management, project cycle management and evaluation, and grant schemes management. Her special interest has been public participation in decision-making process, in policy-making and in planning, also in sustainable mobility. She has been involved in several national and international projects that aimed to strengthen the involvement of stakeholders and citizens in preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs and projects. Actually she is acting as a part-time project manager in the REC-Slovenia.
