Žaklina Gligorijević graduated in architecture and holds a Master of Science degree in Urbanism from Belgrade University. Žaklina gathered her professional experience in the private, NGO, and public sector and updated her academic knowledge at MIT and Harvard GSD in Cambridge, MA. She has signed various architectural and urban design competitions, projects, and plans in Serbia and Montenegro, international projects in Cyprus, Ireland, USA and Romania. She has organised international exhibitions, workshops and events linking professional associations and European cities.

Žaklina represented Belgrade in the international project “Financing Metropolitan Governments in Transitional Countries”, comparing 9 SEE Europe capital cities. She led The Natural Core of Belgrade Study, as a part of wider Belgrade Waterfront.
She is Director of the Belgrade Urban Planning Institute. While managing the Institute, she has hosted globally respected architectural and urban design names and offices in Belgrade.

She is interested in improving the local planning system in dynamic environment, in public realm, PPPs and sustainable urban rehabilitation, but also in exploring urban management, chances for the creative sector and urban recycling.