PRESIDENT, VIA DINARICA CROATIA Alan heads the Mountain Guide Station Zagreb and edits the Croatian Mountaineering Association’s (CMA) monthly magazine “Croatian Mountaineer”. He is well known in the region as author of 25 mountain guidebooks and mountain training handbooks published in Croatia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. As a CMA mountain guide and populariser of the sport, Alan is very active as organiser of numerous tours and targeted activities, especially for the Youth.

BOARD MEMBER, VIA DINARICA CROATIA Valentina holds master degree in mathematics with specialization in financial and business mathematics. Due to the passion for outdoor activities (hiking, diving and climbing) has changed her career towards a nature protection sector, where within UNDP - GEF projects is dealing with the financial mechanisms and sustainable management of protected areas in Croatia. Valentina is a board member of the Mountain Guide Station Zagreb and one of the founder member of the association Via Dinarica Croatia.

PROJECT ASSOCIATE, UNDP BIH Since December 2013, Mirna Kajgana has worked as a Program Associate in UNDP's regional office in Mostar, and as Program Assistant on the Via Dinarica in BiH Project. She has more than 15 years of experience in working with international and non-governmental organizations.

PROJECT MANAGER, UNDP BIH Božena Bohm Kaltak has been Regional Manager of the UNDP program in Herzegovina since March 2011, and the Project Manager of Via Dinarica in BiH. Božena holds a Master of Diplomacy and International Relations and has more than 20 years of experience working in international institutions, with a wealth of experience in managing programs and projects.

PROJECT COORDINATOR, VIA DINARICA CROATIA Dorijan heads the Croatian Mountaineering Association’s Mountain Guide Commission and the CMA Mountain Guide Service, a cluster of 12 Mountain Guide Stations gathering over 1,200 guides in Croatia. A certified MG instructor, Dorijan is especially active in provision of Winter Mountaineering Training and Snowshoeing within his club, the PDS Velebit Zagreb.

PROJECT COORDINATOR, TERRA DINARICA BIH Based in Sarajevo, Olja works closely with local communities in developing sustainable development practices along the Via Dinarica, including assessments, grant proposals, and training. Her passion for people, nature and wildlife and art got into one, the Via Dinarica.

CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR, BIH Kenan is a Sarajevo-born mountaineer. He has lead expeditions and trekked in Nepal, Tajikistan, Kenya, Ethiopia, the Alps, the Caucuses, and Tanzania. He is a certified mountain guide and alpinist. Aside from his love and passion as a mountaineer and hiker he has been a demining dog trainer for almost two decades and has led dog demining missions on three continents for Norway’s Peoples Aid. Kenan knows the Western Balkans mountain region like the back of his hand and has trekked most of the peaks along the Via Dinarica. Kenan is a well-liked and strong leader, making him the perfect captain of this ship.