Vukosava Crnjanski is a Founder and Director of Serbia's advocacy and watchdog organization CRTA, established in 2002. CRTA’s work is aimed towards supporting democratization and European integration in Serbia, by raising and strengthening the demand for an open, accountable and democratic government. Vukosava has guided the development of CRTA's Election Observation Mission, which has become synonymous with election observation in Serbia, shaping its commitment to transparent, comprehensive, and impartial citizen observation of the electoral process. Since 2016, the mission has observed seven national elections and numerous local elections, mobilizing thousands of citizen observers across the country. Vukosava has extensive understanding and expertise in fostering democratization gained through engagement in years-long advocacy initiatives, including in areas of oversight and raising demand for institutional accountability and openness, election observation, fact-checking and fight against disinformation.
Under Vukosava’s leadership, CRTA was awarded the OSCE 2018 Democracy Defender Award for its contribution to the promotion of democracy and the defense of human rights, as well as the 2018 award of the FOI Commissioner for its strong contribution in the area of free access to information in Serbia. Vukosava’s democracy efforts were also recognized by the National Democratic Institute’s W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award in 2013, as well as the medal of the Knight of the National Order of Merit, awarded by the President of the Republic of France in 2023.