Veljko Kovačević, LL.M. was born on 10 June 1980. In 2006 he graduated from the Faculty of law in Belgrade, and obtained a specialist degree in maritime law and transport insurance at the same Faculty in 2007. Currently he is a PhD candidate in civil law. Since October 2008 he has worked as advisor at the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Sector for Waterborne Transport and Safety of Navigation. He is a member of the Working Group of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure for drafting a new set of laws and regulations in the field of maritime and inland navigation law (Law on Inland Waters Navigation and Ports, Law on Maritime Navigation, Law on Vessels Nationality and Registration, Draft Merchant Shipping Law, Draft Law on Tonnage Tax System, Draft Law on Safety Investigations in Transport), member of the negotiating team of the Serbian Government for negotiations on adopting the text of the Protocol on the Prevention of pollution of inland waterways caused by navigation, adopted by the International Sava River Basin Commission, and member of the negotiating team of the Serbian Government for negotiations on adopting the text of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community between the European Union and Southeast Europe. Also, he is a member of the Serbian Government Working Group for drafting a European Union strategy for the Danube region and the Working Group of the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure for drafting the Strategy for Development of Waterborne Transport in the Republic of Serbia. He is a representative of the Ministry of Transport in the Working Party on Inland Water Transport of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. He has authored a number of academic research papers (“The development of the General Average Institute and the last revision of the York-Antwerp rules done in Vancouver 2004”, “A Review of the new Law on Navigation and Ports on Inland Waters”, „England and Law, History and Specificity“, “Some questions about the nature and structure of certain branches and legal institutes of English law“, “The concept and development of York-Antwerp rules with a special emphasis on the 2004 Vancouver revision of York Antwerp rules”).
