Milena is a Senior Technical Officer in the Procedures and Facilitation Sub-Directorate of the World Customs Organization (WCO). Her responsibilities cover the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), including managing the WCO Working Group on the WTO TFA (TFAWG) and cooperation with the WTO and Annex D+ organizations. She also manages the Permanent Technical Committee and is involved in the development of trade facilitation instruments and tools. She also covers the Future of Customs file and the annual WCO IT Conference agenda.
Before joining the WCO Secretariat in May 2012, Ms. Budimirović served as Brussels-based Customs Attaché of the Republic of Serbia for three years, during which she worked closely with the European Commission and the WCO covering all areas of Customs business. In 2011 she was accredited WCO Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Technical and Operational Advisor.
Prior to moving to Brussels, she served for ten years in the Customs Administration of Serbia. Her first six years she was involved in Customs clearance at a number of different border posts, after which she moved to the International Affairs Department in the Headquarters. She managed the WCO SAFE Implementation Project and was involved in various modernization projects supported by the WCO and the EU.