Damjan Zdravev is Programme Officer at Civil Rights Defenders where he works on the advancement and protection of human rights through empowerment and evidence-based advocacy. Damjan is an activist, with fifteen years of experience with civil society in Macedonia and the Western Balkans as a member of various NGOs and initiatives; working on issues of democratic development, civic engagement and community mobilization.

He holds an MA in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at the Eastern Mennonite University.