Robert Škunca and Dario Gabrić are the recipients of the PRO PR Globe Awards

This year’s 25 laureates of the PRO PR GLOBE Awards come from 15 countries and will receive unique artworks from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad. The award ceremony will take place on March 15, 2024, at the Mona Plaza Hotel in Belgrade, where the 21st anniversary edition of the international PRO PR Conference will also be held.

The awards were won by: Robert Škunca, General Director for Southeast Europe at Grayling, and Dario Gabrić, Head of Corporate Communications at Erste Bank Croatia.

In addition to them, the awards were won by: from Serbia: Milena Avramović Bjelica, Executive Director and Co-founder of Chapter 4, Jelena Milašinović, Communications Manager of the Belgrade Philharmonic, Suzana Miličić, Owner of Kontakta PR, and Andrea Brbaklić, Director of FromA Consulting Ltd.; from the United Kingdom: Polly Cziok, Executive Director of Change and Innovation at London Borough of Merton, and Sophie Brendel, Director of Audience, Commercial and Digital at the Victoria and Albert Museum; from Montenegro: Nina Redžepagić, Owner of PR Agency OR, and Slađana Radović, Head of Marketing, PR, and Customer Experience at Novi Volvox; from Slovenia: Sabrina Pečelin, PR Manager at Porsche Slovenia, Alenka Vidic Praprotnik, Managing Director of the o28 Communication Group, and Blaž Ferenc, Director of Corporate Communications and Sustainability at A1 Slovenia and A1 Serbia; from Italy: Alicia Matilda Lubrani, Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Corporate Communications at Axpo Italia; from Bosnia and Herzegovina: Nedžad Džudža, Head of Marketing and Communications at ASA OSiguranje d.d., and Latifa Imamović, Head of Marketing at Klika; from North Macedonia: Ratka Tiricovska, Head of Marketing and PR at Stopanska Banka AD Skopje; from the United States: LaShonda L. Eaddy, Assistant Professor of Public Relations at Penn State University, and Travis Parman, Chief Communications Officer at AppHarvest; from South Africa: Dustin Chick, Partner and General Director at Razor PR; from Ukraine: Sergii Bidenko, Director at Bayka.agency; from Iran: Mina Nazari, Public Relations and Communication Expert at Power Distribution Company, Tabriz; from Romania: Dana Oancea, President of the Forum for International Communication; from Spain: Rafa Llopis, Head of Marketing at Revestech; and from Hungary: Zsófia Balatoni, Co-founder of Uniomedia PR Agency.

The PRO PR GLOBE Awards is the only program that recognizes individuals who contribute to a better perception of the positioning of the public relations profession at the global, regional, and local levels.

It focuses on individuals rather than projects.

The award is granted under a publicly available regulation, former winners nominate future candidates, and a committee, which includes former winners of this award and members of the organizing committee, decides on the winners based on data collected after the nomination process, which includes: a review of the biography, media releases, and other relevant public sources of information that can confirm the credibility and expertise of the candidates in the nomination and selection process for the PRO PR GLOBE Awards.

Since 2017, the PRO PR GLOBE Awards is the only award program where winners are nominated by four global communication associations: International Public Relations Association (IPRA), International Communication Consulting Organisation (ICCO), The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), and Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).

As part of the PRO PR GLOBE Awards, traditional awards will also be given for PRO PR Vision City, PRO PR Vision Manager, and Infigo Award for special contributions to the development of communication management, and the winners will be announced on November 7, 2023.