Mr Andrej Skrinjaric was born in Karlovac, Croatia, and studied Chinese Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, graduating in 1999. In 2000, he attended a postgraduate course in European Studies at the Alternative Academic Educational Network (AAEN), Belgrade. In 2003, he obtained his Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomacy from University of Malta. His thesis was entitled Multilingualism and the Internet. From 1999–2002 he worked as a freelance interpreter/translator, Chinese-Serbian, Chinese-English, and English-Serbian. He currently works for DiploFoundation as Online Programmes Coordinator.