The founders of the Institute are professors at the University of Belgrade - Mijat Damjanovic, Nikola Samardzic and Stevan Lilic, Slovenian journalist Vanja Vardjan and the former head of the Bureau for Communications of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Vladimir Popovic, who is also the Director of the Institute.
Urad v Beogradu je začel z delom 6. decembra 2013, urad v Ljubljani pa 30. junija 2014.