Dardan joined the GI-TOC in March 2022 as Field Coordinator for Kosovo for the South Eastern Europe Observatory. Dardan holds a degree in Management, Economics and Statistics from Rochester Institute of Technology and MA on Advanced European Studies from European College of Parma and the University of Parma. Additionally, he has completed various courses at George C. Marshall Center, Naval Postgraduate School/Center for Civil-Military Relations, and Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

Dardan has worked nine years for the Ministry of Internal Affairs covering strategic planning, policy coordination, international cooperation and EU integration process. Recently, he has worked for UNDP Kosovo as Project Manager of the project Support to Anti-Corruption Efforts in Kosovo. He is fluent in English and Italian and has some basic knowledge of French.