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Europass
Curriculum Vitae
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Personal Information
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Name and surname
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Svetoslav Ivanov Spassov
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Address
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59 Haidushka Polyana Street, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Phone
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+359 2 940 2842 ; 0888 673 808
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Fax
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+359 2 988 03 79
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E-mail
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svetoslav@icon.bg
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Nationality
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Bulgarian
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Date of birth
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12.09.1973
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Gender
Marital status
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Male
Married, one child
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Position/Field
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Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria in the services of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe / OSCE / and international organizations in Vienna, Austria - appointed by Decree № 288/2012 of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria
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Working experience
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Date
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09.07.2012 – present
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Occupation or position held
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Associate Professor at the Department "National and Regional Security" in the University of National and World Economy – Sofia
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Date
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01.03 – 30.06.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Lecturer at the Military Academy "G.S. Rakovski" – Sofia, on "Military aspects of national security" – on a civil contract
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Date
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03.– 06.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Lecturer at the National Military Academy “Vasil Levski” – Veliko Turnovo, on “Security and Defence Terminology” – on a civil contract
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Date
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01.03 – 31.05.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Lecturer at the N.Y. Vaptsarov Naval Academy – Varna, on “European Security Architecture” – on a civil contract
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Date
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30.06.2012 – 30.09.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Secretary of the Interdepartmental Council on Military Industry and Security Supply, Council of Ministers
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Date
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26.11.2009 – 08.07.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Assistant Professor at the Department "National and Regional Security" in the University of National and World Economy – Sofia
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Date
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09.2009 – 29.06.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Secretary of the Interdepartmental Council on Military Industrial Complex and Mobilisation Readiness of the Country, Council of Ministers
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Date
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04.08.2009 – 30.09.2012
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Occupation or position held
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Political Advisor to the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria;
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Date
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29.06 – 03.08.2009
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Occupation or position held
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Chairman of the Board of the Association: Movement for the renewal of Bulgarian regions and municipalities;
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Date
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25.06.2005 – 25.06.2009
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Occupation or position held
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MP in the 40th Ordinary National Assembly, Secretary of Parliament, Chairman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Children, Youth and Sports / Aug. 2005 -Jan. 2008/, Chairman of the Group for Friendship between the Bulgarian and the Tunisian Parliament, Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Internal Security and Public Order, Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, a member of the Simeon II National Movement / July 2005-Dec 2007 / member of the Group of GNI / dek.2007 - June 2008 / July 2008 - independent MP;
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Date
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17.06.2001 – 17.06.2005
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Occupation or position held
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MP from National Movement Simeon II in the 39th Ordinary National Assembly, Secretary of Parliament, Chairman of the Parliamentary Delegation to the Central European Initiative, Chairman of the Group for Friendship between the Bulgarian and Dutch Parliament, Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security; Article Parliamentary committee on civil society; Member of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration;
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Date
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01.01 – 30.06.2011
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Occupation or position held
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Consultant, GIK-L Ltd.
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Date
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1997 – 2001
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Occupation or position held
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Chairman of the "Young European Federalists - Bulgaria"
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Date
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1996 - 1998
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Occupation or position held
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Member of the Executive Board of the "National Association of Youth Clubs of the United Nations"
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Date
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1996 – 1997
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Occupation or position held
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a civil contract in the newspaper "Shumen Ray"
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Date
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1995 - 1996
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Occupation or position held
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in a civil contract "Forte Radio", Shumen
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Date
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1994 - 1996
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Occupation or position held
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Deputy chief editor of the newspaper "News Shumen"
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Education
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Date
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2001 - 2008
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Title of qualification awarded
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Doctor of Science in "military-political security issues"
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training
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University of National and World Economy – Sofia
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Level in national or international classification
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PhD
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Date
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1998- 2003 г.
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Title of qualification awarded
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Master of International Economic Relations
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training
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University of National and World Economy – Sofia
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Level in national or international classification
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Master’s degree
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Date
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1993–1998 г.
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Title of qualification awarded
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Master’s degree in History
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training
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University of Shumen “Konstantin Preslavsky” – Shumen
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Level in national or international classification
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Master’s degree
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Date
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1983-1991 г.
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Title of qualification awarded
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High School Education
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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English language
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Name and type of organisation providing education and training
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ESPU “Nikolay Vapcarov” – Shumen
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Training
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Date
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04 - 08.06.2012
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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4th Module of the Common Security and Defence Policy Course "Conrad Adenauer" 2011 - 2012, entitled "Final Seminar - Preparing for the Future" organized by the European College of Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), the French Academy Defence, Paris, France;
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Date
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16 - 23.03.2012
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Foundation course entitled "Reform of the security sector" of the European College of Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), organized by the Austrian Research Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) and the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports Stadtschlaining, Austria;
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Date
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05 - 09.03.2012
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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3rd Module of the Common Security and Defence Policy Course "Conrad Adenauer" 2011-2012, entitled "External priorities of the Union and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)", organized by the European College of Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), Diplomatic Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Date
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17 – 26.01.2012
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Educational seminar for senior state administration staff on "Transformation of the Arab revolution - where to?" Organized by the European Center for Security Studies "George C. Marshall", Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany;
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Date
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14 - 18.11.2011
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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The 2nd module of the Common Security and Defence Policy Course "Conrad Adenauer" 2011-2012, entitled "Opportunities for crisis management of the EU", organized by the European College of Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), the German Military Academy, Berlin, Germany;
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Date
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25 - 30.09. 2011
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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First Module of the Common Security and Defence Policy Course "Conrad Adenauer"- 2011-2012, entitled "Fundamentals of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)" College organized by the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), the Royal Military Academy, Brussels, Belgium;
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Date
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09-17.08.2011
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Leadership Training Seminar organized by The Pacific Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA;
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Date
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2006
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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International Program of the U.S. State Department "Political Management" in Washington, New York, and San Francisco, California;
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2004
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Course on interethnic tolerance in Washington, New York and San Francisco, California, organized by the American Jewish Committee
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Date
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2002
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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International Program of the U.S. State Department, "U.S. foreign policy and the new state administration of President Bush" in Washington, New York, Cleveland and San Diego, California, USA;
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Date
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2002
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Course "European Regions and the future of a federal Europe" in Palma de Mallorca, Spain;
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Date
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2000
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Course for European youth leaders of English and intercultural understanding, organized by the Council of Europe, London, UK;
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Date
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1999
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Educational seminar "EU federalism and international democracy" under the auspices of the European Commission, the island of Ventotene, Italy;
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Date
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1999
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Educational seminar on European Integration, Vienna, Austria;
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Date
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1999
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Training course on management of NGOs organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Haifa, Israel;
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Date
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1998
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Educational seminar "The role of youth organizations in civil society building", Ohrid, Macedonia;
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Date
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1997
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Summer School on Human Rights, Warsaw, Poland;
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Date
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1997
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Educational seminar on "religious extremism and youth", London, UK;
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Date
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1995-1998 г.
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Principal subjects/occupational skills covered
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Awarder with Scholarship for academic success - Foundation "Open Society"
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Personal skills and Competences
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- Adaptability and communication;
- Ability to communicate and work in a multilingual and multicultural environment;
- Good analytical skills;
- Ability to establish and maintain contacts with representatives of other organizations and bodies
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Mother tongue
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Bulgarian
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Self-assessment
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Understanding
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Speaking
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Writing
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Listening
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Reading
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Spoken interaction
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Spoken production
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English
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Russian
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Proficient user
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Independent user
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Computer skills and competences
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Good command of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint); Internet;
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MEMBERSHIP in Interdepartmental Councils AND BODIES
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Date
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30.01-30.05.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Chairman of the Interdepartmental Working Group for the preparation of a strategy for research and technology in security and defence (Order № R-36/30.01.2012 the Minister of Defence)
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Date
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25.01 - 29.02.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Chairman of the Interdepartmental Working Group for the preparation of the Rules of tasks, structure and activities of the Interagency Council on the defence industry and security of supply to the Council of Ministers (Order № RD-16-65/25.01.2012 the Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism)
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Date
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10.02.2011 – 27.04.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Vice-Chairman of the interdepartmental working group for creation an organization for drafting a wartime state plan. (order OH-104.10.02.2011 Ministry of Defence)
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Date
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12.01 – 18.02.2011
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Chairman of the expert working group to change and remove the level of classified information from documents to the Military Committee of Ministers and its successor, a defence industry in the period from 1973 to 1987
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Date
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28.03 – 01.04.2011
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Member of Program Council Program 2 "Coordination and monitoring of horizontal policies" at Council of Ministers
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Date
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16.07.2010 – 30.09.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Member of the Programme Council of Program 2 "Coordination and control of national policies" at Council of Ministers
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Date
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04. 2010 – present
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Member of the Alumni Association of the College of Defence of NATO in Rome – NDCAA
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Date
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26 – 29.4.2010
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Member of the Organizing Committee for the conduct of international exhibition of defence equipment "Hemus" and the fifth international conference "Partnership, Research and Technology for Defence" - Plovdiv.
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Date
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04.2010 - 30.09.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Observer PC Prime Minister in the Defence Council
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Date
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04.01.2010 - 09.04.2010
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Vice-Chairman of the Interdepartmental Working Group to develop a draft Ordinance on the planning of civil defence resources.
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Date
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13.11.2009 - 30.09.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Permanent member of the Bulgarian-Russian working group on military and technical cooperation
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Date
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05.10.2009 – 02.02.2011
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Member of the National Commission on deferment.
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Date
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6 - 9.10.2009
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Chairman of the Governmental Commission for partial verification of the readiness of Kardjali District to work in wartime
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Date
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09.2009 – 30.09.2012
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Observer PC Prime Minister in the Council for Decentralization of Government.
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Date
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15.09.2009 – 12.2009
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Name of interdepartmental councils / authorities
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Member of the Interdepartmental Working Group to develop a draft National Security Strategy of the Republic of Bulgaria.
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membership in nonprofit organizations
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Date
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02.2012 – present
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Name of organization
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Member of the "George Marshall Club - Bulgaria"
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Date
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02.2012 – present
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Name of organization
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Member of the Union of Scientists in Varna
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Date
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2010 – present
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Name of organization
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Member of the Alumni Association of the NATO Defence College in Rome - NDCAA
Authorities
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Date
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29.06.2008 – present
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Name of organization
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Chairman of the Association "Movement for the Renewal of Bulgarian Regions and Municipalities"
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Date
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30.03.2007-10.07.2012 (as appointed by the Board of Directors)
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Name of organization
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Member of the Board of the Bulgarian Tourism Union
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Date
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20.02 - 30.09.2012
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Name of organization
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Member of the Union of European Federalists – Bulgaria
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Date
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1997-2000
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Name of organization
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Member of the National Youth Council of Bulgaria
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Date
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1994-1998
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Name of organization
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Member of the Independent Student Union Association
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Date
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1997-2001
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Name of organization
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Chairman of the "Junior European Federalists - Bulgaria"
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Date
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1996-1998
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Name of organization
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Member of the Executive Board of the UN National Association of Youth Clubs
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