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Meglena Ivanova Plougchieva
- Alexandrova
Deputy Minister |
| Date and place of birth |
• 12 February 1956, Balchik |
| Education |
• Higher Forestry Institute, Departament Nature Protection,
Specialty - Forestry
Engineering, degree in Forestry
• Higher Forestry Institute,
Ph.D on Forest Ecosystems Protection against Heavy Metals pollution
Additional qualifications and courses:
• Göttingen Forest Institute, Germany,
Post graduate study in Forest Ecology
• Institute of Forest Policy, Freiburg,
Germany,
Post graduate study in Forest Policy |
| Professional career |
• 1999-2001:
GTZ, Germany, German– Bulgarian Forestry Project
• Varna Regional
Inspectorate, Inspector on Forests, Game and Protected
Areas Preservation
• 1984-1990:
Varna Forestry Enterprise
Deputy Director
• 1991-1995:
Sofia, Committee on Forestry, Head of Division, International
Cooperation
• 1995-2001:
Sofia, Member of Parliament in
the 37th and 38th National Assembly, member of the
Delegation of the Council of Europe
• Since 2001: Sofia Ministry
of
Agriculture and Forestry,
Deputy Minister |
| Languages |
• German,
English and Russian |
| Marital status |
• Married,
two children |
| Contact details |
Sofia 1040, 55 Christo Botev Blvd.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Tel: 0359 2 985 11 205
Fax: 0359 2 987 11 93
E-mail: mplougchieva@nug.bg |
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Iskra Simova Valcheva
Director, Integration Policy Directorate |
| Education |
• Graduated from the National University of National and World Economics in Agricultural Economy Management.
Additional qualifications
and courses:
• Specialized at the University of Iowa in the US, Seed Research Center, and at the National Institute of Agricultural Botanics, Cambridge, the UK. Three-month internship at the Agriculture General Directorate of the European Commission in Brussels.
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| Professional career |
• 1985: Started her career at NPO Selection Seeds
• 1990-1998: State Variety Commission with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, International Cooperation Department
• 1998: Agricultural Policy Analysis and Preparations for Accession to the EU Department with the PHARE Programme - Agriculture at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
•1999-2002: Integration Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture - expert, state expert and head of department
• 2002-2003: Director of the Plant Growing and Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Quality Control Directorate.
• Since Ma 2003: Director of the Integratioin Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
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| Languages |
• English, Russian, French |
| Marital status |
• Single |
| Contact details |
Tel: 985-11-334
Ĺ-mail: press@mzgar.government.bg |
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Nelly Alexandrova Georgieva - Mihaylova
Director of Agrostatistics Directorate |
| Date of birth |
• 25 June 1967 |
| Education |
• 1985-1990:
Technical University, Sofia,
M. Sc., Eng. - Computer Science
• February - March, 1997 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute at Chania - Crete, Greece
Training course “Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union”
• 2001–2002: Institut de la Francophonie
pour l'Administration et la Gestion,
Master of Business Administration
(Diplome d'Etudes Professionnelles Approfondies; DESS Certificat d'Aptitude
a l'Administration des Entreprises) |
| Professional career |
• June
1992 - February 1993: Bulgaria, Ministry of Industry,
Head of branch - Administration Department
• April 1993–December 1998: Bulgaria, Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Agrarian Reform, Policy Advisory and Pre-accession Unit - PHARE,
Expert - Information Manager
• October
1998–March, 1999: Luxembourg, Statistical Office of the European Commission
(Eurostat)- Luxembourg, Direction F – Statistics of agriculture, environment
and energy
Trainee in unit F2 – Statistics of crop and animal production and land use
• Since
January 1999: Bulgaria, Ministry of Agriculture
and
Forestry,
Director of the Agrostatistics Directorate
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| Languages |
• English
and French |
| Marital status |
• Married |
| Contact details |
Tel: 985-11-255
Ĺ-mail: press@mzgar.government.bg |
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Vladimir Karamishev
Deputy Executive Director
State Fund Agriculture – SAPARD Agency
|
| Date of birth |
• 19 July 1974 |
| Education |
• Oct.
1992 – Dec. 1996: University for National and World Economics,
MBA Finance |
| Professional career |
• 1995-1997:
TS Bank (Headquarters) Bulgaria,
Expert foreign currency management, Interbank operations and Liquidity Department
• 1997-1998: BASA – Bulgarian Aerospace Agency Bulgaria, Chief financial
officer
in charge of financial management of the Agency
• 1999 Rovotel
Financial Manager
• Since Nov. 1999: State Fund Agriculture, SAPARD Agency,
Deputy Executive Director |
| Languages |
• English, Russian, German |
| Marital status |
• Married |
| Contact details |
Tel: 985-11-255
Ĺ-mail: press@mzgar.government.bg |
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Demina Ivanova Bairaktarska
Head of Phare Programme Department,
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
| Date and place of
birth |
• Demina Ivanova Bairaktarska was born in Sofia |
| Education |
• Graduate
of the Higher Institute of Architecture
and Civil Engineering in Sofia, speciality Irrigation
and Drainage.
Additional qualifications
and courses:
• Additional
specializations in the USA in management of modern irrigation
systems, in UN-FAO, Rome in formulation and management
of development projects, in UK and Netherlands in financial
and economic analysis of investment projects in agriculture,
project management, system audit, Phare DIS and FIDIC
contracting procedures.
• Accredited by the British Central Computer and Telecommunication Agency (CCTA)
and Association for Project Management as a certified PRINCE Practitioner (Certificate
of Accreditation No P2/00588).
• Diploma for trainer for project management
and for extension services.
• More than ten publications in the area of irrigation and project management.
• Acting trainer in project formulation and management.
• Consultant
on FAO and the World Bank |
| Professional career |
• Started
her career as a designer at the Research Institute of
Irrigation and Drainage (RIID) in Sofia.
• 1984-1993:
Researcher at RIID
• 1993-1999:
Project Controller at Phare PMU-Agriculture at Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry in charge of contracting
and implementation of projects for
technical assistance, supplies and works in the area
of land reform, privatization of SOEs, development of
administrative
capacity at MAF and its services.
• Since 1999: Head of Phare Programme
Department at MAF and is directly responsible for the planning, successful contracting
and implementation of 5 Phare financial memoranda for agriculture. |
| Languages |
• English and Russian |
| Marital status |
• Married with three children |
| Contact details |
Tel: 985-11-255
Ĺ-mail: press@mzgar.government.bg |
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