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2004-2008:

Website Manager, Chief Editor and Senior Consultant, Laboratory for European Cultural Cooperation, European Cultural Foundation, www.eurocult.org, www.labforculture.org (2005-2008)

  • Strategizing the overall content development, partnership building and online production of the Laboratory
  • Contributing to the marketing strategy implementation and users’ participation
  • Managing and coordinating the editorial group, commissioned partners and consultants, in close cooperation with the Steering Committee and Stakeholders forum
  • Assistance in conceptualizing the laboratory’s policy and actions, in a broad and complex pan-European partnership mode
  • Ongoing upload of new content on the website and liaison between online presentation and offline events
  • Identifying potential partnership and fundraising opportunities
  • Representing the laboratory at key events across Europe and beyond

Key Trainer and Consultant, Innovative Strategies for Local Development: Capacity Building for Cultural Institutions in the Kaliningrad Region. Marketing and Fundraising modules (2005-2007)

  • Conceptualising and consulting on the program curricula
  • Conducting series of seminars on cultural policy, cultural development, arts marketing and fundraising
  • Consulting of local cultural organisations in Kaliningrad on setting up their strategic plans, starting new programs and building partnership

Project Manager, Gateway to Cultural Cooperation (an online project, incorporating search engine, supported by the European Commission DG Education and Culture, initiated by the European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, http://www.eurocult.org (2005-2006)

  • Managing a consortium partnership of four major European organsiations
  • Content development and delivery
  • Budgeting and financial management
  • Monitoring and reporting
  • Liaising technical and content online development with offline initiatives

2002-2004:

Member of the Editorial Committee, Canadian Cultural Observatory, Department of Canadian Heritage, Ottawa, Canada, www.culturescope.ca (2003-2004)

  • Consulting and participating in the development of the international dimension of the observatory
  • Uploading online diverse international resources in cultural policy, arts and society, arts management, creative cities, etc.
  • Participation in working group meetings on and offline
  • Writing reports on the state of international cultural cooperation

Tutor and Group Mentor, International Policy Fellowship Program, Open

Society Institute, Budapest http://www.policy.hu/ipf/ (2002-2004)

2002-2008:

Visiting Lecturer in Fundraising and Arts Marketing, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia http://www.arts.bg.ac.yu/index_en.html (2002-2008)

2000-2003:

Director, Arts and Culture Network Program, Soros Foundations’ Network (the Open Society Institute Headquarter, Budapest, www.osi.hu).

  • Strategizing, developing, monitoring, overseeing and evaluating program components and projects, covering 29 countries of Central and Eastern Europe
  • Supervising and developing all components of the A&CN program in terms of contents, implementations, budgets and results
  • Liaison between the NGO sector and the governments
  • Organizing range of policy and artistic workshops, often in partnership
  • Speaking, moderating and facilitating discussions at numerous events across Europe
  • Consulting the cultural coordinators of the  Soros foundations in 29 countries, as well as cultural institutions and grantees
  • Lecturing and research work diverse issues related to cultural and non-profit policy, management and marketing
  • Monitoring and supervising budgets, fundraising and matching grants
  • Developing partnerships and cooperation with key international organizations
  • Reporting to the Arts and Culture Sub-Board
  • Representing A&CNP at various international events

1995-2000

Head of Department of Social and Cultural Management and  Economics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia (1997-2000)

Tutor, lecturer and consultant of human resource management and marketing, the Open University, London / School of Management, Sofia (1995-1999)

Full-time Professor of cultural and social management and economics, Department of Social and Cultural Management and Economics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia

1995-2000

1993-1997

Founder and President of the Balkan Arts Foundation (1993-1997)

1992-1993

Assistant, Economic and Commercial Department, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Sofia, Bulgaria

1989-1992

Consultant, advisor and trainer with the Civil Society Development Foundation and the Democracy Network  (1989-1995)

Consultant to the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and Trade Union of Bulgarian Actors; Participation at the ad hoc Legislative Committees (1989-1992)

PhD researcher; Graduate Research Assistant on Economics and Management of the Arts, Institute of Labor Studies, Sofia (1986-1991)

Researcher,  Management Consultant, Orgsystem State Co., Sofia (1985-1986)

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