CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal details
Name: Vyara Gancheva
Birth date: 16.07.1961
Nationality: Bulgarian
Contact address: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge
13 A, Moskovska str
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone number: 359-2-980 9086
GSM: (+ 359) – 888 469262
E-mail:
Education
Describe your scientific research area(s). Sociology of organizations and politics; public policies; Global and Regional development; Marketing & Communications; Media Research; Public Opinion Research; Civil Society; Sustainable Development. Poverty and Social Inclusion, Social Policy
Degrees
· and academic ranks: Head assistant professor ( 2010)
Research Associate Ist degree
Ph.D. degree 1990, PhD in Sociology, Institute of Sociology, BAS, “Scientist’s mobility” -Sociological Thesis
Specializations
International University Centre- Dubrovnik1987 / Study Course “Ethics and Sociology”
International University Centre - Dubrovnik,
1991 / Postgraduate Study Course “Sociological problems of the expertise”
Ministry of Culture, British Council
2000 / Training: “Art Management”
Time Foundation
2001 / Study Courses: “LA 21, Resources Mobilization, Work with Media”.
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy,
PHARE Project SMAEP, 2002 / Trainings: “European Pre-Accession Programs; Policy Context; Project Management; Monitoring and Evaluation”
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), PHARE, 2002 / Study Course: “Capacity building for applying of ARHUS convention”
UNESCO/ MOST and ISSC
Sofia, 2002 / “Comparative Research in the Social Sciences”,
Summer School
New Bulgarian University
Sofia, 2003 / “Public Relations & Marketing Communications”
Summer School
New Bulgarian University
Sofia, 2004 / “The Bulgarian Image in the Process of European Integration” , Summer School
European Commission, 3RD Training Seminar, Sofia 2005 / “The Project Circle: Technical, Financial and Legal Aspects of FP6 Project Preparation and Completion”
American University in Bulgaria, Centre for European Programmes, Sofia, 2007 / “Training for trainers on Sustainable Development” Pilot Grundvig3 training course under the EU grundvig1 project, euSDET
MA degree 1979-1984, Sofia University, Department of Sociology
Practical experience
Scientific positions: Institutions, years, departments.
Date from – Date to / Location / Company / Position / Description2010-2011 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge, “Sociology of Economics and Politics”, now “Public Policies and Social Changes” / Head assistant professor
PhD / Theoretical and empirical studies; projects, publications.
Social assessments
Evaluation and monitoring.
2008-2010 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Institute of Sociology, Dept. “Sociology of Economics and Politics” / Research Associate Ist degree,
PhD / Theoretical and empirical studies; projects, publications.
Social assessments
Evaluation and monitoring.
1998 – 2007 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Institute of Sociology, Dept. “Global and Regional Development” / Research Fellow,
PhD / Theoretical and empirical studies; projects, publications.
Social assessments
Evaluation and monitoring.
1988 – 1998 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Institute of Sociology, Dept. “Sociology of Science” / Research Fellow, PhD / Theoretical and empirical studies; projects, publications.
Social assessments.
1997-2011 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Forum for Sustainable Development “FOCUS” / Chair-person / Institutional Development and Management, Networking, Sustainable Development, Research/PR Expertise; Consultations. Experience with Media, PR, Mass Communications.
Social assessments.
1985 –
1988 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Institute of Sociology / Postgraduate Study. / “The Mobility of the Scientists.” Theoretical and empirical studies; projects, publications.
Teaching experience:
2009-2011 / Sofia, Bulgaria /University Of Library Studies And Information Technologies UNIBIT
/ LecturerMaster degree / ”Communications and Sustainable Development”,
Convincing Communication
2001-2011 / Sofia, Bulgaria / Sofia University, Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communications / Lecturer
Master degree / ”Communications and Sustainable Development”,
“Sociology of the Book & Print media”.
1999-2000 / V.TarnovoBulgaria / Veliko Tarnovo University / Lecturer / ” Social Problems of Sustainable Development”
1996-1997 / Sofia, Bulgaria / New Bulgarian University / Lecturer / ”Science and Education”.
Expert and consulting activity:
Client /Year
/Project
/Responsibilities
The Presidency of Republic of Bulgaria / 1991 - 1992 /“Democratisation and Economic Changes”
/National representative sociological survey and SWOT analysis:
Member of the team.
Center for Study of Democracy / 1994 /“Brain Drain in Bulgaria”
/National representative sociological survey: Focus groups. Member of the team.
Bulgarian Association for Fair Elections and Civil Rights / 1995 /“Citizens and Local Authorities”
/Social assessment: Focus groups in the 16 municipalities. Member of the team.
UNDP / 1997-1998 /“Capacity 21” Program -Module “Capacity building and Sustainable Development: Educational Program for Journalists”
/National Consultant for Capacity assessment and Training Programme. National representative study: Training Needs Assessment. Leader of the educational/sociological team.
MOST-UNESCO, “Friedrich Ebert” Foundation, Regional and Global Development Assoc. / 1997-1999 /“Bulgarian and Eastern Europe controversial tendencies in the continuing transformation”
/Desk research. National representative study. Assessment of the social risks and social inclusion process. Preparation, conduction and reporting. Member of the sociological team.
UNDP, USAID, FRGO, REC for CEE / 1998 /“The Revived Civil Participation”
/Sociological survey of the participants in the National Meeting of the NGO’s in Bulgaria. Social Assessment - Preparation, conduction and reporting. Leader of the team.
NOEMA (sociological agency) / 1998 /PR Consultant/
Survey’s Program
/PR Consultations.
Leader of the sociological team. Preparation, conduction and reporting
British Council, Regional Environmental Center for CEE (REC); Sofia, G.Orjahovitza &Dobritch Municipalities / 1998 /“Partnership creation between local authorities, NGO’s and mass media by the management of ecological projects”
/Social Assessment and Monitoring of the Partnership.
Conduction and reporting.
Leader of the research team.
USAID, Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), J. Hopkins University / 1999 /“NGO’s in Bulgaria: Capacity Assessment”
/ Capacity Assessment. Monitoring and evaluation. PEST analysis. Nodal analysis. Linkage analysis.Member of the team.
MOST-UNESCO, Regional and Global Development Association / 1999- 2000 /
“Global, Regional and National conditions of the unemployment”
/EU Programs and Policies for Job Creations, The case of “Beautiful Bulgaria”. Social Assessment and Monitoring of the programme
Preparation of the Case study. Publication. Member of the team.
Sofia Municipality, Regional and Global Development Association / 1999 - 2000 /“Sofia’s New City Plan”
/Preparation, conduction and analysis -Sofia’s representative survey. Member of the team.
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), PHARE / 2001 /“Information campaign for building up of National Center of hazardous waste”
/Ex-ante social assessment and monitoring of the civil participation.
Leader of the research team.
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), PHARE / 2001 / Civil participation in the project “Information campaign for solid wastes management in Sofia” /Ex-ante social assessment and monitoring of the civil participation.
Leader of the research team.
Bulgarian Association for Fair Elections and Civil Rights / 2001 /“President’ s Elections”- survey
/Parallel accounting: representative survey. Member of the team.
Pernik Municipality, Regional and Global Development Association / 2001 /“Pernik community: Unemployment and Human Resources”
/Representative sociological survey. Assessment of the social capital and the social inclusion policies. Member of the team.
Roma community center “Romani Cherhen (Gipsy Star)”, PHARE – ACCESS / 2001 /“O’ kam pekel savorenge” (“The sun shines for all”)
/Training. Assessment of the social exclusion - survey. Leader of the research team
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, PHARE / 2002 /“PFIPPD - Capacity Assessment and Training Needs Assessment”
/Capacity Assessment and Training Needs Assessment”. Member of the team.
EU-5th Framework Program / 2003 /“EU Thematic Network project REGIONET ”
/Implementation of the Open Method of Coordination.
Monitoring of the Regional Policy. Reporting the best practice in Bulgaria. Member of the team.
WWW International Danube - Carpatian Program / 2003 / “Toolkit for High Conservation Value Forests in Bulgaria “ / Identifying, Managing and Monitoring. Preparing a Toolkit.National consultant: social problems and social policy, social inclusion process and environment. Member of the team.
World Bank, National Council on Ethnical and Demographic Issues,
Roma Parliament / 2003 / “ Assessment of the Implementation of the Framework Programmme for the Equal Integration of Roma into Bulgarian society” / Social assessment, creation and elaboration of a National Operational Plan for the Implementation of the Framework Program for the Equal Integration of the Roma in Bulgarian society. Member of the team.
Government Information Service / 2003 / “The Eurointegration and Local Mass media” in town of Kardjali / Organization and conducting the seminar /training, financed by “Communication Strategy for Euro integration of the Republic of Bulgaria”. Leader.
World Bank, National Council on Ethnical and Demographic Issues, Anti-Poverty -Information Center / 2003 / ”Study of the Main Problems of the Mixed Population’s Regions with economy in depression“ / Assessment of the national, regional and local policies. Elaboration of the National Strategy for Development of the Mixed Population’s Regions.
Member of the team.
Vitosha Research (sociological agency) / 2003-2004 / “UNDP- Bulgarian office assessment”; “Informal networks in Bulgaria”; “Conflicts’ potential in Bulgarian society” / Social assessment.
Desk research. Deep interviews. Member of the sociological team.
Open Society
“Future for Bulgaria” Foundation / 2003-2004 / “Mediators” Educational Program for Journalists and PR / Trainings. Member of the team.
Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences / 2004 / “National Strategy for Demographic Development” / Social assessment: social inclusion process and preparation of National Strategy. Member of the research team
Ministry of Environment and Waters and Danish Environmental Protection Agency / 2004 / Sociological survey as an input for the updated National Strategy for the Environment / Social assessment.
National representative sociological survey: preparation, conduction and analysis.
Desk research. Leader of the team
Dutch Presidency and Hungarian Ministry of Environment / 2004 / European Informal Environment Council-May 2004, Budapest / Recruiting/Organization the Bulgarian delegation’s participation in the Regional workshop. Leader
Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works / 2004 / Review and actualization of the 19 log frames materials regarding the achievement indicators and information resources of PHARE projects / Analysis and updating of the indicators and sources of information of PHARE projects, monitored by Sectoral Monitoring Sub- Committee “Regional Development and Cross-border Co-operation” in 2005. Leader of the team
Ministry of Environment and Waters and ICARO Ltd. / 2005 / ISKAR Pilot Project / Social assessment.
Sociological survey: “Public Participation and Evaluation” . Leader of the team
Italy, Mango (CN);
Malta, Hamrun;
Bulgaria, Sofija-“Znanie Association”;
Romania, Timisoara / 2006 / “Elderly never lonely- Equal treatment and human dignity for elderly people”. / Social assessment.
Sociological survey: “Elderly never lonely” - preparation, conduction and analysis. Leader of the team
ЕU 6 FP /
АPELL EUROPA / 2007-2008 / “ EUROPREVALL -The Prevalence, Cost, and Basis of Food Allergy across Europe” / Sociological survey: “The Prevalence, Cost, and Basis of Food Allergy across Europe”
Leader of the national team.
EEA Financial Mechanism,
Foundation for Local Government Reform in partnership with the Bulgarian Environmental Partnership / 2008 / NGO Fund - Bulgaria / Expert-
Assessment of project proposals:
· Protection of the environment and promotion of sust.development
· Development of civil society and protection of human rights
Operational Programme
Administrative
Capacity / 2008 / „Human Rights- Step by step” Association / Desk research and depth interviews-
Report "Strengthening the capacity of the civil society structures”
Analysis and organizational audit.
European Management Centre,
Bulgaria / 2008-2009 / SME-TraiNet Project – 142786-2008-AT-LEONARDO-LNW / Desk research and depth interviews - “Report on Training and Support Structures for young SMEs in Bulgaria”
Leader of the national team.
Ministry of Health / 2010 / “Prevention and Control of HIV / AIDS” Program / Desk research, Report “Review and analysis of sociological research” Member of the interdisciplinary team
Membership in different institutions: …………………………………………..
1991 - Bulgarian Sociological Association
1991 - 1994 Institute for Development of Democracy
1991 - 1995 Parliamentary Club of Journalists
1997 - Public Relations Society
1997- Forum for Sustainable Development - Focus
1998- Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
1999- EU Association of Journalists
2000- NGO Anti poverty-Information Center
2004 European Informal Environment Council
2007- АPELL EUROPA
2007- Roma’ Union for Sport and Culture
Academic activities
Participation in schools Participation in more than 40 national and more than 20 international conferences.
and conferences:
Publications list:
1. The Scientist as an Organizer. Nauchen Zhivot No 3/1990, pp. 15-17.
2. The Scientist as Communicator. The Bulgarian Contribution. Nauchen Zhivot 6/1990, pp. 3-5.
3. Scientific Work in the Material Production. Mobility of Scientists. Sotsiologicheski Pregled 4/1990, pp. 20-32.
4. Second Job and Rotation as Forms of Scientists’ Mobility. Sotsiologicheski Problemi, 2/1991, pp. 68-76.
5. “Brain Drain in the Perspectives of Opinion and Science Policy.” Report of the international seminar “Transformation of Science in Poland - Brain drain issues”. ROSTE, Poland, 1992.
6. The citizens and local government: discussions in 16 municipalities, Bulgarian Association for Fair Elections and Civil Rights, 1995, Sofia.
7. The potential emigration of the scientists in Bulgaria /Dynamics and Perspectives/. Institute of Sociology & National Science Fund of Bulgaria, Sofia, 1995, 55pp (coauthor).
8. Communication Problems of the Unemployed. In: Central and Eastern Europe: Continuing Transformation, Nikolai Genov, Ed., Sofia, UNESCO-MOST, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1998, pp. 272-286.
9. Programs for Job Creation: The Case of “Beautiful Bulgaria”. In: Unemployment. Risks and Reactions. Nikolai Genov, Ed., Paris-Sofia, UNESCO-MOST, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1999, pp. 312-324.
10. Communication Problems of the Unemployed. In: Continuing Transformation in Eastern Europe. Nikolai Genov, Ed., Berlin, Trafo Verlag, 2000, pp. 198-204.
11. Sociological survey among the participants in National meeting of the non-profit organizations. In: Newborn civil participation, 24-25 October 1998, Sofia, pp.137-216. (Coauthor).
12. Civil society and mass media. In: “Perspectives of the Sociology in Bulgaria”, N. Genov, Ed., University publishing house, Sofia 2001, pp. 433-454.