CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Family name: Kopeva

2. First name: Diana Ilieva

3. Date of birth: January 24, 1963

4. Nationality: Bulgarian

5. Civil status: Married, one child

6. Education:

Institution

University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Sofia

Date:

March 1990 - October 1995

Degrees/Diplomas

PhD in Economics

Institution

Higher Institute of Economics, Sofia

Date:

September 1982 - March 1987

Degrees/Diplomas

MSc in Economics

 

7. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence):

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

English

5

5

5

Russian

4.5

4

4.5

French

3

2

2

8. Membership of Professional Bodies:

Since 1993 - Member of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

Since 1995 founder-member of Association of Bulgarians studied in Britain (ABSB)

Since 1996 founder-member of Bulgarian Union of Agricultural Economists (BUAE)

Since 1997 - member of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)

 

9. Other Skills:
  • Computer Literacy: Word, Word Perfect for DOS and for Windows, Winword, Excel, Quatro Pro, Lotus, Planperfect, Drawperfect, Power Point, SPSS
  • Driving License
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  1. Present position:

  • Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Agribusiness, University of National and World Economy, Sofia. Lecturing: (i)Entrepreneurship and Management of SME; (ii) Farm Management; (iii) Strategic Management.

  • Project Coordinator at the Institute for Market Economics, Sofia.

 

11. Years within the firm: Six

12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project):

  • International experience in policy formulation of Technical Assistance Programmes at sectoral level (agriculture and food industry). I have worked from 1992 until 1996 at the Policy Advisory Unit , PHARE Programme, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.
  • Experience in decentralised co-operation projects in Central Europe. I have been country co-ordinator of the ACE PHARE Project “Farm Restructuring in Central and East European Countries”. One of my responsibilities during my assignment allowed me to manage relations with several multilateral and bilateral donors.
  • Senior Researcher analysing the competitiveness of the Bulgarian Food Industry (PHARE, World Bank Institute)
  • A large experience in the programme formulation of the Commission of the EU and the project implementation and contracting of the EC.
  • The ability and experience of working in multidisciplinary, international teams.

 

13. Specific Eastern European Countries experience:

Country

Date and description

Bulgaria, FAEL

1998 - 1999

Project management and project evaluation

Bulgaria, FiBL

1998

Project external evaluation

Bulgaria, IME, CEGA -

1997 - ongoing

Opportunities for jobless Roma minority in Plovdiv region in agriculture - microcredit scheme.

Bulgaria, IME -

August - December 1998

Regional Development, Agrarian reform and Ethnic Conflicts

Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary

June 1997 - June 1999

CEEC’s - Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe, ACE PHARE Project - P96- 6090 - R

Bulgaria, IME

December 1997 - June 1998

Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Food Industry in EU Markets - PHARE Project BG-9409-03-03

Bulgaria, APAU, - PHARE Program, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry

June 1992 - December 1996

 

  1. Relevant professional experience record:

Date:

June 1987 - March 1990

Location:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Department of Agribusiness

Position:

Research Economist

Description:

Analyzing preliminary data for research projects .
   

Date:

June 1992 - October 1992

Location:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Joint mission of World Bank and EU PHARE Program

Position:

Member of the joint-team

Description:

Preparing a Strategy of Bulgarian Agriculture.
   

Date:

July 1992 - December 1995

Location:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Agricultural Policy Analysis Unit (APAU), PHARE Program, Ministry of Agriculture

Position:

Expert (Senior Researcher)

Description:

Providing analysis on the pace of land reform, land market, structural adjustments and privatization in agriculture and food industry.

   

Date:

December 1995 - October 1996

Location:

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Policy Advisory Unit (PAU), PHARE Program, Ministry of Agriculture

Position:

Consultant

Description:

Consultancy on land markets, land reform and structural adjustments (analysis of viability ad profitability of farms in agriculture.

Date

December 1997 - June 1998

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company

Institute for Market Economics (IME)

Position

Project Co-ordinator

Description

Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Food Industry in EU Markets, Case studies of different enterprises.

Date

mid 1998 - mid 1999

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company

Institute for Market Economics (IME) and World Bank Institute

Position

Consultant

Description

Project title: “Competitive Advantages of Regions: Vision of the Future and Creating Competitive Clusters”. Preparing case studies for canning industry and wine industry, analysing food industry cluster.

Date

September 1998 - June 1999

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company

FAO

Position

National Land Tenure Expert

Description

Project title: “Strategy for development of Bulgarian Agriculture and Food Industry”.


Date

September1999

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company

University for National and World Economy (UNWE)

Position

Team Leader

Description

Project title: “Economic Transformation of Rural Areas and The Role of Microfinance Institutions : Comparative Analysis in Bulgaria, Albania and Macedonia

Date

January 2000

Location

Sofia, Bulgaria

Company

Institute for Market Economics

Position

Team Leader

Description

Project title: Comparative Study on Land Fragmentation and its Economic and Social Impacts on Rural society in three EU Accession Countries: Bulgaria, The Czech Republic and Hungary