Name: Zora Borissova Blagoeva

t/f:++3592/9812975, 9802472, 9874135

e-addresses: zora2b@ime.bg

ime@omega.bg, http://www.ime-bg.org

Date of Birth: 23 August 1975

Nationality: Bulgarian

Marital status: Single

1995 - ongoing Institute for Market Economics (IME) .

Present: co-ordinating project “Bulgaria-Romanian Task Force”, sponsored by

OSF-Bulgaria, (April-October 2000); conducting research of the sub-project “Country Preferences and Factors That Determine Official Attitudes Towards Balkan and European Integration”.

Co-organizing conference “Ethnic Communities and Economic Policies”,

sponsored by PERK, Czech republic, 28 June -1 July 2000;

Recent: full-time researcher and co-ordinator of the project “Competitive Advantages of Regions: Public Debate and Assessing Countries Competitiveness” (Jan. 1998 - Nov. 1999), sponsored by the World Bank Institute, Washington DC and the Government of Austria.

Full-time researcher and co-ordinator of the “Barriers to Growth on the Balkans” Project (Dec. 1995 - Oct. 1997), sponsored by US Agency for International Development, USA and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Germany.

Duties include: research and analysis of information concerning the relations between countries involved in the 3-E-Net, keeping constant contact with regional partners; assessing economic results, barriers to growth of the region, competitive advantages of countries and economic sectors, EU integrarional promblems and advantages, participation in the organization of seminars; assistance in the preparation of publications; participating in media appearances; translation; responsible for press clipping and all IME media appearance record.

1991-1995 University for National and World Economy, Sofia;

Specialty: International Economic Relations; Master Thesis: “Bulgaria and EU: Problems and Perspectives”; graduated with distinctions

1987-1990 Russian Secondary School, Ulan Bator, Mongolia; graduated with distinctios

Projects management:

Co-ordinating project “Barriers To Border Crossing and Road Transport on Balkan Peninsula”, sponsored by USAID, 1997;

Co-ordinating project “Development of Microcredit Institutions in the Current Bulgarian Environment”, sponsored by OSF Bulgaria, 1997;

Co-organizing conference “Facing the Future: Balkans In the Year 2010”, sponsored by Freedom House, German Marshall Fund, 1999;

Co-organizing conference “Increasing Business Across Borders”, Regional Conference On The Southeast Europe Trade Initiative, 2000;

Co-ordinating project “Constitutional Reforms in South-East Europe”, sponsored by OSF-Bulgaria, 2000;

Co-author of projects:

Conditions For Long-Term Growth and Prosperity On the Balkans, sponsored by Freedom House, 1999;

Barriers to Free Enterprise, sponsored by USAID, 1997;

Corruption and Public Procurement In EU Associated Countries (in the pipeline);

Costs and Benefits of Accession To EU for Bulgaria (in the pipeline);

Blagoeva, Zora and Stanchev, Krassen, “Economic Growth on the Balkans: Problems of the Informal Sector”, Ikonomika Monthly, Bulg., April 1996;

Blagoeva, Zora and Beilock, Richard, “International Auto-transport”, Wirtschaftsblatt, Germ., February 1997;

Blagoeva, Zora, “Bulgaria and Europe: Rhetoric Of Bulgarian Media”, Eng., IME Newsletter, March-April 1999;

Blagoeva, Zora, “What Did and Did Not Happen Between Bulgaria and Europe Recently”, Demokratichen Pregled Monthly, Bulg., March 1999;

Blagoeva, Zora, “Balkans 2010 - Bosna & Herzegovina” background paper, presented at conference Facing the Future: Balkans In the Year 2010 - Economic Scenarios, Eng., May1999;

Blagoeva, Zora, “Balkans 2010 - Slovenia” background paper, presented at conference Facing the Future: Balkans In the Year 2010 - Economic Scenarios, Eng., May1999;

Blagoeva, Zora, 5 chapters for Bulgaria Investment Guide (Procedures for Company Constitution; Autonomy of the Partner; Organizational and Managerial Aspects; Breaking-up and Closing the Company; Contractual Joint-Ventures; Solution of Controversies), Eng., November 1999;

Editor and co-author of chapter, IME book “Creating Competitive Clusters in Bulgaria”, Bulg., Jan 2000.

Co-author, “Legal and Regulatory Reform. Impacts on Private Sector Growth”, Eng./Bulg., April 2000.

Computers: Word for Windows, Excel, MS DOS, Scanning Software, Internet, etc.

Languages: Full skills in English, Russian, working knowledge in German.

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