REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Diplomatic Institute

The Diplomatic Institute is the first school of its kind for the professional training of diplomats and civil servants in the field of foreign policy in Bulgaria.

National Advisory Board

A structure with an advisory function that supports the management of the institution with conceptual and strategic guidelines

About the Board

The National Advisory Board of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute is a structure with an advisory function that supports the management of the institution with conceptual and strategic guidelines and is composed of experienced diplomats, experts, and public figures.

Current mandate

The composition of the National Advisory Board has a mandate up to 31/12/2027.

The composition of the National Advisory Board is approved by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the beginning of each calendar year, and its meetings are convened and chaired by the Director of the Institute.

Board members

Experts from various fields who contribute with their professional experience to the strategic development of the Institute. By law, members of the National Advisory Board are a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Director of the Human Resources Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Hristo Polendakov
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Radi Naydenov
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Elena Nacheva
Director of the Human Resources Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Здравко Попов - Zdrako Popov
Assoc. Prof. Zdravko Popov
Director of the Diplomatic Institute (2003-2006), Editor-in-Chief of Diplomacy Journal
Public Diplomacy
Prof. Dr. Ingrid Shikova
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
European Affairs
Prof. Antoniy Todorov
New Bulgarian University
Political Sciences
Gergana Passy
President of PanEuropa-Bulgaria and the Digital National Alliance
Digital Society
Славчо Нейков - Slavcho Neykov
Slavtcho Neykov
Energy Expert
Energy Diplomacy
Ясен Георгиев - Yasen Georgiev
Yasen Georgiev
Executive Director of the Economic Policy Institute
Economic Diplomacy
Yordan Bozhilov
Chairman of the Sofia Security Forum
Defense and Security
Lubomir Kyuchukov
Director of the Economics and International Relations and Institute
Balkan Politics
Raycho Raychev
Founder & CEO of EnduroSat AD
Science Diplomacy, Innovations and Technology

Areas of expertise

The members of the National Advisory Board of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute are professionals from a wide range of specialized fields:

Strategic Management

Administrative Management

Human Resources

Public Diplomacy

European Affairs

Political Sciences

Digital Society

Energy Diplomacy

Economic Diplomacy

Defense and Security

Balkan Politics

Science Diplomacy and Innovations

Contact us

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