I am a consultant for project development of international arts and culture initiatives, sometimes a project manager too. As an expert on European programmes and policy for education and culture my particular focus is on creativity and intercultural dialogue.
In the last 12 months I have acted as an evaluator for EC Framework Seven Programme, EC EuropeAid European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument, as a consultant to the National Fund for Culture Bulgaria, as a trainer for Fabrikata and Art Office in BG and as BG partner to the UE® arts consultancy initiative in Romania. As a manager of Intercultura Consult, I guide relevant applications for the BG cohesion funds and SEE intercultural partnerships as well as challenging educational or creative partnerhips proposal.

For a number of years, I was based in Amsterdam and worked as project manager of the European League of Institutes of the Arts.I have also acted as an external evaluator for the European Commission and have offered international trainings on project proposal writing and fundraising for arts/culture projects.

One recent initiative that I would liek to share is the Innovation Arts and Culture project '07. It created a European exchange and dialogue platform on strategies for the development of the cultural sector, the arts education sector and the creative industries. The Innovation Arts and Culture ’07 publication of the project is available as free PDF download at inter-cultura.eu.

Academic bckgr
- PhD researcher in Economy of Culture at the University for National and World Economy in Sofia.
-post-academic research Laureate of Visual Culture and Arts Theory at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, the Netherlands. -
MA in Society and Politics (with Distinction) from the Central European University HU/UK
-BA in English Philology and British Studies (with Distinction) from the Veliko Turnovo University, Bulgaria.
Languages: Bulgarian, English, Russian, Dutch, Spanish, German, Polish