Mira Yossifova

Experience

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  Media Entertainment Ltd.

  Sept 2006 - Apr 2007

  Photographer, journalist

  Writing articles, taking interviews, taking photo-shoots and responsible for the photographic design of the company's magazine.

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  Human Resource Deelopment Centre

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  Bulgarian national coordinator for the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission
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  Human Resource Development Centre

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2012

  Conducting research and writing analyses in the field of education policy and the implementation of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission on national level. Preparing the annual work programme of the National Agency. Preparing the National Agency for a smooth transition towards the new programme period (2014-2020). Performing evaluation of various project initiatives on national and European level. Participating in meetings, discussions and conferences in the field of educational development on national and European level. Show less Coordinating the National Team of Bologna Experts and Bulgarian national coordinator for the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission. Writing, implementing and reporting educational projects to the European Commission. Participating in international meetings on European level as a coordinator of Erasmus Mundus programme for Bulgaria. Participating in joint educational projects with member states of EU.Developing and coordinating a national network of higher educational experts in Bulgarian universities.Publishing articles and materials about the development of higher education in Bulgaria and in EU. Organizing events, conferences and meetings. Show less

  • Expert, Education Research and Planning Unit

    Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

  • Expert Education

    Mar 2009 - Jun 2012

  • National Team of Bologna Experts 2007-2010 Coordinator

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  • PR & Information Assistant

    Oct 2007 - Mar 2009

  • Technical Assistant

    Jun 2007 - Oct 2007
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  National Employment Agency

  Jun 2012 - Nov 2020

  Project management. Conducting strategic studies, analyzes, evaluations and writing reports in the field of labor market. Design and implementation of employment and educational policies, financed by European Union and Investment Funds or other international financial institutions and donors, including cross-border cooperation programs, Danube transnational cooperation program, etc. Writing and preparation of project documentation for grant award procedures.Organization and participation in presentations, awareness campaigns, press conferences and workshops related to the employment and education policies. Show less Project management. Design and implementation of employment and educational policies in the field of the labor market, funded by the EU and other sources. Preparation of analyzes, proposals, opinions, reports and reports related to the implementation of the employment policies. Organization and participation in presentations, awareness campaigns, press conferences and workshops related to the employment and education policies. Contracting beneficiaries of EU funds. Organization, coordination and control of the overall activities of the Department. Show less Conducting studies, analyzes, evaluations and writing reports in the field of labor market. Design and implementation of employment and educational policies, financed by European Union and Investment Funds or other international financial institutions and donors, including cross-border cooperation programs, Danube transnational cooperation program, etc. Writing and preparation of project documentation for grant award procedures.Organization and participation in presentations, awareness campaigns, press conferences and workshops related to the employment and education policies. Show less

  • Chief Expert Employment and Projects, Department "Programming and International Activities"

    May 2018 - Nov 2020

  • Head of Department "Programming and Contracting"

    Apr 2013 - May 2018

  • Chief Expert Employment and Projects, Department "Programming and Contracting"

    Jun 2012 - Apr 2013
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  Ministry of Interior Affairs

  Feb 2015 - Apr 2015

  Project Proposals Evaluator, External Expert

  Provision of consultancy services for technical and financial assessment of project proposals submitted under the programmes BG 12 “Domestic and Gender-Based Violence” and BG 13 “Schengen Cooperation and Combating Cross-Border and Organized Crime, including Trafficking and Itinerant Criminal Groups”, financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (NFM) 2009-2014

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  Ministry of Culture

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  Program Coordinator for Outcome 2 "Access to arts and culture improved" of the Cultural Entrepreneurship, Heritage and Cooperation Programme, funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

  • Head of Department "European Programmes and Projects"

    Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  • Program Coordinator

    Nov 2020 - Nov 2021
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  State Agency for Research and Innovation

  Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

  Innovation Policy Expert

  Preparation of ongoing and strategic analyses, assessments and opinions related to analytical support for the policy development and implementation process on the interaction between research, innovation and technology.Identifying and supporting the development of key collaborative projects and programmes between business and research organisations through public-private partnerships. Developing proposals and analyses for public policy on the interaction between research, innovation and technology. Development of draft regulations related to the process of preparation, resourcing of the processes of development and implementation of the state policy on interaction between research, innovation and technology. Show less

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  Ministry of Innovation and Growth, Bulgaria

  Mar 2022 - now

  Preparation of ongoing and strategic analyses, assessments and opinions related to analytical support for the policy development and implementation process on the interaction between research, innovation and technology.Identifying and supporting the development of key collaborative projects and programmes between business and research organisations through public-private partnerships. Developing proposals and analyses for public policy on the interaction between research, innovation and technology. Development of draft regulations related to the process of preparation, resourcing of the processes of development and implementation of the state policy on interaction between research, innovation and technology. Show less

  • Director of Policy and Analysis Directorate

    May 2023 - now

  • Innovation Policy Expert

    Mar 2022 - May 2023