{"id":416,"date":"2026-06-25T10:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenunited.eu\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:06:46","slug":"bulgarian-school-of-politics-dimitry-panitza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenunited.eu\/el\/partners\/bulgarian-school-of-politics-dimitry-panitza\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bulgarian School of Politics \u201cDimitry Panitza\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bulgarian School of Politics \u201cDimitry Panitza\u201d (BSoP) is a non-governmental non-profit organization with public benefit purposes, which has been training the political and civic leaders of Bulgaria since 2001. It is among the co-founders of the Network of Schools of Political Studies under the auspices of the Council of Europe. The network comprises of 21 members from different regions, including Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Northern Africa. Since 2023 the School is an ambassador of the European Citizens Initiative to Bulgaria.
BSoP has established itself as a leading organization for democracy strengthening during times of transition in countries from the post-Soviet Union, the Balkans and North Africa. In pursuing its mission to create a community of political and civic leaders based on the values of pluralism, tolerance, human rights and informed debate, BSoP has become a vehicle for transfer of expertise in the fields of leadership training of political, civic, business, media and professional leaders and institutional capacity building of organizations that run similar training programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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WP2 & WP3 <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Within the project framework, Bulgarian School of Politics \u201cDimitry Panitza\u201d will develop the \u201cFoundations of Inclusive Citizenship Education<\/strong>\u201d handbook under WP2 and contribute to WP3 by creating the \u201cImpactful Civic Engagement for Future Administrators<\/strong>\u201d module.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Final Dissemination Summit <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It will also support New Bulgarian University in organizing the Dissemination Summit in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ivan Nachev<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
Executive Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ivan Nachev is the Executive Director of the Bulgarian School of Politics \u201cDimitry Panitza\u201d. He is a Bulgarian political scientist and an expert on EU political integration. He graduated in Political Science from Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d and specialized in European integration at the Center for European Studies and the Center for European Governance at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 1993, he has been a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at New Bulgarian University. His academic interests include political theory and practice, European integration theories, as well as strategies and policy practices. He has served as the director of the political analysis and forecasting magazine Bulgarian Observer and as editor-in-chief of the journal Political Analysis. He is a member of the Bulgarian Association of Political Science, the European Studies Association (ESCA), and the Europe Team at the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Nachev has published extensively on EU political integration, political elites, and the development of creative economies in EU member states, in Bulgarian, English, French, and Turkish.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aleksandar Ilchev<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
Program Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Aleksandar Ilchev is a program Director of Bulgarian School of Politics \u201cDimitry Panitza\u201d. He holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Environmental and Resource Management from the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus, Germany and a Master\u2019s degree in Sustainable Resource Management from the Technical University of Munich. His professional interests include sustainable development, energy efficiency, climate change, and the promotion of informed citizenship and civic engagement through education and inclusive governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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