CURRICULUM VITAE
Areas of expertise (symbols legend)
🌏 = International Relations
⭐ = European Union
⚖️ = Law
🎨 = Culture
🤖 = Technology
📢 = Communication
Education
Master's Degree in International Technology Law (LLM): Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, September 2021 - May 2023, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), average grade 8.25 out of 10.00, 66 ECTS, EQF Level 7 ⚖️🤖🌏
Main subjects: Technology Law; European and International Law; Intellectual Property Law; Law and Ethics on Robots and AI; European Consumer Law in a Digital society; Big Data, Human Rights, and Human Security; Legal Methodology
Thesis: Pointing the EU Digital Compass outward: multilateral AI diplomacy as a case of shaping international technology law
Double Bachelor's Degree in International Relations (IR) + Protocol, Event Management and Corporate Communication (POECC): Rey Juan Carlos University, September 2016 - June 2021, Madrid (Spain), average grade 9.37 out of 10.00 (Extraordinary Degree Award), 240 + 240 ECTS, EQF Level 6 🌏📢⭐🎨
Erasmus+ exchange at University of Greenwich, London (United Kingdom), September - December 2018
Main subjects: International Relations theory; European Union and Community law; Procedural Law and International Tribunals; International organisations and institutions; Interculturality; International and comparative protocol; Corporate and institutional communication; Ceremonies and events management and operations; Marketing and promotion of events
International Relations thesis: The Cultural Diplomacy of the European Union: the cultural relations with People's Republic of China (see in Research tab)
Protocol thesis: The diplomatic protocol with Chinese characteristics: between the Confucian values and the foreign policy of great power (see in Research tab)
Professional Training in Business Administration (BA): University of National and World Economy, April 2015 - March 2017, Sofia (Bulgaria), grade 6.00 out of 6.00, EQF Level 5 🌏⚖️
Work experience
Full-time equivalent (FTE) until 15.09.2024 = 1100 days. If 220 days / year = 5 years.
Political, Press and Information section - Junior Professional in Delegation: Delegation of the European Union to Panama - European External Action Service (EEAS), 16 September 2023 - (ongoing), Panama City (Panama), 295 days FTE until 15.09.2024 🌏⭐📢🎨
Cultural and Public diplomacy: organisation of events (Europe Day, film screenings, exhibitions, language day, debates, concerts, green, etc.), project ideation and implementation oversight, promotion of Erasmus+, budget planning and control, procurement and relations with service providers, support to management of Youth Sounding Board, launch of Team Europe Youth initiative
Communications: content creation and management of website and of social media including ads, speech writing, design of visibility items, press releases and relations with the press, weekly press review, oversight of project visibility
Political relations: monitoring of policy developments and political analysis, periodic and ad hoc reporting, participation in meetings/events with government authorities and civil society, coordination with other EU institutions/projects and EU Member States, electoral observation
Research Collaborator and Communications Coordinator: culture Solutions, 8 December 2020 - (ongoing), pro bono, 232 days FTE 🎨🌏⭐📢🤖
Research: individual research on the impact of AI on EU cultural relations (see project) and other individual and team publications (see Research)
Communications: strategy development and implementation, including graphic design of templates and social media posts, as well as audience monitoring; newsletter creation and audience growth; since February 2023 coordination of the Communications team (3 members)
Outreach: participation in podcast preparation and production; participation in events organisation; contribution to the compilation of Brussels who's who database
Web design: web design, development and content creation, monitoring and audience growth management, Google Search
Business management: participation in annual strategic planning; support to Human Resources and to Business Development and Fundraising including applications for grants and other types of funding
Legal Sector - Blue Book Trainee and interimaire: European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) and Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER), 1 October 2022 - 31 May 2023, Brussels (Belgium), 164 days FTE ⚖️⭐
Legal counselling and revision of public procurement procedures (open calls, mid and low-value negotiated procedures), contracts and amendments, and support to colleagues dealing with grants and indirect management
Legal analysis and advice to operational staff from DG MOVE and DG ENER on public procurement
Annual planning, tracking and reporting, in coordination with Budget cell
Preparation of instructions and trainings, and improvement of internal processes, including intranet
Internships
Legal and Operations: We Share Forward Foundation, 1 November 2021 - 31 August 2022, The Hague (The Netherlands), 104 days FTE ⚖️📢
Legal support and advisory, including the drafting and review of legal documentation such as contracts, non-disclosure agreements, privacy and cookie policy, due diligence, application for status of public benefit organisation
Drafting of applications for EU calls for funding (e.g. Horizon Europe or Erasmus+) and support to partnership-building
Project management: market analysis of digital solutions for measurement and management of social impact and Sustainable Development Goals including interviews with top ranked, preparation of the partnership with the chosen company
Process management: improvement of the efficiency of internal processes through operational support on Salesforce, Mailchimp, Canva, email and other software
Web development and content creation, domain and hosting administration
Global Human Resources Processes: Cargotec Bulgaria, June 2019 - September 2019, Sofia (Bulgaria), 13 days FTE 📢
Communication: preparation of presentations and informative notes
Training: development of the Onboarding program, design of e-learning courses, LMS management and benchmarking
Youth Activities: Vitosha Youth Information and Cultural Center, June 2015 - August 2015, Sofia (Bulgaria) 📢
Administrative and organisational tasks for European projects, in collaboration with European volunteers
Web and social media management
Volunteering
Secretary (Board member): Equipo Europa, July 2021 - June 2023 (re-elected), volunteer, 195 days FTE⭐📢
Administration: membership applications and database management; handling of contracts and other documents; notes keeping during meetings; organisation of elections; liaison with the Commission on Legal Affairs; answering enquiries
Project management:
supervisor of the programme Euroculture, including design of weekly posts, publication of learning course in the intranet and tour guides;
supervisor of the Committee on Opportunities, including design of weekly posts, publication of opportunities board in the intranet, organisation of periodic webinars and an OpportEUnities Fair
Process management: implementation of a feedback system; optimisation through process maps and instructions; transparency and quality improvement through publication of quarterly and yearly reports
Web design and communications: web development and content creation; audience monitoring; members database management and mailing
Communications Coordinator: Equipo Europa, July 2020 - July 2021, 97 days FTE ⭐📢
Web design: development of a new website and a dedicated intranet; content creation; audience monitoring; members database management
Communications: creation of a brandbook, secondary logos, templates; social media management, content creation and audience monitoring; strategic and crisis communications planning; newsletter and mailing (see more information)
Research: part of the Working Group on Digital Transformation which drafted policy recommendations on Cybersecurity for the Conference on the Future of Europe (see in Research tab)
Project management:
team lead of the Working Group on European identity, including event management, survey conduct and analysis, and social media posts;
implementation of an onboarding programme, including materials, welcome events and buddy assignment
OVImun 2020: Director of Communications, January - September 2020 📢🌏
Chinese New Year Festival in Madrid 2020: Staff, January 2020 🎨
URJC MUN 2017: Conference official in the Committee UN WOMEN, February 2017 🌏
Sofia Underground Art Festival 2016: Staff 🎨
Water Tower Art Fest 2016 and 2015: Staff 🎨
Career with a Cause 2015: Staff 📢
Languages
Bulgarian: native
English: C2 (A at CAE)
Spanish: C2 (DELE C1)
Chinese: B2 (HSK4)
Russian: B1
Italian: A2
French: A2
Courses and diplomas
European Union Law: Summer School Nebrija, Jean Monnet Chair EUDEFENCE, 3-7 July 2023, online ⭐⚖️
EU Values in Times of Crisis: Navigating Challenges and Upholding Unity: Summer School, European Papers Jean Monnet Network, 20-23 June 2023, Salamanca (Spain) ⭐🌏⚖️
EU External Relations Law: Summer School, Centre for the Law of EU External Relations (CLEER) and University of Maastricht, 27-29 June 2022, online ⚖️⭐🌏
Untangling EU-China Relations: Future CHOICE Summer School, China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE), 27-30 May 2022, Kutna Hora (Czech Republic) ⭐🌏
Europe101 Leadership programme: Common Purpose, April-May 2022, online
Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations with concentration in Global Governance Institutions: Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, October-December 2020, online (see paper in Research tab) 🌏🎨
EU's International Cooperation (April 2022), The European Union: current state and future perspectives (August 2021), Present and future of the European institutions (August 2020): Equipo Europa, online ⭐
Tour Guide Diploma: Center for Professional Training, June 2016, Sofia (Bulgaria) 🌏
Online courses (MOOCs)
International Relations 🌏⭐
Cultural Diplomacy: European University Institute
Geopolitics of Europe: Sciences Po
Understanding Europe: Why It Matters and What It Can Offer You: HEC Paris
Introduction to Contemporary Geopolitics: National Research University Higher School Of Economics
Geopolitics and Global Governance: Risks and Opportunities: ESADE Business And Law School
Global Diplomacy - Diplomacy in the Modern World: University Of London
Global Diplomacy: the United Nations in the World: SOAS University Of London
International and Cross-Cultural Negotiation: ESSEC Business School
Media and Arts for Peace: United States Institute of Peace
Intercultural Relations; External Relations of the EU; EU language policies: Project EURASIA
Law and technology ⚖️🤖
Internet Giants: The Law and Economics of Media Platforms: University of Chicago
The Lawyer of the Future: LegalTech and the digital transformation of Law: Universidad Austral
AI for Legal Professionals (I and II): National Chiao Tung University
Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law: UNESCO and The Future Society
Introduction to Innovation and Technology in Legal Services: The University of Law
The Laws of Digital Data, Content and Artificial Intelligence (AI): The University of Law
Understanding the GDPR: University of Groningen
International Cyber Conflicts: The State University of New York
Introduction To Creative AI: UAL Creative Computing Institute And Institute Of Coding
Project Management and communication 📢
Google Project Management Professional Certificate
Project Management: European Institute for Leadership and Management
Project Management for Beginners: Project Management Institute
Six Sigma Yellow Belt Specialisation: University System of Georgia
Strategic Communication To Counter Security Threats In The Disinformation Era: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Arts and Heritage Management: Università Bocconi
Culture 🎨
Intercultural Communication: Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
Culture and Tourism: Nankai University
Cultural Heritage and the City: European University Institute (EUI)
Global Studies: Cultures and Organizations in International Relations: Grenoble Ecole de Management
Anthropology: Understanding Societies and Cultures: The University of Newcastle Australia
Honours and awards
Extraordinary Degree Award: Rey Juan Carlos University, 2021
Academic Excellence Award: Community of Madrid; 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Laurate in the Bulgarian National Olympiad in Spanish: Ministry of Education of Bulgaria, 2016
Winner in essay competition “Cervantes and the human world”: 164 Spanish School Miguel de Cervantes, 2015
Winner in short story competition: Spanish Embassy in Bulgaria, 2014
Exchange programmes
Erasmus+ student exchange at University of Greenwich, London (United Kingdom), September - December 2018 🌏🎨📢
Erasmus+ youth exchange Turn Creativity into Business, Timisoara (Romania), July 2015 🎨
Erasmus+ high school project Travelers and translators. Routes that build Europe, Rome (Italy) and Paris (France), October 2013 - June 2015 🌏
Networks and associations
Digital Ethics working froup of ENCC 🤖🎨
Young Professionals in Foreign Policy 🌏⭐
Young Professionals in Digital Policy 🤖⭐
Europeana Network Association (ENA) 🎨
Europa Nostra 🎨
culture Solutions 🎨🌏
European Students' Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) 🎨
Equipo Europa ⭐
together.eu ⭐
European Guanxi ⭐🌏
Algorithmic Justice League (AJL) 🤖
Past membership
Project Management Institute (PMI) 📢
European Commission Trainees Association (ECTA) ⭐
Digi Juridica at VU Amsterdam ⚖️
European Movement Spain (CFEME) ⭐
European Cultural Parliament - Future Generations (ECP - FG) 🎨
Protocol and Events Management Association (APOE URJC) 📢
Technical skills
Office: Google Suite, Microsoft Office (Excel MOS Certificate) and 365 📢
EU corporate tools ⭐
Design and editing: Canva, intermediate Photoshop and Lightroom, Prezi 📢
Web design and administration: WordPress, SharePoint, Wix, Google Workspace including Analytics, Search Console and Ads; intermediate HTML and CSS 🤖
CRM/mailing: Mailchimp, Sender, intermediate Salesforce 📢
Project Management: ClickUp, Asana, Trello 📢
Other: SurveyMonkey (surveys), Articulate 360 (e-learning) 📢
Soft skills
Efficiency 📢
Adaptability 📢
Organisation, planning and reporting 📢
Problem solving 📢
Fast learning 📢
Proactivity 📢
Creativity 🎨
Team and project management 📢
Attention to detail 🎨
Intercultural communication 🎨🌏
Interests and hobbies
Travel and languages 🌏
Yoga and meditation 🌏
Technology 🤖
Artificial intelligence 🤖
Web and graphic design 📢🎨
Project management 📢
Jewelry Design 🎨
Photography 🎨
Cultural diplomacy 🎨🌏
European Union ⭐
China 🌏
UNESCO 🌏🎨