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Kamelia Petkova Tsvetkova - Nedialkova
08.10.1975
Bulgarian
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Institute for the Study of Societies and
Knowledge
13A, Moskovska str.
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
359-2-980 90 86
GSM: (+ 359) – 888 – 360 300
kamelia.petkova@gmail.com
Education
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Degrees
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Degrees
Ph.D. degree
MA degree
Scientific positions:
Sociology
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Social
stratification,
Inequalities and Identities, Communities,
Child Poverty, Entrepreneurship,
Ethnic minorities, Discrimination, Antidiscrimination policies, Research Methods
Research fellow
Ph.D. in Sociology
M.A.
2003: Ph.D. in Sociology - Institute of
Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Sociology of Labour and Social Policy
Dept., Title of the dissertation thesis:
“Strategy for competitiveness”. Date of the
defense: 08.03.2003
1999: M.A. in Economic Sociology and
M.A. in Economy, University of National
and World Economy”, Sofia, Bulgaria. Title
of the graduation thesis: “Personal culture
of Bulgarian Entrepreneurship”; Grades:
Average in the annual exams - Excellent
5.24. (Maximum grade = Excellent 6.00)
Practical experience
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute
for the Study of Societies and Knowledge,
2 years, “Communities and Identities”
Dept. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
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Institute of Sociology, 4 years, “Communities and
Social stratification” Dept.
Expert and consulting activity:
Participacipation in the work of Department
“Demographic policy, social investment and equal
opportunity, Ministry of Labour and Social policy
in the period 2004-2009; Type of activity:
Developing of National strategy for demographic
development of the population (20062020);Developing of National plan for action for
demographic development of the population;
Preparation monthly reports on demographic
policy and equal opportunities; Periodic data
analysis of demographic indicators; Preparation of
methodology for monitoring of the National
strategy for demographic development of the
population (2006-2020) and for annual plans for
action.
Membership in different institutions: Member of “Union of the sciences in Bulgaria”
Academic activities
Participation in schools
and conferences:
Conference “Demographic processes and labour
force in Bulgaria”, Sofia , 27-28 may 2008.,
Organized by Center for Population Studies,
MLSP and Economic and Social Council of the
Republic of Bulgaria
Conference “Bulgarian Villages- between romance
and sober assessment”, place: Institute of
Sociology, 2008., Organized by Institute of
Sociology,
Conference “Young people in European Bulgaria”,
place:Sofia, 29-30 may 2007., Organized by Center
for Population Studies and "Ivan Hadjiyski"
Institute for Social Values,
Conference “Тhe Roma integration in Bulgarian
society”, Organized by Institute of Sociology,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, place: Sofia, 2007,
Conference “Provision of support for Policy
development in the area of demographic
processes”, Organized by UNFPA, , place: Sofia,
2007,
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Conference “Developing of National strategy for
demographic development of the population”,
Organized by UNFPA, place: Bankq, 2005,
Conference “Social Protection”, Organized by
Ministry of Labour and Social policy , place: Sofia,
2004,
Conference “Peer reviewing of national reports on
employment policy”, Organized by Ministry of
Labour and Social policy , place: Sofia, 2004,
Conference “European Structural Funds”,
Organized by Ministry of Labour and Social
policy, place: Sofia, 2004,
Conference “Poverty line – method for analysis”,
Organized by World Bank, place: Sofia, 2004,
Publications list:
Petkova, K., Tilkidjiev, N., Milenkova, V.,
Nedelcheva, T., Hristova, S., Mileva, N., 2010.
“Successful Roma: From Historically Inherited
Biases to Modern Identity” In: CALITATEA
VIETII, Anul XXI.Nr.1-2 .2010, pp.203-212
Petkova, K., Tilkidjiev, N.,Milenkova, V.,Mileva.N.
2009., “Roma dropped out”, Open Society
Institute – Sofia. ISBN: 978-954-9828-66-5
Petkova, K. 2009. “Aspects of Well-Being in
Bulgarian Villages”, in conference “ Bulgarian
Villages- between romance and sober assessment”,
Bulgaria Rusticana, Sofia , 2008., Publisher by
Institute of Sociology, Sofia, 2009;
“EU equal opportunities policies. Methodological
Handbook for the State Administration”, Sofia,
2008
Petkova, K. 2008. “Population Ageing and the
Labout Market”, in conference “Demographic
processes and labour force in Bulgaria”, Sofia , 2728 may 2008., Publisher by Center for Population
Studies, MLSP and Economic and Social Council
of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia, 2008;
Petkova, K. 2007. County Report Bulgaria. In:
Decade of Roma Inclusion 2007 Update, Printed
in Hungary by Createch Ltd. pp. 24-25.
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Petkova, K. 2007. “Young people on the labour
market in the context of the demographic
challenges”, in conference “Young people in
European Bulgaria”, Sofia , 29-30 may 2007.,
Publisher by Center for Population Studies and
"Ivan Hadjiyski" Institute for Social Values &
Structures, Sofia, 2007;
Petkova, K. 2007. “The role of Roma women in
the process of roma educational integration in the
Bulgarian society”, in conference “Тhe Roma
integration in Bulgarian society”, Publisher by
Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences, Sofia, 2007.
Results of National Representative Survey:
Mihailov.D; Minchev.V.; Boshnakov.V;
Petkova.K; Nikolova. K; Budjeva.R; Petrova.N;
Qnkov.B., Families models and Migration, 2007,
Publisher by UNFPA, Sofia, 2007; pages: from 17
to 30 (In Bulgarian).
Petkova., K., Budjeva., R., Nedialkov.,L. 2007,
“How to find a relevant job. Specialised Guide for
Persons with Disabilities”, Sofia
Tsvetkova, К., 2002, “The competitive company,
Institute of Sociology”, Bulgarian Academy of
Science, Sofia
Tsvetkova, К., 2003., “Competition and behavior
of the company”, Alternatives magazine,
University press, University of National and World
Economy
Tsvetkova К., 2003, “The competitiveness
strategy”, magazine Balkans’21.,
www.balkans.hit.bg
Participation in national/
international
scientific research projects:
2009-2011, Name of project: “Institutional
Capacity Building project for the Ministry of
Labour and Social policy, Name of the
organization: International Training Centre of the
ILO, Position occupied: External Collaborator,
ROI consultant
2010-2011, Name of project: “Successful Roma”,
Name of the organization: Ministry of Education
and Science, Position occupied: Sociologist –
Consultant
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2007, Name of project: “Families models and
Migration”, Name of the organization: UNFPA,
Position occupied: Sociologist – Consultant
2006, Name of project: “ The voices of Roma
women”, Name of the organization: Bulgarian
Fund for Women, Position occupied: Sociologist –
Consultant
2005, Name of project: “Survey on needs of the
people with HIV/AIDS in Bulgaria”, Name of the
organization: UNAIDS, Position occupied:
Sociologist – Consultant
2004, Name of project: “Multi topic households
survey (MTHS);”, Name of the organization:
World Bank, Position occupied: National
consultant
Languages
(With a one-word description of your knowledge of a language according to the scheme
conversational-intermediate-advanced-fluent)
English
Russian
Listening – excellent; Speaking – excellent; Writing – excellent;
Listening – excellent; Speaking – very good; Writing – very
good;
Computer skills
Windows 9x,
Windows XP Professional;
Windows Vista;
Microsoft Office, incl.: Word, Excel, Power Point;
SPSS;
Internet
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