Draft Program
16th October, 2013
PROGRAM FOR FIU STUDENTS’ STUDY WEEK AT UNWE, SOFIA
PAD 5934 Course “Contemporary Issues in Public Administration”:
Democratic Transition and Administrative Reform
using the Country of Bulgaria as a Case Study
Day of the week
4th Nov., Monday
5th Nov., Tuesday
6th Nov., Wednesday
7th Nov., Thursday
8th Nov., Friday
9th Nov., Saturday
Morning Session
Small Conference Room, UNWE
9.30 -10.30 h. – Official opening,
10.30 – 10.45 h. – Coffee break
10.45 – 11.30 h. – Lecture 1
11.30 – 12.15 h. – Discussion
12.15 -13.30 h – Lunch at UNWE cafeteria
9.30 – 10.15 h. – Lecture 2
10.15 – 11.00 h. - Discussion
11.00 – 11.15 h. – Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45 h. – Lecture 3
11.45 – 12.30 h. – Discussion
12.30 -13.30 h – Lunch at UNWE cafeteria
9.30 – 10.15 h. – Lecture 4
10.15 – 11.00 h. - Discussion
11.00 – 11.15 h. – Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45 h. – Lecture 5
11.45 – 12.30 h. – Discussion
12.30 -13.30 h – Lunch at UNWE cafeteria
9.30 – 10.15 h. – Lecture 6
10.15 – 11.00 h. - Discussion
11.00 – 11.15 h. – Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45 h. – Lecture 7
11.45 – 12.30 h. – Discussion
12.30 -13.30 h – Lunch at UNWE cafeteria
9.30 – 10.15 h. – Lecture 8
10.15 – 11.00 h. - Discussion
11.00 – 11.15 h. – Coffee break
11.15 – 11.45 h. – Lecture 9
11.45 – 12.30 h. – Discussion
12.30 -13.30 h – Lunch at UNWE cafeteria
9.30 – 13.30 h
Saturday afternoon
Afternoon Session
14.00 – 16.00 h.
Visit to BG Parliament
(confirmed)
14.00 – 16.00 h.
Visit to the Institution of
Ombudsman
(confirmed)
14.00 – 15.30 h.
Visit to Sofia University:
(confirmed)
16.00 – 17.30 h.
Visit to NGO: Institute for Public
Environment Development
(confirmed)
15.00 – 17.00 h.
Visit to NGO: Bulgarian Chamber
of Commerce and Industry
(confirmed)
14.30 – 16.30 h.
Round Table at UNWE:
Discussion on Policy of Regional
Development in Bulgaria
Speaker: Mrs. Lilyana Pavlova,
Ph.D. (MP and former Minister of
Regional Development)
(confirmed)
Visit to the National Historical
Museum and Boyana Church
Free time
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LECTURES AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSIONS
Lecture 1 – Public Administration in Transition. Reforming Public Administration in
Bulgaria (assoc. prof. Polya Katsamunska, Ph.D., Department of Public Administration and
Regional Development, e-mail: polya_katsamunska@yahoo.com)
Lecture 2 – Finance Policy of Bulgaria (assoc. prof. Silvia Trifonova, Ph.D., Department of
Finance, e-mail: trifonovasilvia@yahoo.com)
Lecture 3 - Legal Base of Public Administration in Bulgaria: Civil Servants and State
Administration (ass. prof. Ilonka Goranova, Ph.D., Law Faculty, e_mail: ilgoranova@unwe.bg)
Lecture 4 – Labour Market in Bulgaria. Employment Policies and the Role of National
Employment Agency. (assoc. prof. Todor Todorov, Department of Human and Social Protection,
e-mail: todorov_t@unwe.bg)
Lecture 5 - Civil Military Relations and National Security Transformation in Bulgaria (prof.
Dimitar Dimitrov, Ph.D., Department of National and Regional Security, e_mail:
dimdim@unwe.bg)
Lecture 6 – Foreign Policy of Bulgaria (prof. Dinko Dinkov, Ph.D., Department of International
Relations, e_mail:dgdinkov@gmail.com)
Lecture 7 – EU Institutions and Public Administration (assoc. prof. Svetla Boneva, Ph.D.,
Department of International Economic Relations and Business, e_mail:
svetla_bogdanova@yahoo.com)
Lecture 8 – Civil Society and Public Administration in Bulgaria. Civic Participation in Policy
Making (assoc. prof. Denitsa Gorchilova, Ph.D., Department of Public Administration and
Regional Development, e_mail: gorchilova@yahoo.com)
Lecture 9 – EU Funding of Public Administration, Management of Operational Programmes
(assoc. prof. Matilda Alexandrova, Ph.D., Department of Management, e-mail:
matildaalex@hotmail.bg)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Working language – English.
* 6th Nov., 2013, Wednesday , 6.30 p.m. 18 h., at UNWE cafeteria - Welcome Reception for
students, lecturers and guests
* 6th November, 2013, 12.30 -14.00 h. at 4042 classroom – Lecture on Good Governance and
American Administration for students and academic members of UNWE, who are interested in the
topic. Lecturers: prof. Allan Rosenbaum, Ph.D and Judy Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
* Round Table on Policy of Regional Development in Bulgaria – Participants will be students in
Public Administration Program from three universities: FIU, UNWE and VFU.
* Accommodation of FIU group of students will be arranged at Vitosha Park Hotel, Sofia
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