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International Relations and Projects Department

Maria Prokopova-Gochova

Acting Head of International Relations and Projects Department

Master of Business Administration, specialty ‘Economics and Management of the Public Sector’ - Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’.
Bachelor's degree in ‘English Philology’ - Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski".
In 2019, she completed a management course at Fujian Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Officials’ Training Center at the Ministry of Commerce, China.
In the period 2010 - 2023, she was an expert and chief expert at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
She works at the National Statistical Institute from March 2023, she has been appointed as Acting Head of ‘International Relations and Projects’ in February 2024.

Contact Information:
Address: Sofia 1038, 2, "P. Volov" Str.
Telephone:: +359 2 9857 505
 

 

The ‘International Relations and Projects’ Department shall perform the following functions:

1. organize and coordinate the joint activities with the statistical office of the European Union (EU) - Eurostat;

2. organize and coordinate the international activities and establishing operational contact with EU institutions, as well as with partner institutions and international organizations;

3. coordinate, plan and control the implementation of national, European and international programs and projects, the participation of NSI representatives in meetings of working groups and committees, seminars, conferences and trainings;

4. organize the work of Working Group 12 "Statistics" of the Council on European Affairs (CEA), coordinating the preparation and coordination of framework positions, written opinions and instructions on European legislation with the relevant institutions at the national level and providing them to the EU institutions on competence;

5. supports the exchange of information through the EUnet and InfraSolv information systems.