Education: University of Veliko Tarnovo (2002 - 2003), Master "Accountancy".
University of National and World Economy (1997 - 2001), Bachelor "Economy with specialization sociology".
From 2002 to the present, working at the National Statistical Institute, holding various positions in the field of Labour statistics.
Language skills: Excellent command in English.
The ‘Statistics on Labour costs, Research and Development, Innovation and Information Society’ Department shall perform the following activities:
1. process and distribute official statistical information on the state and dynamics of employed persons, vacancies, labour costs, scientific research and development (R&D), innovations and the information society (use of information and communication technologies by enterprises, households and individuals);
2. organize, conduct and be responsible for research on short-term statistics of employment and labour costs in order to provide monthly and quarterly information on labour remunerations, employers' costs related to the hired labour they use, and vacancies;
3. organize, conduct and be responsible for the research included in the NSP on annual statistics of employment and labour costs in order to provide annual data on the average salary and labour costs in accordance with the requirements of European legislation;
4. monitor the salary structure in order to provide detailed and comparable information on the European level about the distribution and the relationship between the amount of remuneration, the individual characteristics of the employees and those of their employer;
5. organize, conduct and be responsible for the research included in the NSP, for scientific research and development activity (R&D), budget expenditures for R&D, innovation activity and information and communication technologies in households and enterprises;
6. develop new and improve the existing methodologies, methods and tools of the statistical research carried out by the department in a way that ensures maximum compliance with the quality requirements of the European Statistical System and satisfaction of users' needs;
7. be responsible for the operational planning and reporting of statistical studies in the field of employed persons and labour costs, research and development, innovation and the information society;
8. provide methodological assistance and cooperation to the respondents, to the experts from the RSO, to other statistical bodies and the users of statistical information regarding the statistical studies conducted by the department;
9. participate in the work of Eurostat and other international organizations in the form of working groups, task groups, seminars and pilot projects, as well as in the work of interdepartmental and intradepartmental expert groups on topics related to employment statistics and labour costs, scientific research and development, innovation and the information society;
10. develop and update technical assignments for the automatic processing of information from statistical studies conducted by the department;
11. participate in the coordination and updating of the regulatory framework in the field of the labour market, research and development, innovation and the information society in accordance with the requirements of national and international standards;
12. organize and conduct events to improve the quality and reliability of the collected and provided information about the employed persons and labour costs, research and development activities, innovations and the information society;
13. prepare quality reports and metadata for publication on the websites of Eurostat and NSI in the field of employment statistics and labour costs, research and development, innovation and the information society;
14. maintain dynamic rows and provide data from statistical studies conducted by the department for general statistical publications, international questionnaires, as well as for user information service;
15. participate in the development and updating of the classifications, nomenclatures and registers used in NSI.
