OUR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
OUR TEAM
You can expect professional attitude, quality and efficacity in our work.
IVAN NEYKOV
CHAIRMAN
has over 30 years of experience in the fields of social policy, labor law and industrial relations. His work involves analyses, assessments and strategies.
DIMITAR MATEV
VICE CHAIR
has over 20 years experience in funds and programme management. His work focuses on CSR, industrial relations, and socal auditing for Fair Labor Association.
YORDAN DIMITROV
OPERATIONS MANAGER
has over 20 years of experience in programmes and projects management. He leads the research and business activity of the Institute.
ZLATKA GOSPODINOVA
CSR SOCIAL AUDITOR
has nearly 20 years of experience in projects management and as social audits expert for international organisations like FWF and FLA.
Valentina Stoitseva
PROJECT MANAGER
has over 15 years of experience in project administration under the Operative Programmes HRD and Competitiveness in Bulgaria.
Galina Boncheva
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
has over 20 years of experience in training, vocational guidance and coaching of youth and vulnerable groups. She has degree in educational pedagogy.
Borislava Borisova
VOCATIONAL COACH
has over 15 years of experience in training, vocational guidance and coaching of youth and vulnerable groups. She has degree in educational pedagogy.
Nadejda Miteva
PROJECT COORDINATOR
has over 5 years of expertise in project management, social innovations and policy research. Additional interests: living labs, user needs and social rights.
Maria Minkova
PROJECT COORDINATOR
has over 20 years of experience in grant funding programmes, Bulgarian-Swiss partnerships and management in sustainable development and workability assessment under the ICF.
Rosen Matev
PROJECT COORDINATOR
has over 10 years of experience in project drafting, consortium building, project coordination and administration for several donors, mainly the EU.
VERA VELEVA
PROJECT COORDINATOR
has near 10 years experience in proposal drafting, coordination for national and European-level donors and research methods in diverse social relevant fields.
Richard Wheeler
EUROPEAN OPERATIONS ADVISER
is a specialist in artificial intelligence and computer science with long-dated experience with the Programme for research and innovations of the EU.
Investing in people and partnerships
The Balkan Institute of Labour and Social Policy is a non-governmental, voluntary, independent and non-political non-profit association established in September 2001.
BILSP works in priority areas such as managing European funds and other international donor programs, corporate social responsibility, lifelong learning, labour market, human resources, industrial relations, social security and social protection, health and safety at work, labour law, social policy, social entrepreneurship, and vocational training. BILSP has a wide national network of 15 associated partner organisations in 15 districts in Bulgaria that help BILSP to effectively carry out activities in the regions and provide national and regional coverage. International partners of BILSP are non-governmental organisations, research institutes, universities, business and consultancy companies from Austria, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Greece, Spain, Slovenia, Romania, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, USA, Macedonia, Albania and Serbia. BILSP has implemented and works on projects commissioned by: Bulgarian OP Contracting Authorities, the European Commission, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions - Dublin, the International Trade Union Confederation, the International Labour Organization, the World Bank, UNDP, Fair Labor Association, USA (FLA), Fair Wear Foundation - The Netherlands, GTZ - Germany, GVG - Germany, Freedom House - USA, Conrad Adenauer Foundation.
