Projects
Current Projects
• Network Society for a New Public Consensus
Duration: 2011 –
Sponsor: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Iliya Nalbantov
Past Projects
• SECurity RESearch and Change Management in the Security Sector. The Bulgarian Experience 1999-2008
Duration: 2008 –
Sponsor: NATO SfP 981149
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov
• NATO Operations Research Support to Force and Operations Planning in the New Security Environment – SfP 981149
Duration: 2004 -2008
Sponsor: NATO SfP 981149
Leading organization: Institute for Paqrallel Processing – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov
• Security Focus and Security Sector Watch Bulletin
Duration: March 2003 –
Sponsor: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Blagovest Tashev
• From National to Civil Security: Scientific Support for Effective Transformation of the Security Sector in Bulgaria (Project # 1037/2005)
Duration: September 2005 – December 2007
Sponsor: National Science Fund of Bulgaria
Leading organization: Defense College “Georgi Rakovski”
Project leader: Todor Tagarev
• Operations Research Support to Force and Operations Planning in the New Security Environment (Project # 981149)
Duration: March 2005 – December 2007
Sponsor: NATO Science for Peace Programme
Leading organization: Institute for Parallel Processing – Bulgarian Academy of Science
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov
• Establishing Security and Stability in the Wider Black Sea Region: The Role of New Democracies, international advanced workshop sponsored by NATO’s Security Through Science Program
Duration: March 2006 – October 2006
Sponsor: NATO, Security Through Science Programme
Leading organization: Centre for SouthEast European Studies, Sofia
Project leader: Manol Yanchev, Peter Volten, Blagovest Tashev
• Development of Methodology for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Duration: May 2005 – December 2005
Leading organization: Center for National Security and Defense Research – BAS
Project leader: Todor Tagarev
• Computer Assisted Exercises (CAX) for Emergency Management
Duration: May 2005 – December 2005
Leading organization: Institute for Parallel Processing – BAS
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov
• Information Society after 11.09.2001: Security and Personal Freedom
Duration: December 2004 – September 2005
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Leading organization: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov
• Civil Security: Implementation of the Crisis Management Law
Duration: December 2004 – September 2005
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Leading organization: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov
• Early Warning And Policy Perspectives In The Transatlantic Security Agenda (Central And East European Point Of View)
Duration: May 2004 – February 2005
Sponsor: George Marshall Fund, USA
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Program for Integration of Bulgaria in NATO – II part
Duration: June 2003 – March 2004
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Leading organization: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov, Velizar Shalamanov
• Security Focus and Security Sector Watch Bulletin
Duration: May 2003 –
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Blagovest Tashev
• Bulgaria’s Readiness to Join NATO, regular reports
Duration: 2002 –
Sponsor: National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria, Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev
• Transparency of Defense Policy
Duration: May 2003 – March 2004
Sponsor: Democracy Commission, U.S. Embassy
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Todor Tagarev
• Bulgaria After Prague
Duration: May – December 2003
Sponsor: Democracy Commission, U.S. Embassy
Leading organization: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov
• NATO Membership and the Challenges Facing the Bulgarian Parliament, Report # 6
Duration: October – November 2003
Sponsor: Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Analysis and Assessment of the Strategic Defense Review’s Political Framework
Duration: July – August 2003
Sponsor: Ministry of Defense
Leading organization: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov, Velizar Shalmanov
• Bulgaria’s Readiness for NATO Membership, Report # 5
Duration: March – July 2003
Sponsor: Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Defense and Security Sector Governance and Reform in South East Europe
Duration: June 2002 – July 2003
Sponsor: Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces – Switzerland
Leading organization: Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces – Switzerland, George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Phillipp Flury, Jan Trapans, Velizar Shalamanov
• Security Sector Reform: Problems of Civil-Military and Inter-Agency Cooperation in the Security Sector
Duration: January – July 2003
Sponsor: Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces – Switzerland
Leading organization: Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces – Switzerland, George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Phillipp Flury, Velizar Shalamanov
• Program for Integration of Bulgaria in NATO
Duration: September 2002 – March 2003
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Bulgaria
Leading organization: Institute for Euroatlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov, Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev, Anyu Angelov, Todor Tagarev, Atanas Atanasov, Neli Ognyanova
• Support to the State Administration for Bulgaria’s Preparation to Join NATO
Duration: 2002
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov
• Charter for Cooperation Between Civil Society and Public Authority
Duration: 2002
Sponsor: Non-governmental Organizations’ Resource Center
Leading organization: Society and Information Association
Project leader: Zhivko Georgiev, Velizar Shalamanov, Krasimir Kanev, Raika Gavrilova, Stelia Stoichev
• Bulgaria’s Readiness for NATO Membership, Report # 4
Duration: December 2002 – February 2003
Sponsor: Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Methodology for Assessment of the Security Environment
Duration: October – December 2002
Sponsor: Ministry of Defense
Leading organization: Institute for Euroatlantic Security
Project leader: Amb. Konstantin Dimitrov, Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev
• Bulgaria’s Readiness for NATO Membership, Report #3
Duration: June – October 2002
Sponsor: Parliament of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Model of Defense Management of Republic of Bulgaria in the 21st Century
Duration: May – June 2002
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Bulgaria
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Stoyan Conkov, Blagovest Tashev
• Bulgaria’s Readiness for NATO Membership, Report #2
Duration: March – Маy 2002
Sponsor: National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Bulgaria’s Readiness for NATO Membership, Report #1
Duration: February 2002
Sponsor: National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Business Executives for National Security-Bulgaria (constitutional documents and program)
Duration: January – March 2002
Sponsor: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria
Project leader: Ralitza Mateeva
• NATO: Membership Readiness Indicator. Methodology for Assessment of the Readiness of the Candidate Countries to Join NATO
Duration: September – October 2001
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation – Sofia
Leading organization: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov and Prof. Lyubomir Ivanov
• Economic Arguments for Bulgaria’s Membership in NATO
Duration: September – October 2001
Sponsor: Bulgarian Employers Association
Leading organization: George C. Marshall Association – Bulgaria, Centre for Liberal Strategies
Project leader: Velizar Shalamanov, Georgi Ganev, Ralitza Mateeva, Todor Tagarev, Prof. Tilcho Ivanov