George C.
Marshall Association - Bulgaria continued its initiative
for supporting talented young pupils in informatics from
the High School Students Institute of
Mathematics and Informatics by organizing a two-day
training course on "Serious Gaming". The lectures were
given by Dr. Zlatogor Minchev - IT Director of the
Association. All 17 participants were certified and
awarded a jubilee edition: "Bulgarian Pocket
Encyclopedia", devoted to 140th anniversary of the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Varna, July 21-22,
2010,
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At the invitation of NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Dr.
Zlatogor Minchev - IT Director, George C. Marshall
Association - Bulgaria took part in "NATO Tour of
Opinion Leaders to Allied Command Transformation",
Brussels-Washington-Norfolk, May 30 - June 4, 2010.
George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria supported
the initiative of National High School "Sofia" for
organizing young pupils' mathematics and physics competition in the framework of the
Academy "Logos".Dr. Zlatogor
Minchev - IT Director and Ms. Irena Nikolova -
Resources Director, both from George C. Marshall
Association - Bulgaria awarded the participants.
First place was given to the team of the
"Academicians", second - to the team of "Excellents",
Sofia, April 20, 2010.
At
the
invitation of the George C. Marshall European Center
for Security Studies, Dr. Zlatogor Minchev - IT
Director and Ms. Irena Nikolova - Resources Director,
both from George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria gave a
lecture on "Bulgarian Emergency Management
System" during the Civil Security Community of
Interest Event "Interagency Biological Restoration
Demonstration - European Case Study", organized
jointly with: George C. Marshall European Center for
Security Studies, Department of Defense - USA, US
Department of Homeland Security and Seattle Urban Area, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany,
29-31 March, 2010.
Round Table Discussion
"Countering Corruption", Key
Speakers: Mr. Iliya Nalbantov (George C. Marshall
Associations - Bulgaria), Amb. Valery Ratchev
(George C. Marshall Alumni Club - Bulgaria) and Mr.
Thomas Peebles (Resident Legal Advisor at the US
Embassy, Sofia); Organized by: George C. Marshall
Association - Bulgaria, George C. Marshall Alumni
Club - Bulgaria with the support of the European
Center for Security Studies "George C. Marshall",
Sofia, Hilton hotel, March 15, 2010.
National Security
Strategy - Round Table Discussion, Organized by:
Association of the Officers from the Reserve
"Atlantic", Foundation "National Security Research",
George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria, Ministry
of Defense; Information Ceter of the Ministry of
Defense, Sofia, February 22, 2010.
George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria continued
its initiative (started
in 2009) in awarding young Bulgarian talented
students on mathematics and informatics during the X
jubilee conference of the High School Students Institute of
Mathematics and Informatics, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, January
15-17, 2010.
International Conference for NATO 60 years anniversary:
Towards a New Transatlantic Strategy for the Wider Black
Sea Region, Organized by CSEES with the support of:
George C. Marshall European Institute for Security
Studies, Sofia, Bulgaria, Hotel Holiday Inn, November 30
- December 1, 2009,
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The George
C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria took part in NATO ASI
"The Role of the Security Sector Governance for the
Democratic Transition of the Western Balkans", Plovdiv,
Bulgaria, June 25 - July 3, 2009,
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At the
invitation of the US Embassy Marshall Center Director
Dr. John Rose made a visit to Sofia, Bulgaria, April 27-29,
2009,
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Publications
Security Focus and
Security Sector Watch
The new issue of our
bulletin (July, 2010) continues the
Bulgarian debate about NATO's New Strategic Concept and
extends this debate with some opinions within NATO's
Comprehensive Approach, including: security and
technological challenges, the Afghanistan mission
problems and the Alliance's and some other possible
international efforts for its solving. You will find
articles from: Zlatogor Minchev, Iliya Nalbantov and
Ivan Lidarev,
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The new issue of our
bulletin (November, 2009) continues
the Bulgarian debate about NATO New Strategic Concept
and extends this debate with some international opinions
from Georgia and Uzbekistan. You will find
articles from: Mihail Naydenov, Antoniya Shalamanova,
Nino Kukhianidze and Oybek Makhmudov,
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The new issue of our
bulletin (September, 2009) is devoted to
the NATO New Strategic Concept Debate starting and the
role of Bulgaria. You will find articles from: Iliya
Nalbantov, Veselin Petkov, Zornitsa
Yahiya, Zlatogor Minchev, Georgi Dukov and
Vladimir ShopovRead more...
The new jubilee issue of
our bulletin (April, 2009) is devoted to
the 10 years
anniversary from the first Bulgarian Military Doctrine
(in 1999), the NATO 60 years
anniversary and the 5 years anniversary of the Bulgarian
membership in NATO. You
will find articles from: Velizar Shalamanov, Dobromir
Totev, Iliya Nalbantov, Stefan Hadjitodorov, Nikolay
Pavlov and Zlatogor Minchev,
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Websites
Bulgarian
Knowledge Portal on Operational Analysis and Computer
Assisted eXercises,
http://www.caxbg.com
Velizar Shalamanov, Zlatogor Minchev, Todor Tagarev,
Irena Nikolova, Veselin Petkov, Nikolay Pavlov, Marija
Dermenjieva and Alexander Tsankov, SECurity RESearch
and Change Management in the Security Sector. The Bulgarian
Experience 1999-2008(Sofia: Demetra Ltd, 2008, in
Bulgarian).
Klaus Niemeyer, Velizar Shalamanov, Todor
Tagarev,Tsvetomir Tsachev and Michele Rademaker, NATO
Operations Research Support to Force and Operations Planning in the New
Security Environment - SfP 981149 Final Report(Sofia: Artgraf, 2008).