• On July 7, 2009, the two Bulgarian associations that bear the name of George C. Marshall were introduced at a conference in Brussels that formally launched the process leading to the new Alliance’s Strategic Concept. http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-408A92C7-DF9AA833/natolive/news_56119.htm

• 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, Read more...

• On the invitation of the US Embassy Marshall Center Director Dr. John Rose made a visit to Sofia, Bulgaria Apr 27-29, 2009, Read more...

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 Programme
Date: 5.04 - 9.04.2006
Organizer: Centre for SouthEast European Studies, Sofia
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev, Mery Borissova

NATO Enlargement: Integration of the Republics of Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 16.11. - 17.11.2005
Organizer: SMi Group, Great Britain
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

New Directions, New Priorities: The Changing Landscape of Transatlantic Relations, Wiston House, Great Britain.
Date: 13.06. - 17.06.2005
Organizer: Wilton Park, Great Britain
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

The Role of NATO and the EU in Addressing New Security Challenges, Zagreb, Croatia.
Date: 30.05. – 01.06.2005
Organizer: Institute for International Relations, Zagreb
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Southeast Europe on the Way into the European Union, Zagreb, Croatia.
Date: 03.06. - 04.06.2005
Organizer: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Post-Conflict Rehabilitation – Lessons from South East Europe and Strategic Consequences for the Euro-Atlantic Community, 6th Reichenau Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group “ Regional Stability in South East Europe, Riehenau, Austria.
Date: 29.04. – 02.05.2005
Organizer: Bureau for Security Policy at the Federal Ministry of Defense and the National Defense Academy
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Security Study Group, Partnership for Peace Consortium, Berlin, Germany.
Date: 08.02. - 09.02.2005
Organizer:
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov, Antoaneta Hristova

Officers in the Reserve - A bridge between the armed forces and the civil society, round table, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Date: 20.12.2004
Organizer: The Association of the Officers in the Reserve "Atlantic" and the US Government Democracy Commission
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

One year after the Revolution of roses: Achievements and failures. Can Georgia be one of the New democracies?, International conference, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Date: 17.12.2004
Organizer: Center for Liberal Strategies-Bulgaria and a number of Georgian non-governmental organizations
Participant: Philip Dimitrov and Velizar Shalamanov

The outcomes of the US presidential elections and its effect on the US policies in the SEE and the Black Sea region, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 15.12.2004
Organizer: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security and the US Government Democracy Commission
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Meeting of the Security Sector Reform Study Group of the PfP Consortium, Budapest, Hungary.
Date: 02-04.12.2004
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Good Governance of the Security Sector, seminar, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 11.2004
Organizer: Paideya Foundation
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Founding meeting of the the Black Sea-Caspian Sea Democratic Control Consortium.
Date: 27.11.2004
Organizer: Ukrainian Center for International Security and Strategic Studies
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Bulgaria's Membership in NATO and the European Union and the Balkan's Euro-Atlantic Future, International Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25.11.2004
Organizer: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria and the Open Society Institute - Sofia
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Modernization of the Bulgarian Armed forces, X Conference of AFCEA Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25.11. - 26.11.2004
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Final Conference of the Project on Early Warning and Policy Perspectives in the Transatlantic Security Agenda: Central and East European Point of View, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 13.11.2004
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Antoaneta Hristova, Hristo Chorbadjiski

NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 50th annual session, Venice, Italy.
Date: 12.11. - 16.11.2004
Organizer: NATO
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

6th International Security Forum, Montreux, Switzerland.
Date: 04.10. - 06.10.2004
Organizer: Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Balkan Security Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 04.10.2004
Organizer: Institute of Euro-Atlantic Security and "Konrad Adenauer" Foundation
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

The Future of Transatlantic Cooperation, 15th Annual Science Applications International Cooperation Conference, Wilton Park, United Kingdom.
Date: 20.09. - 24.09.2004
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Regional Integration in the East and West: Challenges and Responses, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Date: 16.09. - 19.09.2004
Organizer: Slovak Foreign Policy Association
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Meeting of the “Euro-Atlantic Security” Study Group, “Partnership for Peace” Consortium, Shiofok, Hungary.
Date: 18-20.09.2004
Organizer:
Participant: Antoaneta Hristova and Blagovest Tashev

Round Table "Crisis Management", Scopje, Macedonia.
Date: 15.09.2004
Organizer: Republic of Macedonia Ministry of Defense, Institute for Defense and Peacetime Studies and Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

XIV Economic Forum, Kryjnitza, Poland.
Date: 09-11.09.2004
Organizer: Institute Wschodni
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Meeting of the Security Sector Reform Study Group, Partnership for Peace Consortium, Stockholm.
Date: 03.2004
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Project CESS “NOSTROM” Seminar, Kishineu.
Date: 12.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

“NATO, EU and UN future security developments”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Date: 12.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Security Sector Reform in Bulgaria – lessons for Macedonia, Skopie.
Date: 11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Security Agenda for SEE, Geneva.
Date: 11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

International Conference “Towards NATO Membership: Harmonizing Efforts in SEE”, Dubrovnik.
Date: 11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Defense Policy Int. Seminar in Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Date: 25-26.11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Euro-Atlantic Integration in Southeast Europe: NATO’s and Partnership for peace role in defence and security reforms – conclusions and perspectives Conference.
Date: 24-25.11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Modern Security Concepts, seminar Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 24.11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

One Year After Prague, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 19.11.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Euro-Atlantic Integration of Albania – lecture by the Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 17.11.2003
Organizer: The Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector and the Postmodern Challenges, round table with the participation of Professor Greg Foster, National Defense University, USA.
Date: 17.11.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform and the American Center in Sofia
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Democratic control of the Security Sector in Southeast Europe, Regional meeting of DEMCOM-SEE Program, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 13-16.11.2003
Organizer: Center for European Security Studies, the Netherlands and the Institute for Security and International Studies
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

International Conference on Resource Management in Defense, Borovetz.
Date: 10.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Risks and Threats to Regional and Euro-Atlantic Security after 9/11, round table, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Date: 10.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Transparency in the Management of Defense Acquisition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Date: 10.10.2003
Organizer: George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev, Todor Tagarev

Conference with teachers on the issues of security sector education, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 09.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Philip Dimitrov, Velizar Shalamanov and Blagovest Tashev

“Demobilization and SSR – Bulgarian experience and lessons learnt for Bosnia and SEE”, Saraevo.
Date: 09.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

The Bulgarian Navy-New Missions, Roles and Capabilities, 2nd International Conference, Varna, Bulgaria.
Date: 29-30.09.2003
Organizer: AFCEA
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Defense and Security Policy-The Challenges of the New Millennium, seventh international workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25-26.09.2003
Organizer: G. S. Rakovski Defense and Staff College
Participant: Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Risks and Threats to Regional and Euro-Atlantic Security after 9/11, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25.09.2003
Organizer: Institute of Euro-Atlantic Security
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev, Todor Tagarev

Transparency in the Management of Defense Budget, roundtable discussion, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25.09.2003
Organizer: George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev, Todor Tagarev

Trans-Atlantic Cooperation in the New Strategic Environment, conference, Wilton Park, London.
Date: 22-25.09.2003
Organizer: SAIC
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

16th meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Security Study Group, Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, Cracow, Poland.
Date: 21-23.09.2003
Organizer: Institute for Strategic Studies
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

The Bulgarian-American Relations: The Way Ahead, international conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 19-20.09.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Blagovest Tashev and Velizar Shalamanov

Applying European Standards to the Integration of Minorities into the Bulgarian Armed Forces, international conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 18.09.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

The Rule of Law, the State and Security in SEE, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 12-14.09.2003
Organizer: Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Shaping a Common Security Agenda in Southeast Europe, international conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 04-05.09.2003
Organizer: Center for the Study of Democracy and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Southeastern European Security After the 2004 Dual Enlargement, conference, Bucharest, Romania.
Date: 10-11.07.2003
Organizer: Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Postwar Rehabilitation, round table, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Date: 07.07.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Building Security Sector Reform Regional Center, round table, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Date: 07.07.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coaltion
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov and Todor Tagarev

The Pre-accession Period After Prague, round table, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Date: 28.06.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov

NATO and Southeastern Europe After the Prague Summit, conference, Bucharest, Romania.
Date: 27-29.06.2003
Organizer: NATO Study Center, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey: Consolidating NATO Southern Flank, regional round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 26.06.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

NATO after Prague: Transformation, New Members, Capabilities, Partners, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25-28.06.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian Youth Euro-Atlantic Club
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Round table on Iraq, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 24.06.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov

Bulgaria's Membership in NATO: Trade and Investment Opportunities, conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 23-24.06.2003
Organizer: American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Building a Strategic Community Through Education and Research, 6th Annual Conference, Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, Berlin, Germany.
Date: 23-24.06.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Bulgaria after Prague, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 12.06.2003
Organizer: Institute of Euro-Atlantic Security
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov and Blagovest Tashev

Risks and Threats to Regional and Euro-Atlantic Security After 9-11, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 12.06.2003
Organizer: Institute of Euro-Atlantic Security
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Transparency in the Management of Defense Acquisition, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 12.06.2003
Organizer: George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Meeting of the “NATO and European Security Policy” Study Group, “Partnership for Peace” Consortium, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Date: 05.06.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

Post-Iraq Post-Prague NATO conference, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 02.06.2003
Organizer: Institute for Regional and International Studies and the Slovak Foreign Policy Association
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov, Todor Tagarev

International Workshop “SDR – Economic Dimension”, Ribaritza, Bulgaria.
Date: 05.2003
Organizer: World and National Economy University
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov, Todor Tagarev

Defense Reform and NATO Integration: Challenges after Invitiation, IRIS, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 05.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Lecture by the deputy Secretary General of NATO entitled "NATO's New Challenges: Security, Science, and Society", Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 20.05.2003
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Security Sector Reform Coalition submitted Memorandum #4 to the Parliament on the proposal for Security Sector Modernization Strategy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 09.05.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov, Todor Tagarev

Security Sector Reform Coalition submitted Memorandum #3 to the Parliament on the proposal Bulgaria to host allied military bases, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 09.05.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov, Todor Tagarev

“Security Sector Reform – Does It Work?”, NDC-Rome.
Date: 04.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Strategic Defense Review, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 17.04.2003
Organizer: Ministry of Defense, Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov and Blagovest Tashev

Intelligence Agencies' Reform, seminar, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 17.04.2003br> Organizer: Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Policy, Defense and Security
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Strategic Defense Review, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 16.04.2003
Organizer: Ministry of Defense and Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov and Blagovest Tashev

Security Sector Reform Coalition submitted Memorandum #2 to the Parliament on the proposal for expeditionary forces, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 16.04.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Series of lectures by Dr. Harlan Ullman, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 13-16.04.2003
Organizer: George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria
Participant: Blagovest Tashev, Velizar Shalamanov

Security Sector Reform Coalition testifies before the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Relations, Defense and Security on the findings of Report #4, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 13-16.04.2003
Organizer: George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria and the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes' Security Sector Reform Study Group meeting, Rome, Italy.
Date: 07.04.2003
Organizer: NATO College in Rome
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Security Sector Review, seminar, Borovets, Bulgaria.
Date: 03.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Security Agenda for Southeast Europe, Geneva.
Date: 03.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Presenting the results of NATO Integration Program project, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 12.03.2003
Organizer: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security in cooperation with the George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

NATO Integration Program, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 02.2003
Organizer:
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Security Sector Reform Coalition submits Report #4 to the Parliament, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 25.02.2003
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes' “Future of NATO and European Security Policy” Study Group meeting in Oberamergau, Germany.
Date: 22-24.01.2003
Organizer: NATO College, Oberamergau, Germany
Participant: Blagovest Tashev

The Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security in cooperation with the George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria present at the Ministry of Defense the results of Methodology for Assessment of the Security Environment project, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 21.01.2003
Organizer: Institute for Euro-Atlantic Security and George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev

Defense and Security Sector Reform, seminar, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 24.07.2002
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev

Security Sector Reform Coalition submitted Memorandum #1 to the Parliament on the proposal for Strategic Defense Review, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 22.11.2002
Organizer: Security Sector Reform Coalition
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy Priorities: Best practices for cooperation between the executive, parliament, president, NGOs and media, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 11.2002
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov, Blagovest Tashev and Todor Tagarev

Global Terrorism and NATO’s New Security Agenda: What Changes will Follow in Bulgaria?, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 10.2002
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

Defense Industry and Academic Sector Participation in the Modernization of the National Security System, round table, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 30.10.2002
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association - Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov

C4ISR systems in Bulgaria – main directions and projects in terms of NATO membership, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Date: 02.2002
Organizer: Atlantic Club in Bulgaria and George C. Marshall Association-Bulgaria
Participant: Velizar Shalamanov