This publication is made within the project "Government on Central and Local Level in Bulgaria – Raising Administrative Capacity and Enhancing Cooperation to Reduce Corruption Risks and Practices in Managing Public Procurement" implemented within the Bulgaria Fund initiative of the Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and German Marshal Fund of the United States (GMF).

Authors:

Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4:  Konstantin Pashev, Georgi Neshev, Ana Indzhova

Chapter 5: Nadya Yorgova

Chapter 6: Ivanka Petkova, Kalin Marinov

•   "Combating the Corruption in Public Procurement - Indicators for Monitoring the Policy" -  Government Monitoring

  Association (GMA) and Economic Policy Institut, Sofia, 2009 (The publication is available only in Bulgarian)

• "Credit Schemes for SME Sector, Farmers and Projects Funded by the EU Programs"  - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2008 (The publication is available only in Bulgarian). 

• "The Implication of EU Membership on Immigration Trends and Immigrant Integration Policies for the Bulgarian Labor Market" - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2008.
   
  The publication is issued within a one-year research project of the Economic Policy Institute with the  kind support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington (www.gmfus.org) within the framework of its Key Institution's Program on Immigration and Integration.

Authors:
Prof. Andras Inotai, Director General, Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; President, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia
Assoc. prof. Anna Krasteva, PhD., Director, Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies at the New Bulgarian University
Andras Majoros, Researcher, Hungarian Foundation for European Comparative Minority Research
Diana Daskalova, Lawyer, Legal Clinic for Refugees and Immigrants, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia
Hristo Simeonov,  Expert, Migration and Free Movement of Persons Unit, European Coordination, International Legal Affairs and Cooperation Directorate Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Sofia
Ivelina Novakova, Work and Labour Office Expert, Integration Centre for Refugees of the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers.
Julia M. Watkins, Ph.D., Executive Director, Council on Social Work Education, Virginia; President Emerita, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad
Kalin Marinov, Director "Economic Projects and Programmes", Economic Policy Institute, Sofia
Klara Foti, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Neli Filipova, Social Activities Expert, Integration Centre for Refugees of the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers.
Plamena Spassova, Executive Director, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia
Rossitsa Rangelova, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Themba Lewis, Manager, Legal Clinic for Refugees and Immigrants, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tihomira Trifonova, Research Fellow, Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies at the New Bulgarian University
Uma A. Segal, School of Social Work & Center for International Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, MO, USA
Yasen Georgiev, Director "International Projects and Programmes", Economic Policy Institute, Sofia 

• "THE EUROPEAN UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE - Troubled Waters Ahead?" - Author: Prof. Andras Inotai, Director General, Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; President, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia.

  Contents: Institutional relations between the EU and Southeastern Europe - Basic features of macroeconomic performance in regional comparison. Achievements, barriers, policy dilemmas and tasks - Selected special issues influencing relations between the EU and SEE - Southeastern Europe and its international actors - Evaluation of the Key EU Approach to Southeastern Europe: The Politics of Conditionality - Agenda for the Future and Recommendations - Conclusions.  

• "Investor Relations Online: Survey of Websites of the Forty Largest Listed Companies"  - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia 2007.

• "Reporting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the Forty Largest Listed Companies in Bulgaria"  - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia 2007.

• "Lobbying and Lobbyists' Practices" - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia 2007. The publication is prepared by the Economic Policy Institute with the kind support of the Swiss Agency for development and Cooperation (SDC). It contains not only the presentations, delivered during the training seminar "Lobbying and Lobbyists' Practices" (15-16 March 2007, Bankya), but also some additional analyses, appendixes and reports on the topic. The materials are systematized in four main panels:
  - Lobbying and Lobbyists' Practices - Specific characteristics, methods and technics of lobbying; Capacity of Bulgaria to lobby in Brussels - lobbyists' practices before and after the accession to the EU;
  - Lobbying in the European Union - Organizational structure, methods and strategies;  Representation of interests in EU;
  - Lobbying for Business and Civil Society Interests - Lobbying practices of the business and the civil society in Bulgaria;
  - Specifics of Lobbying - Lobbying regulations in Bulgaria; Difference and confounding of terms lobbying and corruption in Bulgaria. (The publication is available only in Bulgarian). 

Authors: Assoc. Prof. Dr Ivka Tsakova, Political Science Department, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia; Dimitar Pehlivanov, Senior Expert, Information, Public Relations and European Comunication Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia; Prof. Andras Inotai, Director General, Institute for World Economics, Budapest; President, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia; Katia Hristova-Valcheva, Jean Monnet lecturer in European Politics at the Political Science Department of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Director of the B.A. programme in European Studies at the New Bulgarian University - Sofia; Marieta Tsvetkova, Head Manager, Civil Society Development Program, Sofia; Ass. Prof. Elena Simeonova, International Relations Department, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia; Desislava Sitarska, Expert, Strategic Planning and Governance Directorate, Council of Ministers, Sofia;Dimitar Markov, Coordinator of a project, Law Program Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia; Desislava Petrova, Director "EU Projects and Programmes", Economic Policy Institute, Sofia.

• "Impacts of Foreign Direct Investments on Banking Sectors in South East European Countries" - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2007. The research is provided within the Austrian National Bank Jubilaeumsfonds` Project ¹ 11753/2005.

 Authors within the project: Dr. Sonya Dilova, Galina Dimitrova, Markus Eller, Jean Monet Prof. Gerhard Fink, Asst. Prof. Georgi Georgiev, Bettina Hagmayr, Peter R. Haiss, Irina Kazandjieva, Kalin Marinov, Asst. Prof. Marko Kosak, Prof. Dr. Mileti Mladenov, Irena Mladenova, Dr. Ivanka Petkova, Katharina Steiner, Dimitar Totev, Stanislav Valkov, Todor Vanev, Mina von Varendorff

• "The Role of Human Capital in International Competitiveness. Transatlantic Comparison of Experience with Migration in the US and the EU" - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2007. The research is conducted with the kind support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and in cooperation with the Council on Social Work Education, Alexandria, VA; Katherine A. Kendall Institute; the Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest; and the Romanian Center for Economic Policies, Bucharest.

Contributors  within the project: Thomas Bender, Klara Foti, Yasen Georgiev, Daniela Hincu, Stefka Limanska, Uma A. Segal, Andreea Vass, Annamaria Veres

• "Preparation for EU Accession - the Local Dimension", Economic Policy Institute, 2007

• Credit Schemes for Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Economic Policy Institute, 2007 (Issue in Bulgarian)

•  "Why and How to Lobby?" - Economic Policy Institute, Sofia 2006. The publication includes Bulgarian and foreign authors' materials, some of which were discussed during a Regional Meeting of "T'Club" of Young Public Servants from South Eastern Europe, organized by the Economic Policy Institute. The content of the book do not include only the topics, represented at the regional meeting, but also some additional materials, specially elaborated for the edition. The publication focuses mainly on the different lobbying technics and practices, as well as on the characteristics of the lobbying activity, but it also represents the different points of view of the authors on the meaning and the essence of the term "lobbying". (The publication is available only in English). 

Authors: Ivka Tsakova, Assoc. Prof. Dr.,  Political Science Department, Faculty of International Economics and Politics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia; Desislava Sergieva, Research Fellow, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia;  Prof. Andras Inotai, Director General, Institute for World Economics, Budapest; President, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia; H.E. Jeno Faller, Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to Bulgaria, Sofia; Marek Havrda, Chairman, INstrategy- Institute for European and National Strategies, Prague; Ivanka Petkova, Chairperson, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia;

• Financial Sector Development Central and Eastern European Countries and EU Integration, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2005
  Issue in English - [PDF, 925 KB]
  
  
  •   Challenges to the Financial Sectors in Candidate/Acceding Countries in the Context of the Internal Market, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2005
  Issue in English - [PDF, 1837 KB]
  Issue in Bulgarian - [PDF, 1765 KB]
  
  
  •   Credit Schemes for Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Farmers in Bulgaria, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2004
  
  
  •   Information Technologies in Bulgarian Tourism, Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, 2004
  Issue in Bulgarian - [PDF, 308 KB]