Pavlina Filipova

Graduated the German Language High School in Sofia (1983), graduated hydrotechnical engineering at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia (1989), one-year doctoral program in environmental studies at the University of Minnesota, USA, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (1994). Successfully completed many specializations and qualifications in the field of NGO management, experience in managing international donor programs, project evaluation mainly in the field of good governance, rule of law, human rights, NGO capacity, health, education, social inclusion of vulnerable groups, environment, and others.

I have been working for many years in the so-called non-governmental sector. My occupations vary from a project coordinator to manager of organizations, donor of international programs and project evaluator. I am happy when I could be part of positive changes even for just one person, and I am angry when people talk a lot without doing real things. I am critical to myself and others, maybe to some extend a kind of a perfectionist. I like my job because it gives me the opportunity to meet different people and learn a lot of new things.

I love nature, silence, light and beauty in everything, especially in human relationships. In my free time I like to do applied arts, travel to different places, read, listen to music, see friends and many other things that almost everyone likes. I want people to smile more, dream more and see the positive side of everything on their path.