President of SELF-FAITH Foundation

MIGLENA IVANOVA

3, Keshan St.
Sofia 1527, Bulgaria
Phone: (359 2) 944 45 23
E-mail: miglena-ivanova@self-faith.org

CAREER COUNSELLING RELATED EXPERIENCE

ORGANIZING SELF-FAITH Foundation  
  • Founder and President of NGO, created to assist unemployed socially disadvantaged people through individual and group career counseling
Sofia, Bulgaria
Since 2001
  • Author of career counseling web-site
 
  • Coordinator of project "Aiding Unemployed Women from Sofia district to Start Working", financed by PHARE ACCESS 2000 Programme
In 2003

 
COUNSELLING Culture Society ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI

 

  • Coordinated a project "Career Counseling of Unemployed Single Mothers" financed by PHARE-LIEN Micro projects Scheme.
  • Provided individual consultations and courses in career and life planning
Sofia, Bulgaria
2000-2001

 

AIDING

AIDING SINGLE MOTHERS Foundation

 

  • Founder and President of the NGO
  • Accomplished projects financed by British Charity Know How Fund, Open Society Foundation and the Co-operating Dutch Foundations for Central and Eastern Europe
  • Offered career counseling to single mothers
Sofia, Bulgaria
1997-2000

 
COMMUNICATING Weekly Newspaper LABOUR MARKET  
  • Published series of 17 articles on Job-hunting and Vocational guidance.
  • Conducted meetings for introducing the meaning and nature of career development.
Sofia, Bulgaria
1991


EDUCATION

The Johns Hopkins University
  • MA from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Dissertation :"The End of the Cold War and the Limitations of Idealist Theories"
Baltimore, USA
1994-1996

 
The Johns Hopkins University S A I S
  • Bologna Center Certificate of Language Proficiency in English
  • Bologna Center Diploma in International Studies
Bologna, Italy
1993-1994

 
University of Oxford
  • Diploma of Specialization as Reuter Fellow in Green College
Oxford, UK
1992-1993


AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

Grassroots Women's International Academy (GWIA) at EXPO 2000
  • Certificate of Participation
  • Presentation: "Self-help and Income Generating Projects for Single Mothers"
Hanover, Germany
2000

   
Charity Know How Fund Program for Bulgaria
  • Certificate of Participation in Seminar on "Delivering Humanitarian Aid and Assisting Disadvantaged Groups"
Sofia, Bulgaria
1997

   
Books of poetry and membership
  • "Miracles"
  • "Magic reflections"
  • Union of Independent Bulgarian Writers

Sofia, 1997
1999
2000