Curriculum Vitae

Milena Konstantinova Harizanova

Address

51, Ami Bue Str. App.5

Sofia, Bulgaria

Cellular tel.: +(35988) 420249

Personal

Date and place of birth27 August 1974, Dobritch, Bulgaria.

Marital Status single

Languages

English fluently

Russianbeginner

Educational Background

February 1999 - presentpost graduate studies, Department of Sociology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", subject "Norm and deviance. Approaches to deviant behavior"

1992 - 1998 MA in Sociology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"; diploma paper "Street children" or what do the labels hide"

1995 - 1997undergraduate studies in Public Relations, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - interrupted

Work Experience

May 2000 - presentChild Welfare, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in the Project Management Unit of the Child Welfare Reform Project at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy

February 1999 - presentAssistant Professor of Sociology of the NGO Sector and Introduction to Sociology, Department of Sociology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

April 1997 - April 2000Coordinator in the National Information Center on the Problems of Street Children, Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation

Participation in Research Projects

December 2001 - presentCivil Organizations and Group Interests. What is Happening in a Bulgarian and a Macedonian Middle-sized Town, Sofia University

March - May 2001Way of living of the communities in the neighbourhood of Stolipinovo, Plovdiv, C.E.G.A. Foundation, team leader

January - December 2000 Specifics of the University Education in Sociology in Bulgaria, funded by Open Society Foundation team leader

May 2000 - September 2000Social Assessment of Child Care in Bulgaria, team leader Vessela Banova, World Bank/United Nations Development Program/United Nations Department for Economical and Social Affairs

March 1999 - May 1999Survey on the Needs for Education on Pedagogical Personnel in Street Children Shelters, team leader Nelly Petrova-Dimitrova Ph.D. /Pedagogy/, Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation

March 1999 - April 1999Consultations with the Poor, team leader for Bulgaria Petya Kabaktchieva, World Bank

September 1997 - 1998Civil Sector in Bulgaria, team leader assoc. Prof. Roumen Dimitrov Ph.D.

March 1997 - April 1997Socio-Psychological Profiles of the Voters from the Floating Electorate, team leader assoc. Prof. Georgi Dimitrov Ph.D.

March 1997 Pre-election Manipulations by Prognoses from Polls, team leader assoc. Prof Georgi Dimitrov Ph.D.

October 1996 - January 1997The Bulgarians' Notion on Minority, team leader assoc. Prof Maya Grekova Ph.D.

Participation in Seminars and Conferences

January 2001Trainer in "Training in Social Impact Analyses" organized by UNDP/Ministry of Labor and Social Policy

October 2000Sociology: as Expertise between the Civil Society and the State, International conference of the Bulgarian Sociological Association

November 1999Civil Society: Social Criticism and Positive Thinking, 9th Conference of the Bulgarian Sociological Association

June 1999Minors and Deviant Behavior organized by the Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Science

Publications

• 1. The Crisis in the Institutions Dealing with Children with Deviant Behavior, in: Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 2001

  2. Social Assessment of the Childcare in Bulgaria - under print

  3. Social Assessments in Bulgaria - report at the conference "Sociology: as Expertise between the Civil Society and the State", 2000

  4. On the Civil Organizations and the Media. And Sociology, collection "Images of the Civil Sector", 2000

  5. Non-Governmental or/and Not-for-profit Organizations: the Language of Sociological Surveys on Civil Organizations, collection "Images of the Civil Sector", 2000

  6. The Voices of the Homeless, co-publication with Raicho Pozarliev in the Bulletin of the National Information Center on Street Children, 1999

Membership in Organizations

• • Institute for Social Activities and Practices

  • Bulgarian Sociological Association, Vice President of the Youth Section

  • Association for Social Investigations