Free-lance consultant in Programme Evaluation, NGO Management and Project Cycle Management
Bulgaria
- Current
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- executive director at Pokrov Foundation
- Past
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- Scriptwriter at Old School Productions
- Consultant on Christianity at GEO Magazine - Bulgaria edition
- Consultant for the Balkans region at South-East European Ecumenical Partnership
- Coordinator of Community Foundations programme at Open Society Fund
- NGO consultant at Open Society Fund Sofia
- NGO Consultant at Open Society Fund
- Education
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- Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), Bulgaria
- Management for Development Foundation
- The Johns Hopkins University
- Sofiiski universitet Sv. Kliment Ohridski
- Connections
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- Industry
- Non-Profit Organization Management
- Websites
Plamen Sivov’s Summary
Management:
Knowledge and experience in working with faith-based communities: mediation, platform building, networking. Grass-roots needs assessment for development projects; Programme coordination of development projects: skills gained in developing the Open Society network of community foundations countrywide as head of project team; CEO level management skills, resulting from my experience as a Managing Director of the Pokrov Foundation.
Programme Evaluation:
Armenian Round Table Programme, 2006
Expert, Europe 2000 programme of the Delegation of the EU, 2003 (Bulgaria)
Partners Programme of Charities Aid Bulgaria, 2002
AidRom, 2001 (Romania)
Women’s Alliance for Development, 2000 (Bulgaria)
Expert, PHARE LIEN programme of the EU, 2000 (Bulgaria)
Trainer’s Skills:
Trainer, WCC CEE office, Poland: Training on Governance Skills, Advanced Management and Advocacy, Poland. Language of the training: Russian
Journalism:
Numerous articles on the religious sitiation in Bulgaria and the Balkans
Articles on the nonprofit sector in Bulgaria
Publications on issues of religious tolerance in the MIRNA magazine
Articles and interviews published in national printed media, such as Kultura, Dnevnik, Politika, Duma, Church Gazette, Foreign Policy (Bulgarian edition) and others
NGO Research:
Tax Treatment of Non-profit Organizations in the US, OSF Press, 1994
The Triple Handshake, a paper of the Johns Hopkins University on the American experience in community foundations’ building
The Movement from Confilct to Partnership Paradigm in the Attitudes of Bulgarian NonProfit Organizations Towards the Government. Research paper of the World Bank
Documentary Films Production:
Mite: 60 min. Documentary on Church giving and philanthropy in Bulgaria
Finnish Orthodoxy: a 30 min travel docucumentary on the Finnish Orthodox Church (made for the Bulgarian NTV)
Balkan Travel Logs: travel documentary on Macedonia for the Bulgarian NTV
Plamen Sivov’s Specialties:
Advanced Training (NGO Boards and CEO staff), church-state relationships, inter-faith relations, NGO consultancy (Project Evaluation, Management, Institutional Development)
Plamen Sivov’s Experience
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executive director
Pokrov Foundation
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Philanthropy industry)
February 1994 — Present (15 years 10 months)
Supervision of all the programmes and projects of the Foundation
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Scriptwriter
Old School Productions
(Entertainment industry)
June 2008 — October 2008 (5 months)
Writing of the scripts of the first opening episodes of a new documentary reality "The Life of Others" for the Bulgarian National Television
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Consultant on Christianity
GEO Magazine - Bulgaria edition
(Media Production industry)
November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
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Consultant for the Balkans region
South-East European Ecumenical Partnership
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Management Consulting industry)
November 2002 — June 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Monitoring of networking activities, promotion of regional projects, evaluation; management of the South-East European Ecumenical Partnerhship Network (SEEEP)
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Coordinator of Community Foundations programme
Open Society Fund
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 1994 — March 1996 (1 year 11 months)
Overall management of a national project to establish a network of community foundations in Bulgaria
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NGO consultant
Open Society Fund Sofia
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
1992 — 1996 (4 years )
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NGO Consultant
Open Society Fund
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
May 1992 — August 1993 (1 year 4 months)
Providing consulations to emerging NGOs in Bulgaria on legal framework, tax issues, management and project proposal writing
Plamen Sivov’s Education
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Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), Bulgaria
N/A , Advocacy Campaign Organizing , 2006 — 2006
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Management for Development Foundation
N/A , Project Cycle Management, Financial Management , 2000 — 2000
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The Johns Hopkins University
N/A , Philanthropy, Programme Evaluation , 1993 — 1994
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Sofiiski universitet Sv. Kliment Ohridski
MS , Law , 1989 — 1994
Additional Information
Plamen Sivov’s Websites:
Plamen Sivov’s Interests:
Non-profit management Project evaluation Theory of philanthropy Legal framework and tax treatment of NGOs Comparative nonprofit studies
Plamen Sivov’s Groups:
Member of the National Council for the Protection of Children (2004), a supervising body to the State Agency for the Protection of Children
Secretary of the Bulgarian National Christian Committee, a national platform for cooperation of the religious communities (1996-2001)
Member of the Capacity Building Network for the Balkan region (South East Europe Ecumenical Partnership)
Board member (Balkans Representative), SYNDESMOS (www.syndesmos.org), 2000-2002
Fellow of the World Bank (McNamara Fellowship, 1996)
Fellow of Philanthropy of the John Hopkins University (1994)
Editor-in-Chief, Mirna Magazine (1998-2002)
Plamen Sivov’s Contact Settings
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