Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Center for the Study of Democracy |
| Acronym: |
CSD
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| Legal status: |
Non-profit organization
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| Website address: |
http://www.csd.bg/
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Sections
| Section: |
IV - Think tanks, research and academic institutions |
| and more precisely: |
Think tanks and research institutions |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Ognian Shentov
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| Position: |
Chairman |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Mois Faion
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| Position: |
Sr. Research Fellow/Financial Director |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
5 Alexander Zhendov St.
Sofia 1113
BULGARIA
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| Telephone number: |
(+3592) 9713000 |
| Fax number: |
(+3592) 9712233 |
| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Mission
Building Bridges between Scholars and Policy Makers
Founded in late 1989, the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) is an interdisciplinary public policy institute dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy. CSD is a non-partisan, independent organization fostering the reform process in Bulgaria through impact on policy and civil society.
CSD objectives are:
• to provide an enhanced institutional and policy capacity for a successful European integration process, especially in the area of justice and home affairs;
• to promote institutional reform and the practical implementation of democratic values in legal and economic practice;
• to monitor public attitudes and serve as a watchdog of the institutional reform process.
Building bridges is the old-fashioned way of bringing together social actors and cementing new alliances. Born as a think-tank, the Center for the Study of Democracy has evolved into policy development through dialogue and partnership.
Bringing cutting-edge solutions to transition problems is our way of keeping the middle ground between academia and social practice.
The CSD has pioneered in several areas traditionally perceived as the inviolable public property, such as anti-corruption institutional reform, and national security.
Our belief is that bringing a new culture of cooperation and trust in a milieu of inherited fragmentation and opacity is equally rewarding as the achievement of concrete social goals.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
35
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Complementary information:
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As of Jan 1 2011, CSD employs a staff of thirty-
five of whom twenty-seven in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and
eight employees in administrative positions.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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CSD has carried out a number of research and consultancy projects on issues related to corruption, organised crime, migration, and criminal justice. CSD participates also in several FP7 corruption and crime research projects. More information about specific projects and competencies could be found by visiting CSD's webpage (www.csd.bg) or by contacting our Program Directors.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Customs
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Environment
- External Relations
- Foreign and Security Policy and Defence
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Research and Technology
- Trans-European Networks
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Structure
| Total number of members that are natural persons: |
35 |
| Number of member organisations: |
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| Member organisations (Number of members) : |
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| The organisation has members/is represented in the following country(countries): |
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Complementary information:
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Total budget:
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1,052,820
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€
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of which public financing:
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1,052,820
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€
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- from European sources:
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- Procurement:
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€
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- Grants:
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386,000
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€
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- from national sources:
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204,889
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€
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- from local/regional sources:
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€
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- други / общ. поръчки :
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461,931
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€
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from other sources: |
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€
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- donations:
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€
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- contributions from members:
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€
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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CSD annual financial report for 2011 is published at http://www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=15905
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