1st National Advisory Board Meeting in Bulgaria

The first meeting of the Bulgarian National Advisory Board (NAB) was held in Sofia on 17th March 2016.

Experts from the NAB and YOUNG_ADULLLT researches from Plovdiv and Blagoevgrad met to discuss the results from the first year of the project and the fieldwork that was just starting. Concerning the interview samples, the NAB participants pointed out that the teams should include ethnic minorities among the young adults and representatives from the Employment Agencies in the regions. It would be interesting that the two FRs would work on a similar case in WP 7 that would follow the fieldwork in WP 5 and 6. An important aspect that we should not neglect in the expert interviews and their analysis is the social effect of LLL policies and how the experts measure it. The meeting discussed opportunities for future cooperation with two other European projects: Negotiate and Accept.
The following members attended the meeting.

From the NAB:

Prof. Pepka Boyadzhieva, Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (ISSK - BAS), Young Adulllt Advisory Board member, is an expert in the fields of higher education, LLL programs, the university as an institution, high school – university – labor market transition of young people etc. She is a head of Bulgarian team in the ENLIVEN project.

Prof. Krastina Petkova, ISSK – BAS, Young Adulllt Advisory Board is a researcher specializing in fields of LLL policy, education, value orientations of young people, social stereotypes, and the public understanding of science.

From the YOUNG_ADULLLT project:

Prof. Valentina Milenkova, South-West University is our expert in the fields of sociology of education, social stratification and inequality, inequality in secondary education, ethnicity, LLL policy.

Assoc. Prof. Siyka Kovacheva, Plovdiv University – coordinator of the Plovdiv team; research interests in the fields of youth research, youth transition between education and employment, and life course perspective.

Assoc. Prof. Yulia Dzhaborova, Plovdiv University is an expert in marketing, consumer behavior, labor market and employment policy.

Dr. Borislava Petkova, University of Plovdiv – works in the field of social and cultural anthropology. Her interests are in biographical research.