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Biographical Statement

Chairman of the Board Center for the Study of Democracy; PhD in Political Science, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Ognian Shentov has been Chairman of the Center for the Study of Democracy since the organization was founded in late 1989; He is also co-founder and Chairman of the Applied Research and Communications Fund, the leading Bulgarian innovation policy and research institute established in 1991; Dr. Shentov has worked on a variety of international projects on institutional reforms in Bulgaria and other countries in transition; He has written and edited a number of publications on the issues of transition to democracy, institutional reforms and soft security threats; He is currently engaged in a national initiative on promoting good governance for sustainable growth of the energy sector – develop ment of policy options and instruments for enhancing the implementation and delivery of green energy and achieving energy efficiency in Bulgaria.

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