Irina DANCHEVA

Consultant

is Bulgarian and a consultant with Schuman Associates in Sofia. Irina’s main focus is EU funding, especially in the areas of Information Technology, Environment and Transport. She is committed to helping clients identifying business opportunities under the EU Structural Funds and pre-accession programes. Before joining Schuman Irina worked on an international project intended for the establishment of  a traffic management system in Sofia as a project coordinator. She also worked in the consulting sector in Bulgaria for companies dealing with the small and medium business. For a certain period Irina was involved as an intern with a Geneva based NGO “Comprehensive Dialogue Among Civilization” and was conducting research concerning the different dimensions of dialogue among cultures and civilizations, non-violence, ethnic and religious tolerance. Irina is a holder of a Masters Degree in International relations from the University of Sofia and of a DEA degree in International history and politics from the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Geneva. She speaks Bulgarian, English, French and some Spanish.