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Accreditation Council
Accreditation Council
The Managing Authorities of the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency are the Accreditation Council and its Chairperson, who is also the President of NEAA
Pursuant to Art. 87, para. 1 and para. 3 of the Higher Education Act, as of 04.10.2023, the composition of the Accreditation Council at NAOA is as follows:
1. Prof. Eliza Petrova Stefanova, PhD – President
2. Prof. D.Sc. Maria Antonova Schnitter – Vice President
3. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silvia Ilieva Tsvetanska
4. Prof. Toni Dimitrova Shekerdzieva-Nowak, PhD
5. Prof. Stanimir Angelov Yotov, PhD
6. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gergana Boyanova
7. Prof. DMSc Stefan Stoilov Kostianev, Corr. Member of BAS
8. Prof. Dr. Veneta Naydenova Krasteva - Penkova
9. Acad. D.Sc. Krasimir Todorov Atanasov, MD
10. Prof. D.Sc. Vladimir Kostadinov Poulkov
11. Assoc. Prof. Maria Petrova Kehayova-Stoycheva, PhD
Pursuant to Art. 87, para. 3 of the Higher Education Act, as of 17.06.2021, the composition of the Accreditation Council at NEAA is as follows:
1. Prof. Dr. Petya Lyubomirova Kabakchieva - President
2. Prof. D.Sc. Maria Antonova Schnitter – Vice President
3. Prof. Dr. Veneta Naydenova Krasteva - Penkova
4. Prof. D.Sc. Vladimir Kostadinov Poulkov
5. Prof. D.Sc. Danail Borisov Petrov, MD
6. Prof. D.Sc. Dimitar Ferdinandov Grekov
7. Prof. Dr. Zoya Kostova Mladenova
8. Prof. D.Sc. Miroslav Ivanov Dachev,Corr. Member of BAS
9. Acad. D.Sc. Krasimir Todorov Atanasov, MD
10. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silvia Ilieva Tsvetanska
11. Prof. Dr. Hristo Vasilev Georgiev
Pursuant to Art. 87, para. 3 of the Higher Education Act, as of 02.11.2020, the composition of the Accreditation Council at NEAA is as follows:
1. Prof. Dr. Petya Lyubomirova Kabakchieva - President
2. Prof. D.Sc. Maria Antonova Schnitter – Vice President
3. Prof. Dr. Veneta Naydenova Krasteva - Penkova
4. Prof. D.Sc. Vladimir Kostadinov Poulkov
5. Prof. D.Sc. Danail Borisov Petrov, MD
6. Prof. D.Sc. Dimitar Ferdinandov Grekov
7. Prof. Dr. Zoya Kostova Mladenova
8. Prof. D.Sc. Miroslav Ivanov Dachev
9. Prof. D.Sc. Nikolai Marinov Nikolov, Corr. Member of BAS
10. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Silvia Ilieva Tsvetanska
11. Prof. Dr. Hristo Vasilev Georgiev
Pursuant to Art. 87, para. 3 of the Law on Higher Education, as of 14.09.2017, the composition of the Accreditation Council of NEAA is as follows:
Prof. Dr. Petya Lubomirova Kabakchieva - Chairperson
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Stanka Yanakieva Velichkova - Deputy Chairperson
Members:
Prof. Dr. Zoya Kostova Mladenova
Prof. Eng. Georgi Vasilev Kamarashev
Prof. Dr. Kamen Dimov Velev
Prof. Dr. Dimitar Ferdinandov Grekov
Prof. Dr. Hristo Vasilev Georgiev
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boris Stoilov Stefanov
Prof. Dr. Danail Borisov Petrov
Prof. Dimitar Vassilev Stoyanov, PhD
Prof. Eng. Martin Dimitrov Banov
The managerial bodies of NEAA are the Accreditation Council and its Chairman who is the Chairman of the Agency, as well.
As of September 01, 2014 the Accreditation Council consists of the following members:
Prof. Boyan Biolchev – Chairman
Prof. Stanka Yanakieva Velichkova – Deputy Chairman
Prof. Valeria Fol - member
Prof. Vera Petrova Boneva - member
Prof. Ivan Stoyanov Varliakov - member
Prof. Georgi Vassilev Kamarashev - member
Prof. Dimitar Vassilev Stoyanov - member
Prof. Boris Stoilov Stefanov - member
Prof. Kamen Dimov Velev - member
Pref. Radoslav Aleksandrov Garchev - member
Prof. Todor Simeonov Kertikov - member
ACCREDITATION COUNSIL MEMBERS /after 16.05.2008/
Prof. Ivan Panaiotov Ivanov, D.Sc. – Chairman
Prof. Danail Lazarov Danailov, D.Sc - Deputy Chairman
Acad. Ivan Nikolaev Radev – member
Assoc. Prof. Ivan Stoyanov Varlyakov – member
Prof. Yordan Slavov Kalaykov, D.Sc. – member
Prof. Iliya Dimitrov Gyudzhenov, Ph.D – member
Prof. Dimitar Trendafilov Yonchev, D.Sc - member
Sen. Res.Assoc.I deg. Nikolay Rusev Nikolaev, Ph.D – member
Sen. Res.Assoc.I deg. Rumiana Georgieva Radkova, Ph.D -member
Assoc.Prof. Marko Markov Todorov, Ph.D – member
ACCREDITATION COUNSIL MEMBERS /until 16.05.2008/
Prof. Ivan Panaiotov Ivanov, D.Sc. – Chairman
Prof. Yosif Iliev Iliev, D.Sc. – Deputy Chairman
Acad. Ivan Nikolaev Radev – member
Prof. Nikola Petkov Balabanov – member
Prof. Ivan Metodiev Simeonov – member
Prof. Dimitar Braykov Michev, D.Sc – member
Prof. Yordan Slavov Kalaykov, D.Sc. – member
Sen. Res.Assoc.I deg.Atanas Tsvetanov Atanasov, Ph.D – member
Sen. Res.Assoc.I deg. Nikolay Rusev Nikolaev, Ph.D – member
Assoc.Prof.Georgy Rusev Marinov, Ph.D – member
Assoc.Prof.Dinko Georgiev Dinkov, Ph.D – member
The Accreditation Council
to NEAA consists of 11 members – a chairman and 10 members – Professors and Associate Professors from different areas of higher education, one of whom is a Deputy Chairman on post-accreditation monitoring and control. The members of the Accreditation council are representatives of different academic and scientific institutions:
• Six representatives of higher schools;
• One representative of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and one representative of the Academy of Agrarian sciences;
• Two representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science.
The members of the Accreditation Council are appointed by the Prime Minister on full-time labour agreements on the basis of the proposals of the Minister of Education and Science, the Rectors’ Conference, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Agrarian Sciences.
The term of office of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and the Accreditation Council
Members is 6 years and they cannot be appointed for more than one term of office.
One half of the Accreditation Council Members, except for the Chairman, is changed every three years from each quota.
The Accreditation Council:
* develops criteria for evaluation and accreditation;
* develops the specific evaluation and accreditation procedures and the documentation regarding them;
* adopts decisions for opening of procedures in compliance with article 81, paragraph 1, item 1, item 2, letters “a” and “c”, items 3, 4, 5,and 6, letter “a” of the Higher Education Act;
* establishes standing committees by areas of higher education and expert teams to the standing committees and upon proposal of the standing committees approves the tasks and the members of the expert teams in accordance with the requested procedures;
* adopts decisions regarding opened procedures in accordance with article 81, paragraph 1, items 1, 2, letters “a” and “c”, items 3, 4, 5, and 6, letter “a” of the Higher Education Act on the basis of the reports by the standing committees;
* informs the Minister of Education and Science as well as the higher education institutions about the results of the evaluation and accreditation procedures;
* develops regulations for the activity of the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency and through the Minister of Education and Science proposes the regulations for approval by the Council of Ministers.
