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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

Proposed position in the project: Project/program coordinator/ facilitator/ administrator

1. Family name: Ms. SPASSOVA
2. First names: Galina
3. Date of birth: 23.05.1954
4. Nationality: Bulgarian
5. Civil status: Married
6. Education:

Institution: High Institute of National and World Economy, Sofia
Date from 09/1973 to 01/1980 Diploma No AB 005149
Degree(s) B.Sc. Economist MSc. Finance, Credit and Insurance Policy

7. Language skills:
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Bulgarian mother tongue
English 5 5 5
Russian 5 5 5
Italian 3 2 1
(Key 5: fluent, 4: very good, 3: good, 2: basic knowledge, 1: some familiarity with language)

8. Membership of
professional bodies:

9. Other skills: Computer Literacy: Windows 98, Excel, Database packages, SpreadsheetSystems, Word Processing, Graphics Software
Computer Languages: Assembler and C++
Driving: Holder of a clean driving license (B, M) since 1991

10. Present position: Projects Coordinator (Agriculture & Environment)
Vakakis International S.A., Greece
(Agricultural Development Consultants) till May 2001

11. Years with the firm: 8 (since 1993)

12. Key qualifications: Excellent ogranizational skills.
Special experience in visiting experts’, and consultants’ programme support. Follow-up with the itinerary. Organization and participation in meetings/workshops and interpreting when needed.
First class experience in preparing reports, monitoring projects’ libraries, projects’ filing systems, etc.
Excellent experience in maintaining bank accounts and payments’ level.
First class experience in comparison the correctness of claims;
Special skills in verifying requests for payments and the amount due,
Excellent experience in filing and submitting the original financial documents (invoices, payment orders, withdrawals, transfers, etc.).
Extensive experience in administrative support and liaison activities
Special experience in logistics support. Follow-up with the invoices. Contacts with suppliers. Delivery check.
Particular skills in administrative support to the consultants, with special emphasis on logistics and liaison with the beneficiaries and clients.
First class experience in representing Vakakis International S. A. vis-à-vis with the local authorities, the banks authorities and a wide range of organisations.
Particular skills in computer business systems Access, Excel, Lotus 1.2.3, DBase IV, FoxBase. Over 13 years experience as a system programmer.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, translation and interpretation abilities
Excellent experience in translating, filing, and maintaining projects’ library (ToRs, reports, booklets, brochures, memos, letters, timetables, requests, invoices, bank statements, etc.)

Experience and ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to draft accurately and quickly and work to strict deadlines.

Courses attended: November 1998 - June 1999. Preparatory Course for Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA): FLAG consortium and University of Delaware sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development.

13. Professional Experience Record:

Date: from 01/1999to 06/2001
Location: Sofia
Company: Vakakis International S.A., Greece
Position: Projects coordinator
Description: Daily office managing activities. Administrative support. Activities in administrating the financial payments. Monthly financial reports. Provision of full information regarding Company bank accounts. Monthly financial reports, bank statements, proforma invoices etc. Submission of all payment documents to the corresponding parties. Liaison activities with banking officials and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture. Itinerary programme for visiting experts. Organisation of meetings/workshops. Organi

Date: from 01/1996to 12/1998
Location: Sofia
Company: Vakakis International S.A., Greece
Position: Projects Coordinator. Phare project “Technical Assistance to the Project Management Unit (PMU)/Agriculture”
Description: Financial and project administration activities. Budgeteer of the project. Follow-up with invoices. Comparison on requests for payment documents and actually available funds. Verification of the requests for payments and the amounts due. Monitoring project financial status. Day-to-day procurement activities, contacts with people from procurement. verification of the supplies and invoices. Follow-up of corresponding documentation (reports, financial including). Daily activities with banks: money transfers, withdrawal, etc. Handling over reports and maintaining projects’ library both in English and Bulgarian. Daily activities leading to standardise (equalise) projects’ financial activity with the corresponding PMU activities. Monthly projects’ documentation, financial reports, bank statements etc. delivering.

Date: from 04/1993to 07/1995
Location: Sofia, Demonstration Farms Project
Company: Vakakis International S.A., Greece
Position: Projects Coordinator. Phare “Demonstration Farms Extension Project” (Technical Assistance to Private Farmers), Sofia and Plovdiv.
Description: Administrator of the project. Regional and Sector Itinerary programme organisation. Day-to-day contacts with 32 farming enterprises regarding Phare Programme procedures and requirements for purposes of restructuring of the Bulgarian Agriculture. Steering Committee meetings: organisation and participation. Initial Design, Translation & Monitoring of Agricultural Reports (Interim, Quarterly and Final). Translation of the projects’ “Farm Management Handbook”. Organised various and attended two meetings with the Bulgarian TV team who broadcast an extensive series of features on private farming.

Date from 09/1991to 04/1993
Location: Phare Extension project, Ministry of Agriculture, Sofia
Company: AFRC (Agricultural Food and Research Council),UK
Position: Administrator of the Project
Description: Itinerary programme organisation, regional and sector communications with the managerial staff; Phare design and monitoring of a filing system covering over 116 Experimental Stations and Research Institutes under Agricultural Academy. Translating and monitoring Project reports; Maintenance of the Final Special Questionnaire Database addressed to the managerial staff of the above mentioned 116 Experimental Stations and Research Institutes; Steering Committee meetings: Organisation and participation. Daily office managing activities, short-term experts visit programme and meetings included..

Date: from 02/1990to 09/1991
Location: Sofia
Company: Jes International
Position: Office Coordinator and System Analyst (Business Systems)
Description: Coordinating offices in Bratislava, Vienna, Genoa, Moscow and Sofia. Monitoring a Bank Filing System: Initial Design and Final Spreadsheet Output Format for 42 international bank accounts (bank transfer monitoring and monthly cashflow reports); data transfer monitoring (spreadsheet format) re live animal export sales, computer equipment sales and computer equipment kept in stock. Agribusiness development concerning live animals export.

Date from 09/1981to 01/1990
Location: Sofia
Company: Interprogramma (Software Research Institute)
Position: System programmer.
Description: Programming and Business systems study

14. Others: 1991 to date
Part-time assistant (October, 1998) to Mr. Pierre Heidebroek, Director Agriculture Dept. in Raiffeisen Investment, Bulgaria. Tender preparation/ Phare project for 38 agricultural enterprises’ privatization.

Part-time assistant (December, 1996) to Mr. Peter E. Gumpel, Director of Raiffeisen Investment, Bulgaria, Tender preparation, Phare project for Devnya Cement Plant privatization. etc.
Translation (1993) of the book “The Crying Planet” by Mr. George Vandeman (American priest and writer who lives in Thousand Oaks, California).