For a third year in a row, 30 Bulgarian students from different universities will have the opportunity to undergo intensive entrepreneurship training, business education, and leadership development in the summer of 2012 in teh United States. The initiative is part of the Bulgarian Young Leaders Program (BYLP), which aims to identify Bulgarian undergraduate students of exceptional caliber as well as promising civil service professionals and provide them with unique scholarship, and business and leadership training in the United States. This year, the BYLP incorporates four major components: Summer Entrepreneurship Program, U.S. Academic Immersion Program, Junior Justice Professionals Training Program, and Educational Leaders Training Program.
The Summer Entrepreneurship Program (SEP) provides short-term, non-degree experiential learning opportunity Bulgarian students from all accredited universities in Bulgaria. During five weeks (July 1- August 5, 2011) participants will have the opportunity to study at leading U.S. business schools where they will interact and network with U.S. executives, entrepreneurs, and students. In addition, because SEP is designed as a mini-MBA program, participants will be developing life plans and business plans. These plans will serve as blueprints for how students will apply what they have learned upon their return to Bulgaria.
A panel comprised of Albena Spassova, President of the Management Board of the International Cyber Investigation Training Academy; Andrey Genev, Member of the Managing Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank; George Sharkov, Manager of the European Software Institute; Kiril Petkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for Economic Strategies and Competitiveness; Ognyan Georgiev, Journalist from Capital weekly; and Svetla Kostadinova, Executive Director of the Institute for Market Economics reviewed all 193 applications and selected the following participants:
Nikolay Angov, Technical University – Sofia
Spasiyana Apostolova, Sofia University
Teodora Atanasova, University of World and National Economics
Elisar Bashir, Sofia University
Boguslav Beykov, Sofia University
Gergana Dikanska, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy – Sofia
Ilina Dimitrova, University of World and National Economics
Krassi Eneva, Sofia University
Alexandra Ezhkova, University of World and National Economics
Ikonom Filipov, University of World and National Economics
Asen Georgiev, Sofia University
Iskrin Georgiev, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy – Sofia
Nikolay Gerdzhikov, American University in Bulgaria
Todor Gigilev, Sofia University
Bozhena Pandelieva, Sofia University
Petar Penev, Sofia University
Plamen Petrov, Sofia University
Tanya Pushkova, American University in Bulgaria
Todor Sarakchiev, New Bulgarian University
Ivan Sharlandzhiev, Technical University – Sofia
Nikolay Shopov, Technical University – Varna
Ivelina Slavova, University of World and National Economics
Teodor Stanilov, Technical University – Sofia
Ekaterina Tancheva, University of Economics – Varna
Ivanina Tomova, University of World and National Economics
Kalina Toncheva, Burgas Free University
Vera Toncheva, Sofia University
Alexander Tsvetkov, University of World and National Economics
Valeriya Yordanova, American University in Bulgaria
Katerina Yordanova, Sofia University
Congratulations to the selected participants and we wish them useful and enjoyable summer in the U.S!
