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CV Mirena Pencheva

Function provided for under the project:

1. Family name: PENCHEVA
2. Given and father's name: MIRENA HRISTOFOROVA
3. Birth date: August 15, 1956
4. Citizenship: Bulgarian
5. Marital status: Married
6. Education: Higher

7. Language skills: Grades from 1 to 5 for degree of language skills (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Certificate No. 0016118360, dated August 7, 2006 and issued by University of Cambridge, First Certificate in English (ESOL), Council of Europe Level B2.

8. Professional organization membership: Member of Union of Lawyers in Bulgaria. Member of Sofia Bar College since 1986.

9. Other skills: (e. g. computer literacy, etc.) WORKING WITH OFFICE EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTERS Software: Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office Power Point, Microsoft Office Publisher. Operation Systems: Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux. Internet.

10. Actual title: Lawyer in Sofia Bar College and Director of Chance for Every Child Foundation since 2002.

11. How many years have been working for this employer?
Member of Sofia Bar College since December 1, 1986.
Director and Legal Representative of Chance for Every Child Foundation since June 2002.

12. Main qualifications (relevant to project subject):
  12.1. From October 1, 1990 to December 30, 1990 - 3-month internship and specialization in law office near Paris Bar College (France) specialized in the field of international family law and trade law.
  12.2. Since 1991 - Secretary of Bulgarian-French Union of Lawyers.
  12.3. From 1986 to 2007 my professional activity was focused on international family law and accompanying Bulgarian and foreign prospective adoptive parents in child adoption procedures.
  12.4. On March 10-11, 2005 - Completed training course 'The Management of European Funds - A Challenge before Bulgarian Business', organized by Bulgarian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Sofia).
  12.5. From June 19, 2006 to December 22, 2006 - Completed 6-month qualification course for professional education under 'D' Program 'Managing and Providing Services to Children and Families in the Community', carried out in OKOM Industrial Relations and Management Institute, Professional Training Center near Professional Education and Training National Agency; Acquired profession: Social Worker, major: Social Services for Children and Families in Risk.
  12.6. From August 27 to August 31, 2007 - Completed vacation training, organized by Social Communities Foundation on the following themes: approaches for working with aggressive behavior children; approaches for working with anxiety behavior children; interactive methods for working with children's group; neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques for working with parents; system approach for working with families.
  12.7. Since October 1, 2003 - full-time student in New Bulgarian University: Completed basic program 'Behavior and Social Sciences'; Competing Bachelor's Program of Psychology.
  12.8. From March 24, 2007 to September 21, 2007 - specialization by correspondence in European Project Management in European College of Economics and Management (town of Plovdiv).
  12.9. 2009 Bulgaria, Sofia Completed course (120 academic hours) and received Certificate of Basic Training on Positive Psychotherapy No. 0078/2009, giving basic knowledge and skills for using positive psychotherapy method in individual and group psychotherapy, techniques of positive thinking and settling crisis and conflict situations and for developing personal social skills in the group. The certificate is issued by Positive Psychotherapy Association in Bulgaria (PPAB) – associated member of WAPP, WCP and EAP.

13. Specific work experience in the region:

14. Professional experience

15. Other information (e.g. publications):
Publications:
• October 2003: 24 Hours Newspaper - 'The Adoption as a Challenge';
• 2004: 24 Hours Newspaper - Article 'Do We Need Amending the Order of Depriving People from Parenting Rights';
• October 17, 2005: 24 Hours Newspaper - 'There Are No Obstacle before a Single Man to Adopt a Child';
• 2007: Society and Law Magazine, issue No. 5 - Article 'The Adoption as A Consciously Taken Responsibility'.