Vitality

Ms. Josyane Franc has more than 30 years of experience in the field of international cultural relations, project conception, management and coordination. She was Head of international affairs for the Cité du Design and Saint-Etienne School of Art and Design (ESADSE)- France. In 2022, she was awarded Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (Knight of the National Order of Merit) one the highest French National recognition for civilians with outstanding contributions who honours her career and commitment to culture.

Today, she is Advisor international design networks & Ambassador of Cité du Design with regard to international design networks project conception, management and coordination

Tsveta Andreeva is a Public Policy Manager at the European Cultural Foundation, in charge of EU public policy monitoring, advocacy, research, European partnerships and projects. Since 2020 working on A Cultural Deal for Europe campaign (in partnership with Culture Action Europe and Europa Nostra). Tsveta’s professional background is in cultural policy, management and economics. She holds a PhD in Cultural Economics from University of National and World Economy (Sofia). She accomplished her MA in Sofia, followed by post-graduate studies in Dijon (France) and Birmingham (UK). Before joining ECF in 2009, she worked in the International cultural cooperation and European affairs at the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria. Her research activities are in the areas of cultural and creative economy and policies.

Veronika Romhány is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels, Belgium. Her current doctorate research at LUCA-KULeuven (Belgium) aims to create a rhizomatic, gamified research catalog to visualize collaborative creations and monitor how can co-creation reshape knowledge production and our understanding of the production of subjectivity - through practice. She is also an active member of a DIY artist group and artist-run gallery, MŰTŐ (HU), and a member of the Digital Society Institute. As part of her artistic practice and research, she has also been collaborating for years with musicians from the international, experimental music scene. She worked as a mentor at Game LAB, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange between 2021 and 2022, and based on her research focus, as a Ph.D. junior researcher she is involved in three FilmEU pilots.

Nadia Mihova has been a Human Resources Manager at Ernst & Young Bulgaria (EY) for 10 years. She manages the main processes of employee training and development, performance evaluation, motivation and retention. She is a psychologist by education and has been a certified coach for several years. Before EY Bulgaria, Nadia worked for consulting companies in the field of personnel selection, organizational consulting and development of motivation and retention schemes. She participated as a consultant in projects concerning persons with specific needs in order to facilitate their integration into the labor market.

Dr. Petya Koleva is an expert in process design and innovation for CCIs. She is the director of Intercultura Consult.

Milena Berbenkova is audience analysis and development specialist at Intercultura Consult.

TOPLOCENTRALA is a regional cultural institute from 2021. An initiative of the independent scene, embraced by Sofia Municipality and supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, with the idea of transforming the former heating plant of the National Palace of Culture into a Center for Contemporary Arts of a modern European type. TOPLOCENTRALA presents works in the field of contemporary stage and performative arts, visual arts, circus arts, urban art, music and literature.

Sofar Sounds Sofia is part of the global movement Sofar Sounds, which started in London in 2010 and entered Sofia in 2017. In Sofia, the movement shares original music of artists from Bulgaria and abroad in secret concerts in non-traditional places.

Traveler's Club is a meeting place for dreamers and travelers. A place to share experiences and inspiration from visited lands near and far. The club aims to provide its visitors with access to interesting and useful information about the world and its peoples, to introduce children and young people to sustainable tourism practices, and to support society in developing further an environmental mindset.