About us
The Center for Regulatory Impact Assessment is a Bulgarian independent non-governmental expert organisation, founded in 2011, which pursues its activities in the public benefit.
Mission and objectives
The mission of the Center is to encourage the application of the rules of better regulation, good governance and the rule of law in Bulgaria and to popularise the principle “Less is more” in the sphere of legislation.
The main objectives of the Center are related to introducing good European practices and standards for regulatory impact assessment and structured public consultation as mandatory mechanisms in the drafting, discussion, adoption and implementation of normative acts in Bulgaria.
Team
The organisation has a three-tier body structure: a collective supreme body, the Board of Trustees; a one-person managing body, the Chairman; and an expert body, the Consultative Board.
The Consultative Board is a permanent expert body of the Center that includes prominent Bulgarian and international experts in the fields of law, economics and sociology, specialists with knowledge and experience in analysing and researching legislation, who support its activities with their expertise and experience, popularise its mission and objectives, work for its good reputation in society and for building the Center’s contacts with donors, sponsors, the state administration, businesses and other organisations in Bulgaria and abroad.
Board of Trustees
Tony Dimov
Lawyer, attorney-at-law, expert in regulatory impact assessment, specialist in European Union law.
Kostadin Stoilov
Economist, expert in business consulting and the implementation of business projects in Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia, the Czech Republic and France.
Bogomil Nikolov
Economist – Executive Director of the Bulgarian National Association “Active Consumers”, specialist in consumer protection.
Consultative Board
Prof. Rumen Brusarski, PhD
Specialist in public finance and cost-benefit analysis, Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Accounting at the University of National and World Economy.
Prof. Anna Mantarova, DSc
Doctor of Sociological Sciences at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, specialist in empirical sociology and in research on social and environmental risks – assessment and management.
Prof. Ganeta Minkova, PhD
Specialist in financial and tax law, lecturer at the Faculty of Geology and Geography and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.