Education
Master's degree in Macroeconomics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia
Biography
Daniela Mineva has 17 years of experience with EU and other donors financed projects in the areas of anti-corruption, management of EU funds and Cohesion policy, innovation policy, competitiveness and hidden economy. She has participated in the development of a number of national S&T policy related documents: e.g. the Regional Innovation Strategy for the South-West region of Bulgaria, Annual Reports on the Bulgarian National Innovation Policy 2006 and 2007, commissioned by the Ministry of Economy and Energy, Innovation.bg analytical report, e-Bulgaria report. She is country correspondent at the European Commission's information platform on European, national and regional research systems and policies - ERAWATCH. In 2009 she participated in the projects “Contribution of policies at the regional level to the realisation of the European Research Area” and “European Observatory of Research-Active Universities and National Public Research Funding Agencies”. She has worked on a Feasibility study on establishing a European platform for cooperation between labour inspectorates, and other relevant monitoring and enforcement bodies, to prevent and fight undeclared work.
In 2010 and 2011 she worked on the Regional Innovation Monitor project, an initiative of the European Commission's DG Enterprise and Industry and on the project “Delivering Policy Analysis on the Performance of Cohesion Policy 2007-2013”, with a focus on innovations, energy efficiency and RES, financed by DG Regional Policy. In 2012-2013 Ms Mineva participated in two projects related to the development of the Smart Specialisation Strategy for Bulgaria. Since November 2012 she is involved in the project Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Capacity Building for Monitoring, Advocacy and Awareness Raising (SELDI), funded under IPA Civil Society Facility Framework Partnership Agreements and DG NEAR. The SELDI initiative (www.seldi.net) includes 34 CSOs partners and 5 anticorruption agencies from the Western Balkans, aiming to contribute to a dynamic civil society in the region, capable of participating in public debate and influencing policy and decision-making process in the area of anti-corruption and good governance. Since 2016 she is also implementing a Service Contract to Support the European Platform tackling undeclared work, which analyses the possibilities for collaboration between public bodies and social partners from different European countries in tackling undeclared work, irregular migration, social securities and tax fraud, social dumping, etc. The project is commissioned by DG Employment and implemented by the ICF Consulting Services Ltd. She is also involved in the project State Capture Estimation and Monitoring of Anticorruption Policies at the Sectoral level (SceMaps) since 2019.
Research Focus
Anti-Corruption, Informal Economy, Innovation Policy, Management of EU Funds and Cohesion policy, Competitiveness and Business Environment
