1. ITCC - Organizational and communication Issues
Prof. Nedyu Popivanov,
ITCC Director General,
Sofia University

2. ITCC Advisory Board - Membership
Government representatives:
Mr. Valery Borissov, Director, eGovernance, MTITC,
since 3 weeks
Deputy Minister of MTITC
Mr. Ivan Kostov, Chairman of Foundation eHealth Care Bulgaria
Bulgarian IT business
representatives:
Mr. Stoyan Boev, Vice President, Bulgarian IT association – BAIT
Mr. Vladimir Alexiev, Representative of IT Cluster Bulgaria
Mr. Yavor Jonev, Representative of Bulgarian Association of Software Companies – BASSCOM
Sofia University representatives :
Assoc. Prof. Dimiter Birov, Vice Dean of FMI, Sofia University (on leave now)
Mr. Bojil Dobrev, Director, Sofia University Advisory & Financial Support Unit on project development and maintenance

3. ITCC Advisory Board
I suggest for 2012 to extend our Advisory Board with
Prof. Avram Eskenazi, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of Consulting Council on Information and Communications Sciences and Technologies, BAS
Prof. Stanimir Stojanov, Plovdiv University, with large international (Germany and UK) experience in eGov.
The Advisory Board has its regularly meetings (more than 40!) once a week since 2011 meeting of Steering Committee of ITCC

4. Connections
General Director Mr. Jaehong Yoon - NIA Coordinator, Finance Assistant PR Korea Content Advisory Board Projects Leaders Connection with IT Companies

5. Support from BG Government – ITCC office, working Projects
Sofia University – administrative support, management and PR, knowledge and competence of the academic staff in project development, ICT area and training
IT Associations – great interest and expertise in the field of ICT

6. Problems faced by now
Insignificant interest by the Government until last months. Fortunately, the Bulgarian Prime Minister demonstrated remarkable interest in the topic of “eGovernment policy” lately and has appointed a new Deputy Minister to be responsible for its development . This could be seen as a light in the tunnel
SU administrative bureaucracy (very slow processing of the information, documents, payments etc.)
Bulgarian regulations (very slow way of getting things done)
Financial problems of Bulgaria

7. Work Organization Weekly meetings of the Advisory Board
Management, organization, content and results of each Project – subject of funding, possible external contacts and collaboration are regularly discussed.
Another important topic of discussion is the establishment of working groups for development of projects funded by the EU and national programmes, which will bring Korea IT Industry as a partner.

8. Your Questions?