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Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy

Acronym: CSD

General Information

Identification Code: 15789364550-66
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: non-profit organisation
Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions
Registration Date: 11/17/2010
Last Update: 6/14/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: CSD’s mission is “building bridges between scholars and policy-makers”. As an independent, interdisciplinary public policy institute it combines a broad range of capacities, bringing together social actors and cementing new alliances. Born as a think-tank, CSD has evolved into policy development through dialogue and partnership. Founded in late 1989, CSD is dedicated to the values of democracy and market economy, fostering the reform process in Europe through impact on policy and civil society – a leader in social research and policy analysis in Europe and the Balkans with а unique track record in managing EU-funded research and policy development. CSD employs a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary approach to complex social and policy issues in the area of good governance and anti-corruption, justice and home affairs, organised and conventional crime, hidden economy, energy and climate security, migration and radicalisation, foreign authoritarian influence and disinformation, etc.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Banking and financial services
  • Borders and security
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Culture and media
  • Customs
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Enlargement
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • Fraud prevention
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Migration and asylum
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Taxation
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Transport
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • global
  • national
  • european
  • sub-national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 and EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020 Proposal for a regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum
Communication Activities: Publications: Open Gates, Guarded Walls. The Balancing Act between Openness and Security in European Investment Policies (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/open-gates-guarded-walls/) Reforming Youth Corrections (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/reforming-youth-corrections/) Bridging Education and the Labour Market (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/bridging-education-and-the-labour-market/) Mapping Child Protection Systems in the EU (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/mapping-child-protection-systems-in-the-eu/) Effective and Innovative Practices among European Civilian Firearm Registries (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/effective-and-innovative-practices-among-european-civilian-firearm-registries/) Borderline. Impact of the Ukraine war on migrant smuggling in South Eastern Europe (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/borderline/) Strategic Decoupling: Phasing Out Russian Economic Influence in Germany (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/strategic-decoupling-phasing-out-russian-economic-influence-in-germany/) Cash is King: Impact of the Ukraine War on Illicit Financial Flows in South Eastern Europe (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/cash-is-king-impact-of-the-ukraine-war-on-illicit-financial-flows-in-south-eastern-europe/) Making Sanctions Work in the European Energy Sector (https://csd.bg/publications/publication/making-sanctions-work-in-the-european-energy-sector/) Events: Economic Security and Investment Screening (https://csd.bg/events/event/economic-security-and-investment-screening/) Energy (In)Security and Good Governance in Moldova (https://csd.bg/events/event/energy-insecurity-and-good-governance-in-moldova/) Paths to Faster Decarbonisation: Offshore Wind Energy Potential in the Three Seas Region (https://csd.bg/events/event/paths-to-faster-decarbonisation-offshore-wind-energy-potential-in-the-three-seas-region/) Countering WMD Hybrid Threats and Malign Interference in the Black Sea Region (https://csd.bg/events/event/countering-wmd-hybrid-threats-and-malign-interference-in-the-black-sea-region/) Anti-Corruption, Democratic Resilience and Economic Security (https://csd.bg/events/event/anti-corruption-democratic-resilience-and-economic-security/) Democracy That Delivers: Strategic Reengagement with the Western Balkans (https://csd.bg/events/event/democracy-that-delivers-strategic-reengagement-with-the-western-balkans/) Strengthening Anti-Corruption Policies through Public-Private Partnership (https://csd.bg/events/event/strengthening-anti-corruption-policies-through-public-private-partnership/)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 5 Alexander Zhendov St.
Post Code: 1113
City: Sofia
Country: BULGARIA
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EU Office

Address: 5 Alexander Zhendov St.
Post Code: 1113
City: Sofia
Country: BULGARIA
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

New Organisation: false
Closed Year: [object Object]
Current Year: [object Object]
Complementary Information: CSD's annual audited financial report for 2022 is published at: https://csd.bg/fileadmin/user_upload/publications_library/files/2022_12/CSD_AR/Financial_Review_CSD_AR_2022_EN.pdf

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 13
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 13
Members F T E: 1.2999999523162842
Info Members: As of March 31, 2024, the Center for the Study of Democracy employs a staff of forty-four of whom thirty-six in professional and management positions, including part-time consultants, and eight employees in administrative positions.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Applied Research and Communications Fund - https://arcfund.net/en/
Organisation Members: FRANET – the multidisciplinary research network coordinated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) - https://fra.europa.eu/en/cooperation/franet