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Bulgaria

CULTURAL HERITAGE, MUSEUMS AND FINE ARTS DIRECTORATE

Since 2018, Ms Ekaterina Djoumalieva has been Director of the “Cultural Heritage, Museums and Fine Arts” Directorate at the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, having previously served as Chief Expert in the “International Cooperation” Directorate and Head of the “Museum Activities” Department. She has coordinated Bulgaria’s participation in 12 international exhibitions abroad and served as Deputy Chair of the Bulgarian National Committee of ICOM.

She holds master’s degrees in Slavic Philology and Museology and is a PhD candidate in Museology. She has specialised training in museum management, cultural policy, and arts management and administration.

She is a member of the international exhibition exchange committee, the international jury of the Živa Awards for Museum of the Year and Cultural Heritage Site from a Slavic country, and the European Heritage Heads Forum (EHHF).

Her research interests include museology, cultural heritage, temporary exhibitions, and the visual arts.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
The first European Heritage Summit was organised in London from April 26 to 28, 2006 by Dr Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive of English Heritage. The mission of the summit was to bring together for the first time those responsible for Europe's cultural heritage, to create an opportunity to exchange experiences in heritage management and to initiate joint action. The first summit brought together 23 European countries, who agreed in the summit's final declaration to continue to meet annually in the form of a European Heritage Heads Forum. Each year, future host countries are chosen by mutual agreement at the annual meeting, so that the tradition can continue.

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