Център за изследване на демокрацията / Center for the Study of Democracy
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | Yolanda Garcia Mezquita Head of Unit | REPowerEU: Phase-out of Russian fuels | SRC |
| 23 Mar 2026 | Yolanda Garcia Mezquita Head of Unit | REPowerEU: Phase-out of Russian fuels | — |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Vicky Pollard Head of Unit | Cooperation on energy and climate security impact assessments | — |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Yvon Slingenberg Director | Cooperation on energy and climate security impact assessments | SRC |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Vicky Pollard Head of Unit | Cooperation on energy and climate security impact assessments | SRC |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Yvon Slingenberg Director | Cooperation on energy and climate security impact assessments | — |
| 03 Jul 2025 | Xavier Coget Cabinet member | Support to democracy | — |
| 03 Jul 2025 | Xavier Coget Cabinet member | Support to democracy | SRC |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Iolanda Marmol Cabinet member | Implementation of the clean transition agenda in Bulgaria | SRC |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Aleksandra Baranska Cabinet member | Implementation of the clean transition agenda in Bulgaria | — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Iolanda Marmol Cabinet member | Implementation of the clean transition agenda in Bulgaria | — |
| 19 Jun 2025 | Aleksandra Baranska Cabinet member | Implementation of the clean transition agenda in Bulgaria | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Ekaterina Zaharieva Commissioner | Developments in technology and their impact on communications in Europe; European environment for growth of media tech startups; Simplifying procedures and reducing administrative burden | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Ekaterina Zaharieva Commissioner | Developments in technology and their impact on communications in Europe; European environment for growth of media tech startups; Simplifying procedures and reducing administrative burden | — |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Dārta Tentere Cabinet member | Economic security | SRC |
| 11 Dec 2024 | Dārta Tentere Cabinet member | Economic security | — |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Emil Dimitrov Cabinet member | Current policy and initiatives on energy research and innovation. | — |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Emil Dimitrov Cabinet member | Current policy and initiatives on energy research and innovation. | SRC |
| 26 Sept 2024 | Marc Lemaitre Director-General | - proposal for a transatlantic initiative on innovation and energy security in CEE - beyond GDP: ideas for action on research, technology and innovation in catching up regions in Europe | SRC |
| 26 Sept 2024 | Marc Lemaitre Director-General | - proposal for a transatlantic initiative on innovation and energy security in CEE - beyond GDP: ideas for action on research, technology and innovation in catching up regions in Europe | — |
| 15 Oct 2023 | Francisco Barros Castro Cabinet member | Discussion on programming | — |
| 15 Oct 2023 | Francisco Barros Castro Cabinet member | Discussion on programming | SRC |
| 28 Feb 2023 | Bjoern Seibert Cabinet member | Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023 | SRC |
| 28 Feb 2023 | Bjoern Seibert Cabinet member | Working dinner - EU's agenda in 2023 | — |
| 29 Mar 2022 | Irina Stefuriuc Cabinet member | Disinformation and Energy security issues | SRC |
Mission & 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.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Rule of Law Report Proposal for a regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum EU Drugs Strategy and Action Plan 2021 – 2025 Union Anti-Fraud Programme and the Internal Security Fund RAN Policy Network
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
FRANET – the multidisciplinary research network coordinated by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) - https://fra.europa.eu/en/cooperation/franet
Organisation Members
Applied Research and Communications Fund - https://arcfund.net/en/
Additional Information
CSD's annual audited financial statements for 2024 is published in the last section of its Annual Report for 2024 at: https://csd.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/publications_library/files/2024_12/CSD_AR/CSD_AR_2024_EN_full.pdf