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Speakers, panelists and moderators

Anti-Doping Centre

PREVENTING DOPINGIN PROFESSIONAL AND GRASSROOTS SPORT

THROUGH EDUCATION AND INVESTIGATION

24-25 January 2018, Sofia

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Уважаеми участници,

За мен е удоволствие да Ви приветствам на семинара “Предотвратяване на употребата на допинг в професионалния спорт и в спорта за всички чрез образование и разследване”, което е първото събитие от Българското председателство на Съвета на Европейския съюз в сферата на спорта в нашата столица София.

Министерството на младежта и спорта на Република България постави борбата срещу употребата на допинг в спорта сред приоритетите на Българското председателство, защото темата за чист спорт и спазване правилата на честната игра е изключително важна за целия спортен свят. Важна роля за този приоритет изигра и работата на българския Антидопингов център.

Борбата с допинга в спорта за високи постижения е до голяма степен част и от борбата с корупцията в спорта и е задължително спортните битки да се решават на терена, а не зад кулисите. Добрите резултати в борбата срещу употребата на допинг и разследването ще ни помогнат да запазим идеята на спортното състезание. От изключително значение за превенцията за употреба на забранени вещества е информираността и обучението на спортистите – професионалисти и аматьори. А глобализацията на спорта изисква обединени усилия на всички нас и подобряване на програмите за обучение сред спортистите на базата на споделения опит.

Когато говорим за употребата на допинг в спорта за всички обикновено става въпрос за млади хора, които се стремят да подобрят външния си вид, често увреждайки непоправимо организма си. За това е много важно да бъдат регулирани в максимална степен статутът на фитнес центровете, цензът на инструкторите, които работят в тях и продажбата на хранителни добавки за трупане на мускулна маса.

През двата дни на семинара „Предотвратяване на употребата на допинг в професионалния спорт и в спорта за всички чрез образование и разследване” ще чуем мненията и опита на представители на Европейската комисия, WADA, Interpol и страните-членки за начините на предотвратяване на употребата на допинг в спорта. Ще разгледаме проблемите и успехите, които всички ние сме имали в работата си в последните години и се надявам това да ни помогне да се справим с новите предизвикателства в битката за чист спорт.

Като член на Управителния съвет на Световната антидопингова агенция, аз съм горд, че на България се пада и отговорността да ръководи през първите 6 месеца на 2018 г. процеса по изготвянето и съгласуването на единна позиция на ЕС във връзка с прегледа на Световния антидопингов кодекс.

Пожелавам ползотворна работа на всички участници в семинара и се надявам нашите гости да се почувстват като у дома си в българската столица София, която през тази година е и европейска столица на спорта.

Красен Кралев,Министър на младежта и спорта

Dear Participants,

It is my great pleasure to welcome you at the Seminar “Preventing Doping in Professional and in Grassroots Sport through Education and Investigation”, which is the first event in the field of sport to be held in our capital Sofia under the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Bulgaria puts the fight against doping in sport among the priorities of the Bulgarian Presidency, as the topic for clean sport and fair play is of utmost importance for the whole sport world. The work done by the Bulgarian Anti-doping Centre strongly contributed to this topic.The fight against doping in elite sport is to a great extent part of the fight against corruption in sport and is vital to keep sport battles on the field, and not behind the curtain. The good results in the fight against doping combined with investigation would help us safeguard the idea of sport competition. Providing information and delivering education to professional and amateur athletes is of great significance for the prevention of doping. Globalisation in sport requires joint efforts and improvement of educational programmes for athletes based on shared experiences.When we talk about doping in recreational sport, usually it concerns young people that strive to enhance their body image, often harming their organisms. Therefore, it is vital to regulate to a maximum extent the status of fitness centres, fitness instructors’ licenses and the related performance-enhancing nutritional supplements market. During the next two days at the seminar “Preventing Doping in Professional and in Grassroots Sport through Education and Investigation” we would hear the opinions and experiences of representatives of the European Commission, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Interpol, Council of Europe and Member States in the fight against doping in sport. We would look at the challenges and successes that we had in our work in the recent years and I believe that this would help us tackle the challenges in the fight for clean sport.As a Member of the WADA Foundation Board I am proud that Bulgaria holds the responsibility to lead the process of coordinating and delivering of the common EU position in regard to the WADA Code Review Process in the first 6 months of 2018.I wish to all the participants at the Seminar a rewarding work and I hope that our guests would feel like home in the Bulgarian Capital Sofia that has the privilege of being the European Capital of Sport this year.

Krasen KralevMinister of Youth and Sports

Contact info:

Viktoria RACHEVA-SLAVKOVA

Director of European Programmes, Projects and International Cooperation,

Chair of the Working Party on Sport of the Council of the EU

tel: +359 2 9300 832; mob: +359 895 728 484

viktoria.slavkova@mpes.government.bg

Ministry of Youth and Sports

1040, Sofia, 75 Vasil Levski Blvd.

tel: +359 2 9300 554

press@mpes.government.bg

mpes.government.bg

twitter.com/BG_MYS

twitter.com/EU2018BG

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Krasen Kralev is the Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Bulgaria, Member of the Foundation Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

He has graduated the First English Language School and the Medical University in Varna. In 1990 he specialised Management of Political Campaigns at the University of South Carolina (USA). He is one of the founders of the Federation of Independent Student Associations in Bulgaria in 1990. Mr. Kralev was a national long and middle distance athlete in period 1983 - 1987, national record holder of 20 000 m for juniors and a bronze medalist of the Balkan Cross in 1986 and 1987. He was President of the ‘Cherno more’ Footbal Club (1998-2001, 2003-2007). Since 2010 he was President of the Futsal Commission to the Bulgarian Football Union until appointed as Minister of Youth and Sports. Mr. Kralev is a renowned expert in the field of public communications and founder of major companies for integrated marketing communications and internet media. He was elected as a Member of Parliament, representing political party GERB from Varna in the 43rd and 44th National Assembly. He served as Minister of Youth and Sports from November 2014 till January 2017 and entered into second term of office on 4th of May 2017 representing the Government of Mr. Boiko Borisov. On the 30th of October 2017 is appointed as an EU representative at the WADA Foundation Board.

Rafał Piechota is the Chair of the European Ad Hoc Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) since 2015.

He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Nicolaus Copernicus Univer-sity in Toruń where he also completed doctoral studies in law. He has been working for the Ministry of Sport and Tourism for 10 years. He has served as Director of the Department of Research and Sports Policy, as well as Dep-uty Director of the Department of Strategy and International Cooperation. Currently, he holds the position of Deputy Director of the Minister’s Office. He supervises the Office’s cooperation with the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and with the Parliament, as well as its work in the areas of access to public information, coordination of social research and the state’s anti-dop-ing policy. For the last 10 years, he has represented Poland in international organizations working in the field of sport, in particular those combating doping (the Council of Europe, UNESCO and WADA). In 2012, he was elect-ed Vice-Chair and, in 2015, Chair of the European Ad Hoc Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA). In 2015 he was also elected member of the WADA’s Finance and Administration Committee where he represents Europe. Since May 2017, he has been a deputy member of the WADA Executive Committee.

He is the author of nearly 50 publications on sports law and has partici-pated, as a national expert, in numerous research projects on combating doping in sport.

Jens Nymand Christensen is the Deputy Director-General for Education and Culture in the European Commission. He is Danish and holds a Master degree in Business Economics and International Economics. Jens Nymand Christensen has been working for the European Institutions since 1979, including as a Director in the Commission’s Secretariat-General from 2003 to 2014, and previously as Member of Cabinet of Vice-President Henning Christophersen and Head of Unit for International Food, Veterinary and Phytosanitary questions. He has also headed the European Commission Representation in Denmark and was an Advisor at the Danish Permanent Representation to the EU dealing with the Convention on the future of Europe and the preparations of the Inter-governmental Conference drafting a Constitutional Treaty for the European Union.

Herman Ram is the Chief Executive Officer of the Anti-Doping Authori-ty the Netherlands, which is the National Anti-Doping Organization of the country. He has held this position since 2006. After working twelve years as a librarian, Herman Ram started his career in sport management in 1992, when he became Secretary general of the Royal Netherlands Chess Feder-ation. In 1994, he moved on to the same position at the Netherlands Bad-minton Federation. He was founder and first secretary of the Foundation for the Promotion of Elite Badminton that was instrumental in the advance-ment of Dutch badminton. In 2000 he was appointed Secretary general of the Netherlands Ski Federation, where he focused, among other things, on the organization of large snowsports events in the Netherlands. During his time as Secretary general of these federations, Herman Ram had a special interest in Employer’s policies and Conflict management, and he has con-tributed to these fields in several ways, including publications and lectures on these and related subjects.

Since his appointment as CEO of the Anti-Doping Authority, he has de-veloped a special interest in legal, ethical and managerial aspects of an-ti-doping policies, on which he has delivered numerous presentations and lectures. On top of that, he acts as spokesperson for the Doping Authority.

Herman Ram is a member of a number of boards and committees, includ-ing the National Steering Group on Sport & Integrity of the Dutch NOC, the WADA NADO Working Group, and the Board of Directors of the Institute of National Anti-Doping Organizations (iNADO).

Herman Ram holds two Master’s degrees, in Law and in Sport Manage-ment.

Graduate of the University Paris-Dauphine (France) in International and EU Law, Léa Réguer-Petit is Doctor of Law. She wrote her PhD thesis on the “The Way EU Law Apprehends Sanctions in the Field of Sports Activities”. After five years working in the Legal Department of a sport national federa-tion, she is now Deputy Head of the Legal Department of the French Anti-doping Agency (AFLD). She has been involved in the writing of study man-uals, notably “Les droits protégés par la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme” (“Rights Protected by the European Convention on Human Rights”) and “Procédures devant les juridictions de l’Union européenne et devant la CEDH » (Proceedings before the Courts of the European Union and before the ECHR”), published with Gualino Lextenso.

Krasen KRALEV Rafal PIECHOTAJens Nymand CHRISTENSEN Herman RAM

Dr. Léa RÉGUER-PETITClément de Maillard is Captain in the French Gendarmerie nationale, and has been seconded to INTERPOL’s General Secretariat, Lyon in 2014. He has been appointed as Criminal Intelligence Officer specifically dedi-cated to deal with the co-operation agreement signed between INTERPOL and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). He is currently the head of the anti-doping unit, in charge of doping related investigations in elite sports’ world, and performance enhancing drugs trafficking. Before joining INTER-POL, he has been working over 9 years within the French Gendarmerie, especially as head of a Tactical Surveillance Unit specialized in Serious and Organized Crimes and Terrorism.

He is also PhD graduate in criminology (University of Lausanne, School of Criminal Justice, Switzerland), specialized in intelligence-led policing and criminal intelligence matters; he wrote several articles and publications in criminology.

Clément de MAILLARD

Liene Kozlovska (Latvia) works at the Council of Europe’s Sport Con-ventions Division. She has been involved in the anti-doping activities since 1994, when she started coordinating Latvian anti-doping program. In the meantime, she also completed her studies and is a certified sports medi-cine doctor. She participated in the development of the national anti-dop-ing policy based on the requirements of the Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention, which was adopted in 2002. For 10 years she led the Latvian NADO, ensuring implementation of the international standards governing the global fight against doping in sport at the national level. Since 2011 she is the programme manager of the Anti-Doping Convention of the Council of Europe.

Liene KOZLOVSKA

Dr. Uğur ERDENER is IOC Vice President, WADA Foundation Board and Ex-ecutive Committee Member. Graduate of Hacettepe University with medi-cal degree in Ophthalmology.

Uğur Erdener has become Associate Professor (1996) and Professor of Oph-thalmology (2001) at the School of Medicine of the Hacettepe University. Afterwords he became the General Director and CEO of the Hacettepe Uni-versity Hospitals and later, in 2007, he was elected Rector of the University and served until 2011.

Sport is a significant aspect of Uğur Erdener’s life. He served as the President of the Turkish Archery Federation for 23 years until 2005. He served as the President of the Word Archery Europe for five years and, in 2005, he became the first Turkish sportsperson to be elected as the President of an Interna-tional Federation of an Olympic Sport: World Archery with membership from 162 nations and headquartered in Lausanne.

He is the President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. He also serves as an Exec-utive Committee and Foundation Board Member of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Chair of the IOC Medical and Scientific Commission, also Chair of WADA Health, Medical and Research Committee. He was elect-ed as the Vice President of the IOC in 2016. Erdener is Vice President of ASOIF and he represents the IOC in the new International Testing Agency (ITA).

Dr. Uğur ERDENER

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Cliff Collins is currently the Programmes Director for EuropeActive. In the past few years he has been a member/observer at a number of EU Expert Groups including in good governance, the economic dimension of sport, human resources development and promoting health-enhancing physical activity and the European Skills Competencies, Qualifications, Occupations (ESCO) referencing for the fitness sector. He also represents EuropeActive at the DG SANTE Platform for Action for Diet and Physical Activity and at other high level groups.

He has worked with EuropeActive for more than 9 years during which he has managed six major EU-funded projects including the European Week of Sport actions, the Action Learning for Children in Schools (ALCIS), pro-moting active and healthy ageing (PAHA) and a technical fitness qualifica-tion referencing project (SIQAF) for DG Employment, and is overseeing a major Erasmus+ project in anti-doping in recreation sport called FAIR. Pre-viously he led a consortium of experts for the European Commission Study on Doping Prevention and earlier the preparatory action Fitness Against Doping.

Current activities also include managing EuropeActive’s European Affairs Programme and leads a team of officers in EuropeActive’s office in Brussels. In January 2018 2 new EU projects are launched covering education and training in fitness and promoting active and healthy lifestyles.

Previously he owned three fitness centres in the UK and won five nation-al awards for excellence for service delivery and in management. As a UK Government adviser he had a major influence on the development of the technical standards for exercise professionals, and for the quality manage-ment of fitness clubs.

He holds a masters degree in architecture, and has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Mathieu Holz is Senior Officer in the French Gendarmerie. He has been working 11 years for the French Gendarmerie first as Deputy Head of a re-gional criminal investigations department. Then, in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2009 between WADA and IN-TERPOL, he was seconded by the French Gendarmerie to INTERPOL’s Gener-al Secretariat at Lyon, as Criminal Intelligence Officer in charge of anti-dop-ing and performance-enhancing drugs trafficking. In September 2014, Mathieu joined WADA Intelligence and Investigations Department and was involved in Pound independent commission and then McLaren Independ-ent Investigations. He is also coordinating WADA Anti-Doping Investigators Network gathering NADO, Ifs and INTERPOL project manager Clement de Maillard. Mathieu is based in Lausanne, WADA European Regional Office and works with a data analyst.

Joseph de Pencier is the founding CEO of the Institute of National An-ti-Doping Organisations (www.inado.org).

Joseph is a former Senior Counsel of the Canadian Department of Justice. He began his anti-doping career as junior counsel representing the Gov-ernment of Canada at the 1989-1990 Dubin Inquiry into the Ben Johnson positive at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. On loan from the Department of Justice, in 1991-1992 he was Legal Counsel to the Canadian Centre for Drug-free Sport, and from 2002-2007, General Counsel to the Canadian Centre of Ethics in Sport and Director of the Canadian Anti-Doping Pro-gram.

Joseph has been a member of the International Paralympic Committee’s Anti-Doping Committee since 2006 (and has attended six Paralympic Games), and a member of the Anti-Doping Judicial Panel of World Rugby starting in 2012. He has served the international federations for cycling (UCI) and for baseball (IBAF) in a similar capacity. He is also the Chair of the anti-doping tribunals of several members of SportAccord. He has served on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Legal Committee, and has been Chair of the Advisory Group on Legal Issues for the Monitoring Group of the Council of Europe’s Anti-Doping Convention. He has also been a member of five WADA Independent Observer missions (the chair of four of them).

Mathieu HOLZ

Joseph de PENCIER

Graeme STEEL

Clifford COLLINS

Yves RANÇON is deputy head of Unit for public protection, promotion of health, prevention of doping in the French Ministry of sports. He is in charge of both prevention and fight against doping and especially of the draft model law on doping subject, the representation of France in the in-ternational meetings (Unesco, AMA, CAHAMA, EU), the development of the national plans or policies on these issues, the facilitation of the networking between the actors of antidoping system at the national level.

Yves RANÇON

Lars Mortsiefer is Executive board member Nationale Anti Doping Agen-tur Deutschland (NADA), Bonn

Holds PhD in law (Thesis: The fight against doping and data protection – fundamentals and fields of tension University of Bonn

Since 2013 is Head of Legal Expert Group of the Institutes of National An-ti-Doping Organisations (INADO), the international organization of current-ly 60 national anti-doping organizations; Member of the T-DO Advisory Group on Legal Issues; Member of the T-DO Advisory Group on Compli-ance and Member of the Adhoc Group on Independent Hearing Panels. since 2012 Lawyer (Syndicus) and member of the working group sports law (German bar council) since 2010 Member of the executive board of NADA Head of legal department of NADA since 2009 Data protection co-ordinator of NADA since 2008 Legal advisor of NADA ( Implementing the WADA - Code into the German National Anti Doping Code) 2005 - 2008 Legal Advisor at regional court Bonn. Since 2013 Head of the iNADO Legal Group. Former amateur football player.

Dr. Lars MORTSIEFER

Graeme Steel commenced as CEO of iNADO on December 1, 2017.

He was responsible for establishing the anti-doping programme in New Zea-land beginning in 1988. He was CEO of Drug Free Sport NZ from 1994 to 2017.

He has served on 4 WADA Independent Observer teams – 2 as the Chair. He has represented Oceania on the WADA Foundation Board and Executive Committee.

Prior to working in anti-doping he was a high school teacher for 10 years. He represented New Zealand in Volleyball between 1973 and 1985.

Bart van der SLOOT

Rob Koehler has been appointed Deputy Director General on 31 March 2016.

Rob has been an integral member of WADA’s staff since 2002; and, in his most recent role as Senior Director, Education & NADO/RADO Relations, was largely responsible for the advances made in initiating Regional An-ti-Doping Organizations around the globe which includes the develop-ment of anti-doping programs in 16 regions in over 127 countries. Rob is also responsible for the oversight of all National Anti-Doping Organizations and global anti-doping education.

Rob has been working in anti-doping field for over two decades. Prior to joining WADA he worked with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES). During his tenure with the CCES, he was also responsible for man-aging doping control programs for major Games in Canada including the summer and winter Canada Games, the 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

Rob KOEHLER

* The order of speakers follows the Agenda.

Bart van der Sloot specializes in the area of Privacy and Big Data. He also publishes regularly on the liability of Internet Intermediaries, data protec-tion and internet regulation. Key issues are the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation, international data flows, especially between Europe and the United States, and data leaks. Bart van der Sloot has studied philosophy and law in the Netherlands and Italy and has also successfully completed the Honours Programme of the Radboud University. He cur-rently works at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society of the University of Tilburg, Netherlands.

Bart formerly worked for the Institute for Information Law, University of Am-sterdam, and for the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) (part of the Prime Minister’s Office of the Netherlands) to co-author a report on the regulation of Big Data in relation to security and privacy.

Bart van der Sloot is the general editor of the international privacy journal European Data Protection Law Review. And board member of the European Human Rights Cases.

Bart van der Sloot is also the coordinator of the Amsterdam Platform for Privacy Research (APPR), which consists of about 70 employees at the Uni-versity of Amsterdam who in their daily teaching and research activities focus on privacy-related issues.

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Susan Backhouse is Director of Research for Sport and Exercise Science, Lei-sure and Tourism, and Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition at Leeds Beckett University. Susan is internationally renowned for her research on the social psychology of doping in sport. Working in partnership with Sport’s National Governing Bodies, International Federations and the World Anti-Doping Agency, the overarching motivation for this line of inquiry is to develop the evidence base to inform anti-doping policy and practice.

In 2007 Susan was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to undertake the first systematic literature review on the social psychology of doping in sport. Since then, Susan and her research team at Leeds Beckett University have established an interdisciplinary programme of research investigating the use of performance and image enhancing substances from multiple stakeholder perspectives (e.g., athlete, athlete support personnel, recreational user). In 2012, she was an invited member of the European Union Ad-hoc Expert Group on Doping in Recreational Sport, producing EU wide prevention guidelines. Susan convened the British Associ-ation of Sport and Exercise Science Clean Sport Interest Group in 2013.

Susan is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the British Psy-chological Society and a Registered Sport and Exercise Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society.

Since 2018 Paulina Tomczyk is the General Secretary of EU Athletes, the European federation of player unions and athlete associations, representing more than 25 000 athletes from different sports.Previously working as EU Athletes Policy Officer (2015-2017), she was re-sponsible for advocating and implementation of policy, and representing the organization at different European fora (European Union, Council of Europe and EPAS, European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Sport and Active Leisure and others). She has been involved in the manage-ment of European-wide collaborative projects, including PROtect Integrity (match-fixing) and SWAFE (gender equality in sport). Paulina is the co-author of “An Assessment of the Monitoring Practices of Euro-pean National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs)”, published by EU Athletes in 2017. She is also the member of the Executive Committee of World Players Association and the Bureau member of the EPAS Consultative Committee. Paulina holds Master’s Degrees from Law (University of Gdansk, Poland), Interna-tional Public Law (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France) and European Studies (Aix-Marseille Université, France). A former high-level athlete, she has a black belt (1st DAN) in judo and had been a member of Polish national team for several years.

Olivier Fontaine is Policy Officer at Unit Sport – DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture at the European Commission.

He is an Engineer from the Faculté Polytechnique in Mons (Belgium) and holds a Complementary Master Degree in Management from the Solvay Business School in Brussels. After a 10 years career in the private sector, mainly in consulting, he joined the European Commission in 2007. He joined the Sport Unit in Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture in 2014. He is notably responsible for the promotion of public health through physical activity (HEPA) and anti-doping issues. He enjoys endurance sports in general and is a seven times marathoner.

Mila Tafradzhieva has graduated the MA program ‘Media-Communication-Culture’ in European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) in cooperation with the University Sophia Antipolis in Nice (France) and the University St. Kliment Ohridski in Sofia (Bulgaria).In the end of 2013 she began her career in the field of Anti-doping as junior expert in the Anti-doping Programmes Department of the Bulgarian Anti-doping Center. Since then, she has been conducting the anti-doping education (multi-media presentations, discussions and surveys) for all national athletes, athlete support personnel, federation officials and parents. In order to develop further the anti-doping educational sessions Mila has been performing statistical analysis and has adopted the surveys accordingly. Furthermore, she has translated the new WADA quiz in Bulgarian language for increasing the variety of learning methods and supporting the Outreach campaigns of BUL-NADO with International Federations such as International Skating Union (ISU), International Fencing Federation (FIE), etc. Mila Tafradzhieva has also been giving a helping hand with a Project financed by UNESCO Fund for elimination of doping in sport – ’Anti-doping Education versus False Self-affirmation’ (2013-2015). She is carrying out the DCOs trainings. She has also composed the Manual for Doping Control Officers. Furthermore, Mila has issued the Athlete Biological Passport Strategy – hematological module. Mila has initiated the report doping possibility by creating the ‘Signals for doping violation button’ on the website of the Bulgarian Anti-doping Centre and by sharing this e-platform during the anti-doping education seminars. She is a member of the Result management commission of the Bulgarian Anti-doping Center.

Mila TAFRADZHIEVA

Prof. Susan BACKHOUSE

Jordan JOVTCHEV

Dr. Nina MAKUC

Paulina TOMCZYK

Nina Makuc is the Education coordinator at the Slovenian anti-doping or-ganization from July 2011.

She is responsible for: strengthening the overall compliance of SLOADO with the World Anti-Doping Code; executing tasks associated with the develop-ment of comprehensive Anti-Doping education program, with particular emphasis on prevention programs for young athletes; planning, managing and coordinating effective prevention programs with national sport feder-ations and at national and international competitions and events; planning, managing and coordinating national anti-doping conference, seminars for sample collection personnel and anti-doping ambassadors; Participating at WADA ADO symposiums and other international Anti-Doping Seminars; supporting the overall work of SLOADO.

She has a broad experience mainly in EU funded projects as project manag-er – EADIn project, prePLAY and Just Sport.

She graduated from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport, study field: conditional training (2003), and holds postgraduate degree in Kinesiology science – doctoral studies: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sport (2011). She also has additional expert qualification: expert exam for professional workers in the field of sport: Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, Lju-bljana (2004).

Dr. Vassilis BARKOUKIS

Olivier FONTAINE

Dr. Vassilis Barkoukis is Assistant professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He graduated from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, with a specialty in Coaching Track and Field. He earned his MSc in Coaching from the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sci-ence, Democritus University of Thrace. Dr Barkoukis finished his PhD at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on Human Performance and Health. He worked as athletics and conditioning coach for almost 20 years. In parallel he worked as a phys-ical education teacher for 11 years in primary and secondary education. In 2013, he was appointed Lecturer at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with emphasis on Teaching Physical Education. In 2014 he became Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research on doping involves the investigation of social cognitive approaches and the development of integrative models in better understanding doping behavior and the in-tegration of this information in the development of effective anti-doping prevention interventions. He has published over 120 national (Greek) and international articles and book chapters (Google scholar h-index = 24) and served as the lead editor of the first book on the Psychology of Doping in Sport (Routledge) and as co-author of the first meta-analysis on the predic-tors of doping use in sport. Dr Barkoukis has participated in 6 WADA funded projects and a major multinational grant funded by the European Com-mission (Erasmus+) aimed to develop an anti-doping educational tool. At the moment, Dr Barkoukis is participating in three ongoing projects funded by IOC and five research grants funded by the European Commission (Erasmus+) aiming to further understand doping behavior in competitive and recreational sports and developing effective anti-doping education interventions.

Verica Mance is project manager at Rijeka Sport’s Association and general project manager of Just Sport, Erasmus+ Project.

She served as General secretary of Rijeka Sport’s Association from 2002 un-til 2014. She has been employed in companies as head of administrative sections; as Coach track and field, General Secretary an Rijeka track and field club; Project manager aimed at EU and developing projects; Partner pro-ject manager at IPA Si/Hr cross boarder component PTO 2011-2012; Project manager at Si/Hr cross boarder project IRIS 2014 – 2015; Member of many working groups for Ministry of sport and Croatian Olympic Committee; Member of Croatian Olympic Committee and Croatian Paralympic Com-mittee as well as National sport association and regional and local sport based NGO bodies. She has participated as member of board and leading manager in all major international sport competitions held in Rijeka and in Croatia from 1980. She was head of the logistics and OC Secretary General for a number of major sport events during 1990-2009.

She graduated as a Physical Education teacher and holds specialisations in Public relation and public appearances training; Transnational training and cooperation activities; Cycle training on EU funds; The financing of projects from EU and national funds.

Verica MANCE

Jordan JOVTCHEV, Olympic Medalist, World Champion in Artistic Gymnastics, Club President.

Jordan Jovtchev is 4-time Olympic medalist and participant in 6 consecutive Olympic Games in Artistic Gymnastics. He is also 4-time World Champion. He coached and trained in the USA for more than 10 years. Just after retiring from his legendary sports career he served as a President of the Bulgarian Artistic Gymnastics Federation for several years.

Currently he is a president of Sport Club of Gymnastics and Street Fitness “Street Workout Bulgaria”. The Club acts as National Federation and is a member of World Street Workout and Calisthenics Federation. As a President of the club Mr. Jovtchev puts special emphasis in Education, including Anti-doping Education.

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AgendaAgenda

24 JANUARY 2018 DAY 1, HOTEL MARINELA SOFIA

Time Topic Speakers

12:15 LunchAmbassador Restaurant

13:15 Registration

14:00 Welcome and introduction Krasen Kralev, Minister of Youth and Sport, Bulgaria, WADA Foundation Board MemberJens Nymand Christensen, Deputy Director-General, DG EAC, European Commission

14:20 Keynote Speech Prof. Dr. Uğur Erdener, IOC Vice-President, WADA Foundation Board and Executive Committee Member

PART 1 – INVESTIGATION AND DATA PROTECTION

Moderator – Liene Kozlovska, Senior Project Manager, Anti-Doping Convention, CoE

14.30 Study on data protection and anti-doping. Sharing data

Bart van der Sloot, Senior Researcher, Tilburg Institute for LawRafal Piechota Deputy Director, Ministry of Sport and Tourism, PolandHerman Ram CEO, Anti-Doping Authority the NetherlandsQ&A

15:10 Case study: how investigative work can expose doping

Yves RANÇON, Deputy Head of Unit for public protection, promotion of health, prevention of doping, French Ministry of SportDr. Léa Reguer-Petit, Deputy Head, Legal Department, French Anti-doping Agency

15:40 Coffee Break

16:10 Presentation: The fight against doping – The partnership between WADA and Interpol

Clément de Maillard, Project Manager, Anti-Corruption & Financial Crimes Sub-Directorate, InterpolMathieu Holz, Investigations and Intelligence Manager, WADA

16:40 Panel debate: how to implement cooperation between law enforcement - authorities and anti-doping authorities

Mathieu Holz, Investigations and Intelligence Manager, WADAClément de Maillard, Project Manager, Anti-Corruption & Financial Crimes Sub-Directorate, InterpolDr. Lars Mortsiefer, Member of the Executive Board, Director Legal Department, NADA GermanyJoseph de Pencier, founding CEO of iNADO

17:40 Closing of Day 1

19:30 Welcome Dinner and Cultural program, Restaurant Bulgar

25 JANUARY 2018 DAY 2, HOTEL MARINELA SOFIA

Time Topic Speakers

9:30 Wrap-up of Day 1

PART 2 – PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION

Moderator: Cliff Collins, Programmes Director, Europe Active

9:45 The role of anti-doping education and the development of an International Standard for Education and Information

Presentation by Rob Koehler, Deputy Director General, WADA

Good Practices: Panel discussion with- Rob Koehler, Deputy Director General, WADA- Jordan Jovtchev, 6-time Olympic participant

(4 medals), 4-time World champion in Artistic Gymnastics, Club President

- Graeme Steel, CEO, iNADO- Prof. Susan Backhouse, Director of Research,

Carnegie School of Sport - Paulina Tomczyk, General Secretary, EU Athletes

10:45 Coffee Break

11:15 Roundtable – Presentation of Erasmus + projects

Moderator: Olivier Fontaine, Sport Unit, European Commission

- Verica Mance, Just Sport- Vassilis Barkoukis, SafeYou- Dr. Nina Makuc, PrePlay- Cliff Collins, The Forum for Anti-Doping in

Recreational Sport

12:15 Value-based education: Doping Antidote

Mila Tafradzhieva, NADO Bulgaria

12:45 Conclusions and closing Bulgarian Presidency

13:00 LunchAmbassador Restaurant

14:30 Optional: Cultural Program – Sofia City Tour or Winter shopping

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The language

Bulgarian is the language of the Bulgarian ethnic group which emerged in the period between the 7th and the 9th century AD when Slavic tribes together with the indigenous Thracians and Illyrians and the Bulgarians led by the khans Asparukh and Kuber established a new state. The adoption of Christianity helped to unite the Bulgarians in Misia, Thrace and Macedonia and facilitated the formation of the Old Bulgarian language.

The Bulgarian language belongs to the big family of Indo-European languages and is a branch of the Eastern group of the South Slavonic languages. It is characterised by its lexical richness. Bulgarian has more than 200,000 words and their different forms are ten times more than that. The verb “read” itself has 52 different forms. Bulgarian has Slavic words as well as words from the classical languages and also from Russian, Turkish, Arabic and Western European languages. More than 5000 new words, phrases and idioms have entered Bulgarian only in the past decades.

The holy brothers Cyril and Methodius and the alphabet

The Bulgarian alphabet known as glagolitic was created by Constantine-Cyril The Philosopher. The glagolitic alphabet is a completely original graphic system in which every letter stands for a single sound and the letters for sounds with similar characteristics have similar graphic designs. Proof of that could be found in the so-called Salzburg memorandum from 871 which states that “Methodius arrived in Pannonia with newly created Slavic letters”.

The Bulgarian word for alphabet (азбука) originates from the first two letters of the glagolitic alphabet – az and buki.

It is believed that the first learners of the new script memorised it in its text version – ‘Az, buki, vedi, glagolati!’ etc. which translates in modern Bulgarian as “I know the letters and I can speak well”. In present day, the glagolitic alphabet has been poetically described as “the signs that speak” because glagolati actually means “speak”.

The second Bulgarian alphabet known as Cyrillic was created at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century at the Preslav literary school. Cyrillic consisted of 24 letters based on Greek signs and 12 letters similar to the glagolitic script which correspond to specific sounds in Bulgarian such as b, zh, z, sh, sht, ch, ts, etc. For a long period of time both alphabets were in use by Old Bulgarian men of letters until the 12th century when the more economic and easier to transcribe Cyrillic alphabet completely replaced the glagolitic one.

As a result of the development of the Bulgarian language and after the introduction of several reforms implemented by laws in the 20th century, the modern Bulgarian alphabet has 30 letters.

The Cyrillic alphabet is a Bulgarian contribution to world heritage. At present, more than 300 million people on two continents use it. That is why the great Bulgarian poet Ivan Vazov wrote at the end of the 19th century: “We have also given something to the world, the gift to read to all Slavs”.

About Bulgaria

Photos by Ladislav Tsvetkov

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About Bulgaria About Bulgaria

History

681 The Beginning

The establishment of a Bulgarian state by Khan Asparukh on the Balkan

peninsula is one of the most remarkable political events in Europe in

the 7th century after the Great Migration.

855 The Alphabet

The first Bulgarian alphabet – the glagolitical one, was created by the

brothers Cyril and Methodius. At the end of the 9th and the beginning

of the 10th century a second Bulgarian alphabet is developed in Preslav,

the Cyrillic alphabet. It consists of 24 letters based on the Greek script

and 12 signs taken from the glagolitic script. Today nearly 15 million

people around the world speak Bulgarian and the Cyrillic alphabet is

the third official alphabet of the European Union. Read more

864 Conversion to Christianity

The adoption of Christianity has a great historic significance for Bulgaria

because it leads to the establishment of the Bulgarian church, the

advancement of Slavic literature and the evolution from Khanate to

Tsardom and a sovereign state in Europe.

893-927 “The golden age”

This is how the rule of Simeon the Great is known. The books written

in that period mark the beginning of the Old Bulgarian Literature.

Simeon’s victories on the battlefield help expand the territory of the

Bulgarian state from the Black sea to the Aegean and the Adriatic. In

analogy with the emperor of the Franks, Charlemagne, Simeon also

remains in history as The Great.

1018-1185 Under Byzantine rule

In 1014 the Byzantine emperor Basil II defeated the army of tsar Samuil

and blinded 15 000 captured soldiers. The Bulgarian tsar dies two

months later and the internal conflicts for succession further weakened

the Bulgarian state. Thus, at the end of 1019, Basil II managed to take

control of the whole country and put an end to the first Bulgarian

Tsardom.

1185-1396 Second Bulgarian Tsardom

A Bulgarian uprising against the Byzantine rule, led by the Bulgarian

boyars Petar and Assen, marks the beginning of the Second Bulgarian

Tsardom which during the rule of tsar Ivan Assen II expands and borders

three seas. It is the most powerful state in South-Eastern Europe. The

Bulgarian Orthodox Church is also reestablished.

1396-1878 Under Ottoman rule

Bulgaria is the first Balkan country which falls under the rule of the

expanding Ottoman empire. The foreign occupation destroys all

administrative, legal, fiscal, military, cultural and other institutions. The

Orthodox Church, the Bulgarian elite and the entire state cease to exist.

1762 Bulgarian National Awakening

Due to the foreign occupation, the Bulgarian awakening also known

as Renaissance starts only in the 18th century. Its beginning was

heralded by the book “History of the Slav-Bulgarians” written by Paisius

of Hilendar in 1762.

1876 The April uprising

The April uprising ignites the revolutionary surge in the country. The

extremely violent suppression provokes indignation in Europe and the

United States. Writers like Victor Hugo and Fyodor Dostoevsky express

their support for Bulgaria. Although unsuccessful to achieve its goals,

the uprising is important because of the international reaction that

follows.

1878 The Liberation

On 3 March 1878 a preliminary Peace Treaty of San Stefano is signed that

puts an end to the war between Russia and Turkey which starts a year

earlier. Bulgaria is recognised as an autonomous country. Only three

months later, the Berlin Treaty signed by the Great Powers divides the

country into Bulgarian principality, the autonomous region of Eastern

Rumelia while Eastern Thrace, The Aegean region and Macedonia are

returned to Turkey.

1885 The Unification

On 6 September 1885 rebels from Eastern Rumelia start the unification

with the principality of Bulgaria with the consent of prince Alexander

Battenberg. A new government which officially proclaims the

unification is sworn in.

1908 Independence

On 22 September 1908 the Independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed

with a manifesto issued by prince Ferdinand who assumes the title

of tsar. This ends the dependent status of Bulgaria from the Ottoman

empire, imposed by the Berlin treaty.

1914-1918 World War I

Bulgaria takes part in World War I on the side of the Central Powers.

The Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine of 1919 imposes heavy sanctions on the

country.

1939-1945 World War II

After staying neutral in the initial stages of the war, Bulgaria joins the

war in 1941 as a non-participating ally of Nazi Germany. The plans to

deport the Bulgarian Jews are not implemented due to the opposition

of Bulgarian politicians, priests and citizens.

1946-1989 People’s Republic of Bulgaria

After 9 September 1944 the monarchy is replaced by a government

of the National front. In 1946 Bulgaria becomes a People’s republic.

The Bulgarian communist party imposes a totalitarian regime and

nationalises industry while the land is united in cooperatives. Bulgaria

falls under Soviet influence, among other so-called socialist countries.

1989 The end of Communism

The longstanding head of state Todor Zhivkov is ousted and a multi-

party system is introduced. The Constitution of 1991 declares Bulgaria

as a parliamentary republic with a one camera national assembly,

directly elected president and guaranteed human rights and freedoms.

2004 Bulgaria joins NATO

On 29 March 2004 Bulgaria joins NATO after diplomatic efforts that last

14 years.

2007 Bulgaria in the European Union

Bulgaria chooses its European future and as early as 1990 applies for EU

membership. The European Union treaty of accession is signed in 2005

and Bulgaria becomes a full member on 1 January 2007.

2018 Bulgarian presidency of the EU Council

Eleven years after joining the EU, Bulgaria will hold the rotating

presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time.

Interesting facts from the history of Bulgaria

Thracians

Many examples of ancient thracian art have been found on the territory

of Bulgaria. Some of them are the Panagyurishte Treasure, the Valchitran

Treasure, the Rogozen Treasure, the Vratsa Treasure, the Borovo Treasure

and others. Thracian treasures have long attracted the admiration of

the whole world, and they have been shown in many exhibitions on

many continents. Some of them are particularly important and give

extraordinary information about the ancient art.

Panagyurishte Treasure |

Valchitran Treasure |Madara Raider |

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About Bulgaria About Bulgaria

Traditions and culture

The Bulgarian culture has the incredible ability to bind people together. Various ethnic communities have coexisted on Bulgarian territory for centuries. This has taught Bulgarians to accept others, no matter if the difference is about religion or in culture. Bulgarians have always been open to the world and this is due to both geopolitical and historic reasons. Bulgarian culture has been receptive to new ideas and influences and the traditions reflect our basic values of tolerance, accepting other cultures and rejecting racism, xenophobia and antisemitism.

This is clearly evident from the way Bulgarians celebrate holidays such as Epiphany (Iordanovden), Baba Marta, St George’s Day etc. It is also reflected in traditional crafts such as the Chiprovtsi carpets, lace from Kalofer, cabochons from Tryavna.

Bulgarian folklore

The Bulgarian folklore is also closely related to the cultural development of Bulgarians and to the traditions of other Balkan people. It combines

elements from the culture of ancient Thracians, Slavic and proto-Bulgarian traditions. The Bulgarian traditions were strongly influenced by the

adoption of Christianity and the establishment of the Bulgarian script.

The Bulgarian music is very impressive with its harmonies, rhythm and dynamics. The most distinctive features of Bulgarian folk music are biphonic

singing (Dvuglas) and asymmetrical meters (uneven beats). They are unknown to Western music and that is why Bela Bartok calls them “Bulgarian

beats”. Some of the most famous traditional dances, such as rachenitsa, Elenino and Daichovo horo are in asymmetrical meter (uneven beat).

The Bulgarian spoken folklore in its variety amazes with the richness of messages and artistic styles and the diversity of forms – from fairytales to

proverbs and fables. Bulgarian fairytales and legends reveal a specific perception of the world based on ancient myths and symbols and affirming

universal values, such as fairness and honesty, respect of family and community, hard work and mutual help.

Cultural heritage

The coexistence of different peoples and the intertwining of their cultures has turned our country into a real treasure box. Nearly 40,000 cultural

heritage sites are under the protection of the Cultural Heritage Act. 33 of them are archaeological reservation areas, 15,000 archaeological sites and

25,000 buildings and monuments of architectural and historic value.

There are 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Bulgaria, seven of which are cultural heritage sites and three of which are natural sites. The cultural

ones are: Rila Monastery, Thracian tomb of Kazanlak, the rock carving Madara horseman, Thracian tomb of Sveshtari, rock churches of Ivanovo, the

old Nessebar and Boyana church. The natural ones are: Pirin National park, Central Balkan National park and Srebarna Nature Reserve.

Bulgarian museums and galleries preserve over 7,360,000 artefacts, among them the world-famous Panagyurishte gold treasure.

The Bulgarian folk song Izlel e Delyo Haidutin, sung by Valya Balkanska, is travelling in space. Many Bulgarian singers perform at world opera stages.

Musicians, artists, sculptors, architects, designers, actors contribute to world culture across the globe.

One of the most remarkable discoveries from the Thracian times on the Bulgarian lands is the sacred town of Pereprikon, which is located in the Rhodope Mountains near the city of Kardzhali. The place has been glorified by the people since the Stone Age.

Gold from before 6 000 years ago

The Varna necropolis was discovered in 1972 in the region of Lake Varna and was dated at the end of the 5th - beginning of the 4th millennium BC. It is believed that the findings of “Varna Gold” are the oldest technologically processed gold in Europe and in the world, belonging to the so-called “Culture Varna” (4400 - 4100 BC).

The excavations have numerous graves with extremely rich finds. Among them are more than 300 objects of pure gold - sticks and hatchets, massive bracelets and ornaments, tiles cut into the shape of a bull. Even the beautiful ceramic pots were decorated with a gold inlay. Remarkable is the funeral of a leader-shaman with a golden rod and other emblems of the rule, also made of gold.| Gold from Varna Necropolis

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About Bulgaria

Religion

The freedom of religion is stipulated and guaranteed by the constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria. Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the constitution states that all citizens are free to worship and that the religious institutions are separate from the state. The constitution requires that the state provides all necessary conditions for every Bulgarian citizen to exercise his or her right to freely worship. It considers the right of religion together with the right of thought and conscience as basic human rights.

The Eastern Orthodoxy is designated as the traditional religion in Bulgaria and its representative is the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. It is the prevailing religion in the country although the other two branches of Christianity – Roman Catholicism and Protestantism are also represented. According to the latest census from 2011, 76% of the people who revealed their religious affiliation consider themselves as orthodox and around 1% - Catholics and Protestants each.

The census shows also that 10 % of Bulgarian citizens consider themselves Muslim, all other religions are under 1 % and nearly one tenth of the population does not reveal any religious affiliation.

The registered religions in Bulgaria are established world religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, as well as some eclectic religious movements dating from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

Sources of information: eu2018bg.bg; “The Shortest History of Bulgaria”, Nikolay Ovcharov

| Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia

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Speakers, panelists and moderators

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