The program’s principal goals were:
- promoting the development of US-Bulgarian relations in the political, security, and economic areas by bringing together American and Bulgarian policy makers and experts;
- participating in the formulation of agenda for US-Bulgarian relations through analysis and consultation with the foreign policy community;
- assisting Bulgaria’s government in strengthening its position as it seeks to become a NATO member
- active participation in the public debate as a most effective way to further enhance the broad public’s understanding of the essentials of Bulgaria’s relations with NATO and the US
- encouraging the presence of US investments in Bulgaria by providing valuable local knowledge and country specific analysis of opportunities and threats such as bureaucracy, corruption, etc.
Period: April 1999 - April 2000
Coordinators: Ivan Krastev
Financing Organisations: German Marshal Fund of the United States