The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” welcomes the renewed composition of the Council for Economic Analyses (CEA) to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria. The new members include three faculty members from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: Chief Assistant Professor Georgi Ganev, PhD, Associate Professor Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva, PhD, and Associate Professor Kaloyan Ganev, PhD. The Council’s Secretary is Associate Professor Plamen Nenov, a distinguished macroeconomist and Chief Economist–Researcher at Norges Bank.

A particularly welcome addition for the Faculty is the appointment of Chief Assistant Professor Georgi Ganev, PhD to the renewed membership of the CEA. He is an economist, Program Director at the Centre for Liberal Strategies, and a faculty member at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of Sofia University. He holds a PhD in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis. His academic work spans macroeconomics, monetary history, political economy, transition economics, growth, and development, while his publications focus on the economic development of Bulgaria and Southeastern Europe, as well as on European economic integration.

Associate Professor Ralitsa Simeonova-Ganeva, PhD, who also served during the first term of the CEA, is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Director of the Master’s programme Applied Econometrics and Economic Modelling. Her research interests include economic growth, labour economics and human capital, entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, and economic history. Her work has been published in journals such as Energy Policy, Journal of Small Business Management, Post-Communist Economies, Comparative Southeast European Studies, and others.

Associate Professor Kaloyan Ganev, PhD, who was likewise a member during the first term of the CEA, is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Director of the doctoral programme in Applied Econometrics and Economic Modelling. His research focuses on economic growth, business cycles, applied econometrics, economic forecasting, and economic history, and his publications include articles in journals such as Energy Policy, Post-Communist Economies, Comparative Southeast European Studies, and the Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics.

The renewed composition of the CEA brings together scholars with distinguished international profiles affiliated with the European Central Bank, CERGE-EI, the University of Toronto, Deutsche Bundesbank, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Bruegel, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Agroscope, the University of St. Gallen, Ratio Institute, Norges Bank, Tilburg University, the American University in Bulgaria, the University of National and World Economy, and Sofia University. Its members include researchers with publications in leading academic journals such as Econometrica, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Finance, Nature, Science, and the Journal of Human Resources. This places the Faculty’s representatives in a strong and prestigious professional environment that combines academic excellence with expertise in public policy.

The Council for Economic Analyses is an advisory body tasked with examining major economic, macroeconomic, and social issues and proposing appropriate policy responses. It prepares independent analyses and policy opinions intended both to support public institutions in strategic decision-making and to inform the broader public on key economic issues.

For the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, the renewal of the CEA’s membership is an important recognition. The presence of three of its faculty members in this prestigious advisory body is a clear sign both of the Faculty’s academic strength and of its growing contribution to the national debate on key issues of economic policy and Bulgaria’s development.