БългарскиExpert Groups
CASTRA experts participate in various expert, professional and policy-making bodies at national and international level.
This allows CASTRA to fulfill at best its organizational responsibilities and contribute through its expertise to the development of both the public and private space sectors worldwide.
BULGARIA
Long Term Partnership with the State Agency for Scientific Research and Innovations of the Republic of Bulgaria.
This partnership is focused on the development of science, research and innovations in the sphere of space/ aviation/ electronics and is supporting the development of the national sector of aerospace technologies, research and their applications.
Inter-Ministerial Work Group №35 ‘Space policy” chaired by the Ministry of Economy of Bulgaria:
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA)
Dipl.eng. Christina Kovatcheva (CASTRA)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA), Bulgarian national representative
Consultation Platform on Quantum Space Gravimetry
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA), Bulgarian national representative
Horizon Europe R&D program (2021-2027)
Program Committee ‘Digital, Industry and Space’
dipl. eng. Alexandra Nikolova (CASTRA)- member
Program Committee ‘”Civil Security for Society”
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA), national contact point
Space Technology Expert Group :
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA)
Space Surveillance and Tracking Expert Group :
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA)
Assoc.Prof. Yavor Shopov (Sofia University,member of CASTRA)
Horizon 2020 R&D Program (2013-2020)
Program Committee ‘Space’
Dipl.eng. Christina Kovatcheva (CASTRA)
Program Committee ‘Secure Societies’ :
Dr. Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA)
National Contact Point for Committee ‘Europe in a changing world’ :
M.Sc. Angelina Todorova-Boneva (CASTRA)
National Contact Point for Committee ‘Information and Communications Technologies’ :
Dr. Mariana Damova (Mozajka Co., associated member of CASTRA)
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
UNISEC-GLOBAL :
Nikolay Tomov (CASTRA)
Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA)
International Academy of Astronautics :
Dr.Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA), corresponding member
SME3SPACE – the EU space SME Association
Dr.Vesselin Vassilev (CASTRA), BoD member