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The European Commission through the Bulgarian National Agency “Center for Human Resources Development” approved for funding a project under the program “Erasmus +” for Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education called “HYBRIDISATION OF SPECIALIZED ENGLISH LEARNING FOR SECURITY PROFESSIONALS” (Read Here).

Rakovski National Defence College is the leading organization – beneficiary and coordinator of the project, and the partners are the Swedish Defence University and the Military Academy of Portugal.

Meet Our Project Leaders and Participants

Associate Professor Valentina Georgieva, PhD

Head of the Department of Language Training from the Department of Distance Learning, Language Training and Qualification at RNDC

Lecturer, MA Karolina Karlström

Head of Foreign Languages Section at the Joint Warfare Division from the Department of Military Studies, Försvarshögskolan/ Swedish Defence University

Assistant Professor Sofia Menezes, PhD

Assistant Professor, Erasmus Coordinator and Coordinator of the English Curricular Units with the Department of Administration and Leadership at the Military Academy, Portugal

Senior Lecturer Tanya Netcheva, MA

Department of Language Training within the Department of Distance Learning, Language Training and Qualification at RNDC

Lecturer, Orla Maher-Fehrling

at the Foreign Languages Section at the Joint Warfare Division from the Department of Military Studies, Försvarshögskolan / Swedish Defence University

Assistant Professor Olga Duarte, PhD

English Assistant Professor with the Department of Administration and Leadership at the Portuguese Military Academy, Portugal.

Lecturer José Jacinto

English Lecturer with the Department of Administration and Leadership at the Portuguese Military Academy, Lisbon.

Lecturer, Martin Frood

Foreign Languages Section at the Joint Warfare Division from the Department of Military Studies, Försvarshögskolan/ Swedish Defence University

Retired British Army Warrant Officer (OR8)(Experience: Armd, Inf, Avn, Int, MoD, Bde, Joint & Multi-National HQs)

Lecturer Ricardo Oliveira

English Lecturer with the Department of Administration and Leadership at the Portuguese Military Academy, Lisbon.

Lecturer Isabel Caetano

English Lecturer with the Department of Administration and Leadership at the Military Academy, Portugal.

Lecturer Florbela Raabe, MA

English Lecturer with the Department of Administration and Leadership at the Military Academy, Portugal.

Financial Adviser Diogo Silva, OR-6

Financial and Accounting Technician