Bistra Ivanova is a Bulgarian migrant integration expert, researcher and social entrepreneur with 15 years of experience. She has been a co-founder and chairperson of one of Bulgaria’s leading not-for-profit organizations Multi Kulti Collective since 2011. It has received numerous awards and recognitions, including from the European Commission, OECD, and the President of Bulgaria. Bistra has also been the country coordinator of the official EU portal on migrant integration EWSI since 2015. In addition to that, she has solid experience in project evaluation for the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and Robert Bosch Foundation.
Bistra was awarded Volunteer of the Year (2011), Darik’s 40 under 40 (2014), World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper (2014), and Jamba’s Agent of Change (2022). She was also a finalist in Grazia’s Woman of the Year (2016) and was featured in the book “30 People who Change Bulgaria” (2019). Recently, she was a Fellow with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (2022-2023).
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Teleduca Coordinadora / mitjans, Nous, Cross Cultural Bridges, Kmgne, Volonteurope, Clube Intercultural Europeu, UNITED for Intercultural Action, Multi Kulti Collective
