Contents

Overview of 1996

Part One: Program Reviews

Economic Program

Vitosha Research / Sociological Program

Law Reform Program

European Program

Information and Documentation Centre of the Council of Europe

Implementing Policy Change: Policy and Legal Environment for the Growth of the SME Sector in Bulgaria

International Business Club

Book Donation

Part Two: Organization and Management

Administration and Management

Organizational Chart

Finance

Governing Board

Senior Staff

Professional Staff by Programs

General Assembly

International Advisory Board

Sources of Support and Cooperation

Part Three: Financial Review

Report of the Auditors to Center for the Study of Democracy

Income and Expenditure Account

Balance Sheet

Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to the Financial Statements

"To Foster Civil Society in Bulgaria by Bridging the Gap between Scholars and Policy Makers"

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) was founded in late 1989 as an independent, non-profit, public policy research organization committed to fostering the stabilization of a democratic social and economic system in Bulgaria by encouraging an open dialogue between scholars and policy makers. CSD is not affiliated with any political party or structure and operates on the basis of the universal principles and values of democracy.

The objectives of CSD are:

• to encourage economic reform in Bulgaria by conducting independent research in the field of privatization and private sector development, providing training to Bulgarian experts, and building an adequate institutional framework for reform;
• to assist the legal reform in Bulgaria by introducing advanced foreign expertise, drafting laws and training members of the Bulgarian legal community;
• to provide independent analyses of public attitudes towards social, economic, and political aspects of the transition;
• to encourage the development of a viable non-governmental sector that would guarantee the success of democratic reforms in Bulgaria.