Darina Raykova

Project Activities Manager

Specialties: Business Administration and Management

Darina Raykova has been working at Karin Dom since 2015. She is responsible for the organisation’s project activities – identifying new development opportunities, drafting, monitoring, and reporting on social, educational, volunteer, youth, advocacy, research, and other projects funded by various local, national, and international funds and programmes.

Darina develops and maintains partnerships with international donor organisations. She has experience in organising and conducting charity and advocacy campaigns, initiatives, conferences, and other events for Karin Dom. She also has experience as a project evaluator.

Education

  • Master’s student in “Business Psychology” – International Business School
  • Bachelor’s degree in “Business Administration and Management” – City University of Seattle, Washington DC, Pravets Campus

Training and Certificates

  • Seminar “Storytelling”, lecturer Maria Kasimova-Moase, 2023
  • Training course in Social Entrepreneurship, CET Platform Bulgaria, Erasmus+, 2018
  • Training on “Applying for and Implementing Projects under the EU Structural Funds”, ZOP Trainings, 2016

Memberships

  • Member of a working group as a representative of non-profit legal entities for participation in the Thematic Working Group under Interreg-IPA programmes/social integration/ 2021-2027

International Participation

  • Exchange of experience with “PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND FRIENDS OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE WITH ADDITIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS ‘AMIMONI’”, Athens, Greece, 2024
  • Study visit at Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2024
  • Exchange of experience with State Diagnostic and Counselling Center, Iceland, 2022
  • Seminar: “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Non-Profit Organisations”, Erasmus+, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2018