Association International Management Institute (IMI)

National Network
Bulgaria
Address

3 Bulgaria Str
9300 Dobrich
Bulgaria
Dobrich
Bulgaria

Telephone
+359 58 655 628
Telephone (other)
+359 58 655 620
Fax
+359 58 605 760
E-Mail
venera80@abv.bg
Mobile Phone
+359 885 398 676
Website
http://mimbg.org/
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1993
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The Association "International Management Institute" (IMI) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1993. It is managed by the Chairman of the Managing Board with a contract for management and additionally employed administrative personnel in the position of director and assistant. IMI is represented by its Chairman. Founders and members of IMI are the Municipality Balchik and the Dutch high school in tourism Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht. Its members count 222 towards December 2006, among them are prominent economic structures, scientific workers, students, managers in the tourism industry, etc. The Association is founder of one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Bulgaria - International College Albena which is a private high school, created under a project of Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht, Netherlands, as part of the Dutch Government Program for collaboration with Central and Eastern Europe and the bilateral agreement for collaboration between Bulgaria and Holland from 1993. The full-time staff of the International Management Institute consists of 13 persons. However its activities are implemented by the members of the High School International College Albena - 50 persons full-time staff, International College Ltd.- 26 persons full-time staff and the team of the Accountancy Company "Inter" - 3 certified accountants.
Mission and Objectives

The mission of IMI is to work toward establishment of effective community environment for development in Bulgaria through innovating and improving the quality of education together with the quality of living.
Some of the strategic objectives of the Association are:
- Development of the higher education in tourism, management, marketing and other business related qualifications and their implementation in practice;
- Improving of the regional tourism potential;
- Improving the quality of living in the north-east region of Bulgaria by encouraging the development of tourism and other business spheres traditional for the region;
Development of strategies for human resources management and consultancy in human resources development;
- Supporting the development of civil society in Bulgaria and promoting the education in Europian citizenship through trainings, consultancy and other activities;
- Facilitation of the integration of young people in the community by encouraging their initiativeness;
- Stimulating the integration and implementation of innovative approaches in the tourism sphere by more intensive use of communication and information technologies;
- Supporting community integration of minority and vulnerable groups by supporting NGOs and other organisations engaged in working on their issues through providing consultancy and opportunities for qualification and pre-qualification of their members.

Main Projects / Activities

The association is a good example for established successful public-private partnership among different types of organizations with the common purpose to achieve sustainable regional development, increased qualification of human resources, provision of equal access to education for people in unequal social position, elderly people, people with disabilities. The main activities of the International Management Institute are: providing consultancy and management activities; preparation of information materials; selection of professional trainers and experts; training and retraining activities; improving the qualification of the academic staff; preparation of highly qualified specialists in the field of economics and management; providing training for increasing the qualification; professional training. IMI has long-lasting experience in organizing international forums, seminars and training modules; development of information and advertisement materials; organizing media events, etc. The Association has the know-how and experience in training and education of adults, experience in new methods of education and international image.
Some of the major projects IMI worked on:
"Concepr for methodlogy for horizontal control in the administration"
"“MOBIAGE: EUROPEAN MOBILITY RESOURCE CENTERS FOR ACTIVE AGING OF PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRY”"
"Eco and rural tourism - alternative employment in the region of Dobrich and municipality of Antonovo"
"Planning of local economical development in the municipality of Kaolinovo";
"Our enemy is corruption, not the government"

Contact (1) Full Name
Venera Zasheva
Head of the organisation
Associate Prof. Todor Radev