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SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD KIPR OTRA BU
SUBJECT: EN 2007 APR BULGARIA NOMINATIONS 
 
REF: A) SECSTATE 12059 
 
¶1.  Embassy Sofia nominates Mrs. Gergana Cheshmedzhieva and Mr. 
Rossen Pavlov, of the Bulgarian Customs Office, for the USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement training seminar scheduled for April 16-20, 2007, as per 
reftel. 
 
¶2.  Mrs. Cheshmedzhieva has been with the Customs Intelligence and 
Investigation Directorate at the Bulgarian Customs Office since 
¶2002.  Before joining the customs administration, she worked for 
four years in the Bulgarian Patent Office as editor of the 
"Intellectual Property" Journal.  As Senior Expert at the Customs 
Office, Cheshmedzhieva is responsible for combating IPR 
infringements and spreading intelligence information on border 
measures for IPR protection among various customs offices.  She is 
the national contact point officer for the Regional Intelligence 
Liaison Office for Eastern and Central Europe, which covers 
movements of goods infringing IPR and entries in the Customs 
Enforcement Network Database.  Her duties also include participation 
in the establishment of an electronic IPR protection system to 
enhance cooperation between enforcement authorities. 
 
¶3.  Mr. Rossen Pavlov has been a chief expert at the Customs 
Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, Bulgarian Customs 
Office, since 2001.  Mr. Pavlov is responsible for combating 
commercial fraud and smuggling in counterfeit excise goods.  He is 
the national contact point officer for Risk Information Form (RIF) 
risk management system, organized by DG TAXUD; member of the AGIS 
project Kalmar, organized by British customs and the European 
Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), concerning rail traffic; national contact 
point officer for providing information to OLAF concerning movements 
of tobacco and tobacco products; national contact point officer in 
the Task Force on container security at South European Cooperation 
(SECI) Center; and national contact point officer in the Anti-Fraud 
and Anti-Smuggling Task Force at SECI Center. 
 
¶4.  Post believes in the strong professional skills of the two 
nominations for this program.  The Bulgarian candidates, however, 
are unlikely to travel without funding assistance.  Post 
respectfully requests USPTO funding for travel costs, lodging and 
visa application fees.  We greatly appreciate USPTO's efforts with 
this program. 
 
¶5.  Nominees' contact information: 
 
--Mrs. Gergana Cheshmedzhieva 
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, 
Bulgarian Customs Office, Senior Expert 
47 G.S. Rakovski Str., 1202 Sofia, Bulgaria 
Tel. (359-2) 9859-4254 
Fax. (359-2) 9859-4082 
E-mail: Gergana.Cheshmedjieva@customs.bg 
 
Work Experience: 
2003 - present: National Customs Agency, Customs Intelligence and 
Investigation Directorate, Administrative Penal Procedures and IPR 
Protection Department, Sofia, Bulgaria, Senior Expert. 
--2002-2003: Sofia Customs Administration, Customs Inspector 
--1998-2002: Patent Office of Bulgaria / "Intellectual property" 
Journal, Editor. 
 
Education: 
1993-1997: University for National and World Economy, Intellectual 
Property Department, Master's Degree in Management of Intellectual 
Property Rights. 
 
Seminars and Training: 
--October 2006: SECI Regional Center, Fourth Meeting of the 
Anti-Fraud and Anti-Smuggling Task Force, Bucharest, Romania. 
--June 2005: AGIS Program of DG Justice, Freedom and Security of the 
European Commission, with the active contribution of the Polish 
Ministry of Finance, the Interactive Software Federation of Europe 
(ISFE) and the Business Software Alliance (BSA), Poland. 
--March 2005: TAIEX, European Commission TAIEX Training on 
Intellectual and Property Rights Frauds, Athens, Greece. 
--May 2004: Commercial Law Development Program, US Department of 
Commerce, Border measures for IPR Protection and Meeting for 
Regional Cooperation, Dubrovnik, Croatia. 
--March 2004: Commercial Law Development Program, US Department of 
Commerce, Enforcement Academy, Washington, DC. 
--October 2003: Customs 2007 Program Counterfeiting seminar, 
Brussels, Belgium. 
 
--Mr. Rossen Pavlov 
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, 
Chief Expert 
47 G.S. Rakovski Str., 1202 Sofia, Bulgaria 
Tel. (359-2) 9859-4130 
Fax. (359-2) 9859-4083 
E-mail: Rossen.Pavlov@customs.bg 
 
Seminars and Training: 
--November 2006: OLAF and Financial Crime Investigation Service 
under the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania, 
Internship for Bulgarian-Romanian official working in the anti-fraud 
area, Vilnius, Lithuania. 
--October 2006: OLAF and Austrian Customs Administration 
International Anti-Fraud Meeting in Customs Audit, Klagenfurt, 
Austria. 
--June 2006: OLAF Customs Fraud with Excise Goods seminar, Sofia, 
Bulgaria. 
--May 2006: DG TAXUD RIF Risk Management System training, Brussels, 
Belgium. 
--February 2006: National Customs Agency training in Customs 
Intelligence and Risk Management, Sofia, Bulgaria. 
--April 2005: SECI Center Task Force meeting against Smuggling of 
Petrol and Petrol Products, Bucharest, Romania. 
--March 2005: SECI Center Task Force meeting against Cigarettes 
Smuggling, Bucharest, Romania. 
--December 2004: European Commission Risk Analysis training in 
Agricultural, Structural and Cohesion Funds, Brno, the Czech 
Republic. 
--April 2004: European Commission Strategic Intelligence and 
Analysis seminar, Tallinn, Estonia. 
--June 2003: SECI Center and Hungarian Customs Administration, Task 
Force Meeting on Stolen Vehicles, Budapest, Hungary. 
--April 2003: National Customs Agency, the National Educational 
Center at National Customs Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria. 
--September 2002: Bulgarian Association for Fight against Piracy of 
Audiovisual Works and Entertaining Software. Amendments in the 
legislation, Sofia, Bulgaria. 
--July 2002: European Commission, Tax and Customs Approach on Risk 
Management seminar, Granada, Spain. 
 
Work Experience: 
2001 - present: National Customs Agency, Customs Intelligence and 
Investigation Directorate, Customs Intelligence Department, Chief 
Expert. 
 
Education: 
1995 - 2000: Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" 
Master's Degree in culture anthropology and arts. 
 
¶6.  Embassy Sofia Point of Contact (POC) will be Economic Specialist 
Danko Tonev.  Contact information for Mr. Tonev follows: (Office) 
359-2-937-5212, (Fax) 359-2-937-5320, and (E-mail) 
tonevdt@state.gov. 
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