Sonya Koleva

• Drafted external communications and web content for the unit's website, distilling complex legal and political issues for a general audience
• Conducted policy and legal research on EU candidate countries focusing on Türkiye; contributing to briefings and reports for senior management, took meeting minutes
• Participated in a mission to Cyprus liaising with external beneficiaries and stakeholders across different institutional contexts
• Assisted in the organisation of a study visit to Brussels for Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot students of United World Colleges (UWC) and a high-level conference on EU’s Eastern Regions Bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine by liaising with speakers, offering logistical support and coordinating agendas

• Created educational social media content informing prospective Bulgarian students about university degrees in Türkiye, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Switzerland and provided them with counselling to navigate university applications abroad

• Processed administrative files for Turkish nationals applying for Bulgarian citizenship
• Responded daily to inquiries from Bulgarian and Turkish citizens on Schengen visa procedures and travel regulations by managing the consulate’s hotline
• Monitored and reported on political and diplomatic developments in Türkiye relevant to Bulgarian–Turkish and EU–Türkiye relations

• Translated subtitles and explanatory notes for the educational video European citizen, does it matter? from English into Bulgarian and recorded its voiceover, within the Erasmus+ Case4EU project, targeting secondary school students across all EU Member States
• Conducted legal research on EU citizenship and policies for third-country nationals
• Contributed to the dissemination of the project via social media, newsletters and information mailings to Bulgarian schools

Project website: Case4EU: Empowering EU Citizens

• Wrote an 80-page exam preparation guide for EU law and Administrative law courses of the Global Law bachelor’s at Tilburg University
• Conducted online training sessions translating complex legal material into accessible teaching content via the Tentamentrainingen.nl platform

• Assisted with administrative tasks on EU-funded projects and SME internationalisation initiatives within the Directorate of “Internationalisation Measures Carried Out Abroad” including document translation across English, Bulgarian, and Turkish
• Liaised with Turkish and international partners of the agency, and conducted research on EU–Türkiye relations in the areas of SME development and trade