Curriculum vitae. Europass. Personal Information. Name Bulai, Alfred. Aleea Valea Prahovei, nr 1A, Bucureşti, Romania. Telephone Mobile:

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1 Curriculum vitae Europass Personal Information Name Bulai, Alfred Address Aleea Valea Prahovei, nr 1A, Bucureşti, Telephone Mobile: Nationality Romaine Birth date Sex male Work place Faculty of Political Sciences, National School for Political Studies and Administration EDUCATION AND TRAINING Period Name and type of the education Faculty of History - Philosophy, philosophy department organisation University of Bucharest Qualification / degree obtained Bachelor s Degree 1986 Period Name and type of the education University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology, Psychology and organisation Social Work Qualification / degree obtained PhD in Sociology in 1996 Period PhD Relevant employment record: Period Employing organization and your title/position. Country Summary of activities performed relevant to the Assignment

2 Contact info for references April 2009-up till now (2014) National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Sociology Department, Project team coordinator Contacts: Vintilă Mihăilescu ahoo.com Coordination and implementation of the research and evaluation methodology within the Operational Program Human Resources Development code 36310, Training and developing the skills and the interest for the theoretical and applied scientific development of the students within the bachelor and master cycles in the social sciences field. Project implemented by the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, in a partnership with ARACIS (n Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) and UEFISCSU (the Executive Unit for Financing the Higher Education and the University Scientific Research). ( ) Construction and implementation of an innovating interdisciplinary PhD program on the topic of the Roma population, Sectoral Operational Program Human Resources Development, carried out by the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, coordinator of the methodology team, Period International Consulting Expertise Contact Anda Mihescu anda.mihaescu@ice consult.ro 2011 AMR Societatea Romana de Reumatologie Contact: Horatiu Bolosiu hbolosiu@yahoo.co m Team lider. Project: Modernizarea serviciilor publice de informare şi relaţionare cu cetăţenii, din cadrul Ministerului Muncii, Familiei, Protecţiei Sociale şi Persoanelor Vârstnice - SMIS proiect cofinanţat prin Fondul Social European Programul Operaţional Dezvoltarea Capacităţii Administrative Expert methodology. Project Formare profesionala pentru implementarea noilor tehnologii in sistemul de sanatate - Numărul de identificare a proiectului: POSDRU/81/3.2S/55648 March January 2009 Agency for Governmental Strategies Responsibilities aiming at designing the methodological framework for the research, audit and evaluation activities of the public programs and policies, namely: Project coordinator for the program Public Policies Barometer, Survey regularly carried out by the agency for the evaluation of the public policies and

3 President/ Coordinator of all activities Contacts: Dorin Marian, Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, audit of the public administration measures in many areas: teaching system, sanitary system, public administration activity, fight against corruption and justice reform, European integration. Beneficiaries: the Prime Minister, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of European Integration. Coordinator of the program Rural Barometer, program for diagnosing the specific needs and problems of the farmers, from the perspective of the European integration and of the directions set out by the Common Agricultural Policy, as well as a presentation of the main problems of the rural communities in. Beneficiaries: Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development. Coordinator of the sociological survey Generation mechanisms and ways of expressing the civic culture in. The survey has aimed at identifying the values, the current problems, and the evaluation of the participation to the decision-making process, the voluntariate, the associations, the social trust and other items relevant for making the concept of civic culture operational. Beneficiary: the Agency for Governmental Strategies. Expert within the team for the project on the evaluation of the governmental public policies quality survey focused on the identification of the perceptive impact of the government in different fields, especially in the European integration, social protection, education and agriculture fields. Beneficiaries: the General Government Secretariat, the Prime Minister, Ministry of Labour and Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development, and Ministry of European Integration. The study on the lobby activity - draft analysis of the lobby regulations in the United States of America and Member States of the European Union in order to provide recommendations for the regulation of the lobby activity in. Beneficiary: the Agency for Governmental Strategy. Governing report Study for the evaluation of the Government s activity during the period , elaborated on the basis of the reports sent by the ministries and governmental agencies. Beneficiary: the n Government.

4 Expert: The sociologic research program regarding the perception on the European Union accession and integration - European Integration Barometer. The evaluation of the general state and of the level of trust in the European Union and in the European institutions, evaluation of the level of information on the European funds and of the perceptions on their accessibility, as well as an analysis of the attitude towards the Euro-parliamentary elections, Beneficiaries: the Prime Minister, the European Affairs Department, the Agency for Governmental Strategies. Expert: The sociologic research on the bureaucratic phenomenon in evaluation of the current state of the public administration, from the point of view of the efficiency of the public communication and of the administrative act transparency, evaluation of the attractiveness of a career in the public administration, identification of particular traits of the public administration, compared to the private bureaucracy and evaluation of the level of adaptation and understanding of the communitary acquis and of the n legislation in force for the public administration field by the n public administration, in the context of the n accession to the European Union. Beneficiaries: the National Agency for Civil Servants. Expert: The research package Political and population agenda has aimed at identifying the needs and evaluating the public policies in many areas: the teaching system, the sanitary system, public administration activity, and fight against corruption and justice reform, European integration. Beneficiaries: the Prime Minister, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of European Integration. Expert: Barometer of the local public administration. Study on the identification of the problems occurring in the relationship between the citizen and the local public administration. Beneficiary: Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform. Expert: Study on the Attitude of the citizens regarding the quality of the public services, administrative transparency and civic participation to the decisionmaking process in : identification of the deficiencies in the relation between the administration and the citizen, level of information

5 and use of the legislation on the access to information and decision-making transparency. Beneficiaries: Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, General Government Secretariat. Expert: Barometer of the public policies the quantitative study regularly elaborated by the agency is the evaluation of the public policies and decisions of the government administration in many areas: the teaching system, the sanitary system, public administration activity, and fight against corruption and justice reform, European integration. Beneficiaries: the Prime Minister, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of European Integration Expert: Rural barometer 2007 research on the diagnosis of the needs and problems specific to the rural environment, as well as a diagnosis of the rural policies in from the perspective of the European integration. Beneficiaries: Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development. Expert: Sociological study on the audit of the absorption capacity of the structural and cohesion European funds and of the funds for the agricultural sector. The study has aimed at identifying the problems and at formulating recommendations in order to provide an efficient framework for managing the structural and cohesion funds and at identifying measures in order to enhance the absorption capacity of the potential beneficiaries. Beneficiaries: Prime Minister Office, Authority fir the Coordination of the Structural Instruments, Ministry of Agriculture. Expert: Evaluate the measures for combating the effects of the drought - report drawn p upon the request of the Prime Minster Office, based on the information provided by the ministries and agencies with tasks in preventing and combating the effects of the drought. The document was subsequently presented within the Supreme Council of National Defence. Beneficiary: the Prime Minister Office. Expert: Evaluate the communication plans for the sectoral operational programs this study has also included an audit of the communication capacity and has presented recommendations for each of the Sectoral Operational Programs. Beneficiaries: the Prime Minister Office, Authority for the Coordination

6 of the Structural Instruments, Management Authorities. Expert: The study n university system - realities, causes, solutions. The diagnosis of the university system and of the governmental policies within this sector. Target groups: students, postgraduates, teachers and management staff. It was aimed at identifying the problems faced by the educational system, the connection to the labour force, financing and self-financing, evaluation of the educational system performance, relation between teachers and students, management of the teaching system, reform priorities of the educational system, etc. Beneficiaries: Ministry of Education and Research. Expert: The study Perception of the n employer (public and private) on the labour force market. The study was focused on the employers and employees within the public sector namely, within the private sector. The objectives of the study were focused on the identification of the problems, strong points, weak points, threats and opportunities on the labour force market in. Problems related to the migration of the labour force, evolution of the market, recruitment, selection, training, evaluation, qualification, promotion, social partnership, communication, etc. have been approached. Beneficiaries: Ministry of Labour and Equal Opportunities. Expert: Study n sanitary system realities, causes, solutions. The study was based on more target groups: ill persons, medical assistants, pharmacists, doctors and management staff. It was aimed at identifying the problems faced by the educational system, the connection to the labour force, financing and self-financing, evaluation of the educational system performance, relation between teachers and students, management of the etching system, reform priorities of the educational system, relation with the Health Insurance Funds, management of the hospitals etc. Beneficiaries: Ministry of Health and Family, Public Health Commission within the n Senate, Health and Family Commission within the Deputies Chamber, the n College of Physicians, the n College of Pharmacists, the Order of Nurses, Midwives and Medical Assistants in.

7 June 2007-June 2009 National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Sociology Expert Contacts: Conf. Cristian Pirvulescu Expert: Study Social capital, communitary solidarity and social anomie within the n society. The study was focused on more pillars: rural, big urban level, small urban level and Bucharest. The identification of the modern problems, the satisfaction indicators, the evaluation of the participation to the decision-making process, the civic and political involvement, the relations and social trust, the corruption and life success were presented. Beneficiaries: the Prime Minister Office, the Agency for Governmental Strategies. Expert: Evaluation of the impact of the campaign ROMANIANS IN EUROPE and audit of its communication program within the communities of ns in Italy and Spain. The studies aim at measuring informational, attitude and behaviour indicators of the impact of the campaign ROMANIANS IN EUROPE, carried out in Spain and Italy. The citizens of the host countries and of the n communities are targeted. Beneficiaries: Agency for Governmental Strategies. Expert in designing and implementing the social research and statistical analysis methodologies within the National Council for Scientific Research in Higher Education project, type A grant, code 837, Cultures in Dobrogea. Communities, territory and development in the region of Dobrogea, Project Director, Prof Univ. dr. University Professor Vintilă Mihăilescu June 2006-June 2008 National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Sociology Program Coordinator Contacts: Vintilă Mihăilescu mihailescuvintila@y ahoo.com Program coordinator on the evaluation of the institutional public system in the context of the reforms required by the accession to the European Union and by the EU integration - Institutional reconstruction in - project financed by National Council for Scientific Research in Higher Education, carried out by the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest.

8 December 2005 March 2006 ABResearch Grup Expert evaluator Contacts: Ana Bulai m Evaluation activities within the program Conducting of researches on communication activities financed by the European Delegation Commission, program aiming at evaluating the communication campaigns carried out by the European Commission Delegation in. Beneficiary AB Research Grup Septembe r May 2002 TRANSFORMA Consultant- Auditor Contacts: Brede kristensen bredekristensen@ya hoo.com Consultant and auditor of the program: Local public administration integrity (supported by the MATRA program of the ministry of exterior in the Netherlands and ProDemocraţia () The entire program carried out by the pilot teams of the local administrations and of the non-governmental organizations at country level has been audited, a projects ranking being elaborated Septembe r May 2002 TRANSFORMA Expert Evaluator Contacts: Brede kristensen bredekristensen@ya hoo.com Evaluator of the n Dutch program: Stimulation of the participative democracy in, pilot project, (supported by the MATRA program of the ministry of exterior in the Netherlands and ProDemocraţia (). December November 2001 Private contract Expert evaluator Contacts: Valentin Mureșan, muresan.valentin@g mail.com Activities for the Evaluation of the university entrepreneurship in - project financed by the World Bank in A program for the audit of the entrepreneurial potential was carried out at the level of 10 public and private universities in, the most important universities with such a potential being selected. The study implied an evaluation of the human resources within the administrative area, the evaluation of the human resources within the management area, evaluation of the decision-making transparency and of the development policies. June June 1999 University of Bucharest Expert evaluator Contacts: George Dincă Analysis of the financing system of the university education, contract with the National Council for Financing Higher Education, June 1999, member within the research team. The research program has aimed at diagnosing the financing system within the n

9 education system, following the reform applied to the system in December May 2000 ISRS Expert evaluator Contacts: Vintilă Mihăilescu mihailescuvintila@y ahoo.com Enhance the role of the women within the rural communities - Evaluation and audit of some of the rural communities from the point of view of the development potential, for starting up some pilot projects, within the United Nations Development Program. April April 1999 Private contract Expert evaluator Contacts: Ana Maria Sandi Asandi@worldbank. org Evaluate the n social services system in order to define some support policies in this sector of the World Bank Problems with the functioning of the social services system. (private contract with the World Bank, 1998). Consultancy program Poverty assessment and possibilities of community- level development in counties with a high risk of poverty ISRS December June 1999 Director Contacts: Vintilă Mihăilescu mihailescuvintila@y ahoo.com Private contract Project Coordinator Contacts: Ana Maria Sandi Asandi@worldbank. org 1997 LUAS/ University of Bucharest, General manager, contract Research in the local public policies analysis, institutional and communitary evaluations, feasibility studies for development projects, sociological surveys and research. Diagnosis of the state of poverty and of the development possibilities at communitary level in counties Alba, Botoșani, Călărași, Sălaj, Tulcea and Vaslui (The research has followed the diagnosis of the development level and the construction of the indicators for the evaluation of the state of poverty in order to define them as methodological instruments for the policies implemented by the World Bank in. The research program was finalised with the programmatic document for the set-up and functioning of the n Social Fund and represented the starting point for the elaboration of the policies for the less-favoured areas). The poor localities at the level of six counties have been evaluated. Research in the social field, coordinator of the Public Opinion Barometer, beneficiaries Open Society

10 with Soros Foundation Contacts: Renate Weber parl.europa.eu Foundation and the Foundation for Civil Society Development Membership in Professional Associations and Publications: Member of American Sociological Associations, international member Author volumes: Mecanismele electorale ale societății românești (Electoral mechanisms of the n society). Paideia 1999 (264 pages) Focus grup (Focus group), Paideia 2000(120 pages) Societatea reală (The real society). Editura Fundaţiei Cultura, 2007 (224 pages) Sociologia şi cotidianul, Eseuri despre societate reală (Sociology and the actuality, Essays about the real society, Societatea reală Printing House, 2009 (236 pages) Concepte fundamentale în sociologie (Fundamental sociology concepts), Editura Paideia, 2009, (320 pages) Collective volumes Dicţionar de Sociologie (Sociology Dictionary), coordinators Catalin Zamfir and Lazar Vlasceanu, Babel Printing House, Editorial secretary and co-author. Sondajul de opinie (The opinion poll), coordinator together with Vintilă Mihăilescu and co-author, Paideia, 1997 Aspecte ale finanţării globale a universităţilor (Aspects relate to the global financing of the universities), coauhtor, coordonators Adrian Miroiu and George Dincă, Cenpo 2001 Manifest pentru o universitate antreprenorială (Manifesto for an entrepreneurial university) coauthor, Coordinator Valentin Mureşan,Punct, 2002 Educaţia şi învăţământul (Education and teaching) Orizont 2015, Corint, 2004 Cine se teme de democraţie? Coauthor (original title Who is afraid of democracy?) Manual of participative democracy, coordinator Henk van de Graaf (translation from English), Transforma 2004 Cine se teme de integritate? Coauthor, (original title Who is afraid of integrity) coordinator Henk van de Graaf translation from English, Transforma 2006 Sociologie (Sociology), high school handbook, coordinator, Humanitas educational, 2006 Reconstrucţie instituţională şi birocraţie publică în România (Institutional reconstruction and public bureaucracy in ), coordinator and coauthor, Societatea Reală Printing House, după 20 de ani ( after 20 years), coordinator, Vasile Boari, Natalia Vlas, Radu Murea, Institutului European Printing House, Iaşi, Lumile diferite ale protestelor din Piaţa Universităţii 2012 şi ambasadorii lor: construcţia dramaturgică a cadrelor de protest în Iarna vrajbei noastre Protestele din România ianuarie februarie 2012 (Different worlds of the protests in the University Square and their

11 ambassadors : drama construction of the protest frameworks during the Winter of our wrath Protests in January February 2012), Paideia, 2012 coauthor Course supports an teaching materials Concepte fundamentale în Sociologie (Fundamental sociology concepts) course support, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, 2003 Ghid de eficientizare a activitatilordesfasurate în administraţia publică locală (Guide for making the activities carried out by the local public administration more efficient), coordinator, Codecs, 2001 Comunicare socială (Social communication) course support, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, 2004 Analiză electorală (Electoral analysis) course support, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, 2004 Analiza şi evaluarea politicilor publice (Public policies analysis and evaluation, course support, Paideia 2000 Literature: Documentary 8539, novel Paideia 2003 The writers, novel Paideia 2012 Gypsy Ball 50 min. Presented at Astra Film festival Hot Bucharest 90 min. Research reports, studies and articles: Prolegomene la orice reforma a invatamintului romanesc" (Prolegomena to any reform of the n education system) Revista de Pedagogie (Pedagogy Magazine) number 2/1991. "Television at thebeginning of thetransitionîn ; Sociologicalaspects" în n Journal of Sociology "Schimbarea sociala intre economie si sociologie. Mitul economicului" (Social change between economy and sociology. Myth of the economic. Revista de cercetari sociale (Social Research Magazine)number.2/1994. "Tranzitia televiziunii intre traditie si modernitate" (Transition of the television between tradition and modernity). Revista de cercetari sociale (Social reseacrh magazine) number. 3/1994 "Victoria socialismului? " (Victory of the socialism?) Revista de cercetari sociale (Social research magazine) number.2/1995. Televiziunea în tranziţie; Cazul românesc (television in transition; the n case), Study elaborated for the Central Europen University, 1995 Componenta etnică şi naţionalistă în comportamentul electoral; Mecanismele şi factorii care condiţionează comportamentul de vot. Alegerile locale din municipiul Cluj (the Ethnic and nationalist component within the electoral behavious; Mechanisms and factors with influence on

12 the voting behaviour. The local elections in Cluj city), Study elaborated for "Project for Ethnic Relations", 1996 Barometrul de opinie publica (The public opinion barometer) - September 1997, National contract within a contract with the Foundation for an Open Society (Fundatia pentru o Societate Deschisa). Diagnosis of the state of poverty and of the development possibilities at communitary level in Alba, Botosani, Calarasi, Salaj, Tulcea and Vaslui counties, World Bank,1997. Probleme ale functionarii sistemului de servicii sociale (Problems of the social services functioning), World Bank,1998. Eficientizarea comunicarii sociale ca actiune de dezvoltare comunitara (Making the social communication as a communitary development action more efficient), Study elaborated within the justification analysis of the communitary evelopment program of the Foundation for an Open Society (Fundatiei pentru o Societate Deschisa), May Increase the role of women within the rural communities. Study elaborated for the United Nations Development Program based on the research elaborated for Buzau and Vaslui counties, December Educatie si Invatamint (Education and teaching) Orizont Prognosis study, elaborated in cooperation with Dorel Sandor, Mircea Toma and Dorina Chriritescu, for the Foundation for an Open Society (Fundatia pentru o Societate Deschisa), Porcul şi Societatea reală (the Pig and the Real Society) in the Revista Societatea Reală (Real Society Magazine) number 1/2004 Este Bucureştiul anomic? (Is Bucharest anomic?) in the Revista Societatea Reală (Ral Society Magazine number 1/2005 O altfel de aborare a crizei; Fundamentele sociale si schimbarea modelului cultural (A different approach of the crisis; Social fundaments and change of the cultural model), Sfera Politicii (Political Sphere), number 1 / 2009 Fundamentele sociale ale crizei, prezentare la Conferința Națională a Facultății de Sociologie și Asistență Socială, Crize, TranzițiisiIntegrări (Social fundaments of the crisis, presentation at the National Conference of the Sociology and Social Assistance Faculty, Crisis, Transitions and Integrations): Sociology and society after two decades of transformations, 2009 Politicising versus bureaucratisation in the volume Reconstrucţie instituţională şi birocraţie publică în România (Institutional reconstruction and public bureaucracy in ). Editura Societatea reală (Real society Publishing House, 2010 Cartografierea socială a Bucureştiului (Social mapping of Bucharest), director of the research program elaborated by the sociology chair within the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucureşti 2010 Schimbarea ca eşec asumat; Retelelesociale de increderesiconstructiainstitutionala (Change as an undertaken failure; Social networks of trust and institutional construction. In the volume dupa 20 de ani ( after 20 years) Editura Institutului European (European Institute Publishing House), Iaşi Cartografierea socială a Bucureştiului (Social mapping of Bucharest), director of the research program elaborated by the sociology chair within the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucureşti 2011 Drăguş opt decenii de transformări (Eight transformation decades). Coordinator of the documentary research program elaborated by the sociology chair 2011 Cele două lumi ale protestelor din Piaţa Universităţii din 2012 şi construcţia dramaturgică a cadrelor de protest (The two worlds of the protests in the University Square and the drama

13 construction of the protest frameworks - communication session delivered within the 2nd International Conference of the n Sociological Society: Beyond Globalization 2012 Power, Knowledge and Interest. The Three-dimensional Model of Good Governance, article published in the European Journal of Science and Theology, Sistemul de învățământ din România: atitudini, opinii și reprezentări sociale - cadre didactice din sistemul preuniversitar și universitar Raport de cercetare prezentat la Conferința Formarea şi dezvoltarea aptitudinilor şi interesului pentru cercetarea ştiinţifică teoretică şi aplicată a studenţilor din ciclul de licenţă şi masterat în domeniul ştiinţelor sociale şi politice Conferință închidere proiect, ianurrie 2012 Research report regarding the attitudes and values of teachers in the education system (High school and University) The reconstruction of n Society. But is it possible this? European Journal of Science and Theology, 2013 Two images, two realities, one protest. Visual analysis of the dramatic construction of reality. The protest in Bucharest January Paper and visual presentation at Conference of international Visual Sociology Association July 2013 Ce mai trebuie schimbat pentru a înțelege că nimic nu merge? Reflecții sociologice despre miturile postdecembriste ale schimbării. What should be change to understand that nothing goes? Reflections on of post-revolutionary myths of the change. Paper presented at SSR Conference, mai 2013, Iași Towards Good Society. But why Is Not a Good Society Already? Paper presented at International Conference "Towards the Good Society - European Perspectives" Bucharest, October 2013 Research Report Impactul asupra participanților la programul de formare in domeniul noilor tehnologii medicale Conference Formare profesională pentru implementarea noilor tehnologii în sistemul de sănătate Training for the implementation of new technologies in n health system November 2013 Research report regarding the effects on the target public of the project. The Price of Roma Integration International Conference, April, , Department of Social Science, University of Naples Federico II. Conference Constructia si implementarea unui program doctoral inovator interdisciplinar cu privire la problematica romilor, prezentare Studiu la nivel național privind percepția asupra populației rome National survey regarding the perception of rroma population March 2014 Fiction and theory, International Conference, Fiction, Bucharest, April 2014 Expert s contact information: ( alfbulai@yahoo.com, phone ) Name Signature Alfred Bulai