Assya Kavrakova is the Executive Director of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS).
With twenty-five years of experience in senior management positions leading national and international teams of experts and NGOs, Assya has thorough knowledge of the European Citizenship, EU law, EU structural and Cohesion Policy, Schengen regulatory framework, EU external policy decision-making, EU enlargement policy and leverage, European Rights framework, EU civic participation formal and informal mechanisms. She has extensive knowledge of SEE civil society, regional development issues, and the post-accession state of affairs in the ten CEE Member States.
Keen promoter of digital empowerment of citizens, with a forward-looking attitude towards digital democracy and digital management, Assya has a Certificate of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management for a QiLeader (Leading authentically in digital times).
She is a member of the Chancellery of the European Citizen's Prize of the European Parliament 2020 – 2024 and a member of the European Commission’s Just Transition Platform (JTP) Working Group on Stakeholder Engagement.
Assya Kavrakova is also a member of the Board of EUobserver - https://euobserver.com/ - a not-for-profit, independent online newspaper.
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EU rights, European citizenship, formal and informal mechanisms for citizen participation in the EU decision-making process