Art. Prof. dr. arch. ATANAS KOVACHEV

(1954, Karnobat, Bulgaria, Europe)

Corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 2008). A foreign member of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences (from 2010). Honorary member of the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture (since 2008). Professor of the International Academy of Architecture (since 2009). Professor under “Urban planning and spatial planning” (since 2002). Doctor of Architectural Sciences (since 2005). Honorary citizen of Karnobat (since 2014). Winner of the Honorable sign of Sofia Municipality (since 2014). Honorary Member of the Union of Landscapes

architects in Bulgaria (since 2014). Winner of the Honorary Sign of Forestry University, Sofia (since 1998). Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of VFU “Chernorizets Hrabar” (from 2015). Head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Architecture Faculty of VFU “Chernorizets Hrabar” (since 2014). Dean of the Faculty of Ecology and Ecology Landscape Architecture “at the University of Forestry (LU), Sofia (2007- 2011; 2011-2015). Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Faculty of Ecology and Landscape Architecture at University of National and World Economy (1994-1995).

Official Expert of the National Evaluation and Evaluation Agency accreditation (NEAA) at the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria (since 2002). Authorized expert of the Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW) for environmental impact assessment (since 1996).

Member of: The Presidium of the Supreme Attestation Commission (VAC) at

The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria (2009-2011); Specialized

Scientific Council on Architecture at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2002-2010); Specialized scientific

Council of Forestry and Ecology at the Higher Education Council (2007-2010); Union of Architects in Bulgaria (since 1984), Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria (since 1991);The Federation of Scientific and Technical Unions in Bulgaria (since 1990); Union of scientists in Bulgaria (since 1992); The Management Board of the Bulgarian Council for the Sustainable Development (2014) and others.