01362nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260006900044653002000113653002200133653002700155100002300182245011700205520088200322       2014                            d  cDecember 2014bCentre for Security and Defence ManagementaSofia10aGood governance10aproject portfolio10asecurity sector reform1 aVelizar Shalamanov00aInformation technologies for good governance in defence, security, and the public sector: Experience and outlook3 aThe author presents the experience in the first five years since the establishment of Department “Research & Development of Information Systems,” the consolidation of the research capacity in the “IT for Security” Department, the necessity of applying advanced information technologies and the outlook for the IT-focused research for the good governance in the public sphere, with focus on defence and security.
Associate Professor Dr. Velizar Shalamanov is the first head of Department “Research & Development of Information Systems” since its establishment on January 1, 2005 till the summer of 2009. At current, he is Director “Customers Management” in the NATO Communication and Information Agency (on unpaid leave from the institute). Dr. Velizar Shalamanov served as defence minister in Bulgaria's Caretaker Government, 6 August - 6 November 2014.