Miroslav Tsekov is the Director of Citizen Participation Forum (CPF), a Bulgarian network of civil society organisations founded in 2009 to promote transparency and citizens’ involvement in public decision-making. He represents CPF on various consultative bodies as the Council for the Development of Civil Society at the Bulgarian Council of Ministers, where he chairs the working group drafting the national Strategy for Supporting the Development of Civil Society Organisations.
He chaired the National Youth Forum, Bulgaria’s national youth council, which brings together more than 30 youth organisations and is a full member of the European Youth Forum. There he worked to make youth participation and young people’s rights part of policy at national and European level.
Miroslav has almost 10 years of experience in advocacy for youth and civic participation having previously led the Expert commission on Analysis and advocacy to the National youth forum and working as an "Advocacy and analysis" expert in the Citizen participation forum before assuming the position of director of the organization in January 2026.